Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Multiple grief can , it seems , be experienced either over ti me or over events . |
| 2 | Please talk to me or to Carol or John Booth if you want any more info . |
| 3 | But before I could say anything he started to shout at me , saying ‘ Mrs Desai , you ca n't talk back to me or to Mr Diffy or Mr Mike . ’ |
| 4 | I doubt if it rests altogether with me or with Edmund . ’ |
| 5 | So that erm I mean if I recommended a Norwich Union income plan , and you nipped into Nottingham to buy , the charge would be the same , whether you bought it from me or from Norwich . |
| 6 | Others refuse to accept risks from activities which , they believe , bring no benefit to them or to society at large . |
| 7 | In 1987 only half of the Progressive Democrats ' 14 TDs were elected on quotas made up of first-preference votes given to them or to party running-mates from whom they were transferred . |
| 8 | ‘ I had a phone call from the Anglo-Scots asking if I would interested in playing for them or for Scotland . |
| 9 | It warns us that we should not have anything to do with them or with people who try to use their powers . |
| 10 | Moreover , they are often flown by early solo pilots who do not have much experience of flying them or of solo aerotowing . |
| 11 | Example 4:3 Index-linked rent : upwards only YIELDING AND PAYING the annual sum of £ … ( " the basic rent " ) payable quarterly in advance on the 25th of March the 24th of June the 29th of September and the 25th of December in each year and in addition such sum payable on each of the above dates in advance ( " the index-linked rent " ) as bears the same proportion to one quarter of the basic rent as is borne by the figure shown in the General Index of Retail Prices ( " the index " ) for the month immediately preceding the months in which payment of any particular instalment of rent is due to the figure ( which is the figure shown in that index for the month of … ) minus one quarter of the basic rent PROVIDED THAT ( 1 ) if after the date of this lease the index is calculated by reference to a different base date or base figure then the index-linked rent shall be calculated as if that change had not taken place ( 2 ) if the index ceases to be published or if for any reason it becomes impossible or impracticable to calculate the index-linked rent then either the landlord or the tenant may by notice require the rent to be thenceforth reviewed at such times and in such manner as may be agreed between them or in default of agreement be determined by a single arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors who shall have regard to market practice prevailing at the time of such notice in relation to new lettings of property of the same type as the demised property ( 3 ) in no circumstances shall the total rent payable under this lease be less than the basic rent |
| 12 | Simon was not interested in them or in girls generally . |
| 13 | I that in terms of many of the so called efficiency measures that we could take , we are reaching the absolute limits in this authority . |
| 14 | I than in Dept . |
| 15 | You are drunk and so am I and in bed you turn your back to sleep . |
| 16 | I and in Glasgow and we attempted to break some of the barriers you 're talking about by holding a girl 's week and part of the girl 's was to run a five-a-side tournament and we were also breaking down territorial barriers , we had girls from different housing schemes within the east end of Glasgow , but I feel the opportunities do n't exist ! |
| 17 | We were both looking for comfort — I because of Marcus , you because of Lotta — and we found it together . |
| 18 | And just to show that even identical twins can be a bit different Gareth reserved one of his As for biology while Jonathan got one for history . |
| 19 | He has n't spoken to me except in anger for nine years ! ’ |
| 20 | The JC pronouns mi and dem are derived historically from the English object pronouns me and them although in JC they may be used as subjects . |
| 21 | The Countess told me that on arrival at the hospital after his death , she spent half an hour alone , sitting by his bed , just talking to him . |
| 22 | Now Mr Jaggers turned to me and told me that on Monday I would go to Matthew Pocket 's house to start my studies , but until then I would stay with his son , Herbert , who lived nearby . |
| 23 | Now it may well be that the whole balance of things is that we 're generally okay for the moment but it seems to me that as time goes on and there 's a need to review plans and there 's a need to make further provision that it would be very very difficult indeed against a blanket policy as opposed to individual justifications around ind er individual settlements . |
| 24 | It still did n't hit me that within hours we would have a baby : I vaguely felt I was immersed in some surreal soap-dream that constantly receded back into itself . |
| 25 | ‘ Richard told me that in battle a lot of unpopular officers are killed by their own men . ’ |
| 26 | Oh I must n't lose that , my grandson bought me that in Greece Cos I 'm a pipe smoker and er , but it 's not a Zippo , and he got it very cheap English you see , but I 've knackered him you see , because I , he thinks I 've still got that , but I , I , I bought a Zippo one , and it 's , it 's the hippo , the Zippo one that 's in there the other one was fucking useless , well , it lasted for a couple of months , a few months , but er |
| 27 | ‘ It 's very flattering for me that in America people go to the Irish Tourist Board and say they 'd like to go to Mountfern or some of the other villages I 've written about . |
| 28 | If this reformulation is to be justified , then we need to show that [ 12 ] yields contextual effects not yielded by [ 31 ] : It seems to me that in contrast with [ 31 ] , [ 12 ] draws the hearer 's attention to the fact that this was n't ordinary , plain running . |
| 29 | And you should n't ask me — it 's a leading question and if you asked me that in court the judge would intervene and tell the recorder to strike it out ! |
| 30 | And it seems to me that in order that that ought to be reflected in any revised wording of the of the policy that the development should be permitted unless it would could demonstrable harm . |