Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike Rosen , poet and broadcaster , was the champion of a strategy for reading dependent on enthusing readers by offering them books which they could enjoy , books which had been chosen by them or for them by people who knew about children 's books . |
| 2 | ‘ First , had I chosen to have an abortion or for him to be allowed to die , I would have made the biggest mistake of my life . |
| 3 | It was not uncommon , even by Edward II 's time , for a benefice to be forcefully defended against a royal presentee , or for him to be physically assaulted . |
| 4 | This is just the objectivity which is to be claimed in general for the good ; what is good for me now is not necessarily good for you or for me at other times , nor even what I now spontaneously prefer , it is what anyone would spontaneously prefer for me if sufficiently aware from my present viewpoint . |
| 5 | Or for anyone with any sense , really . |
| 6 | Indeed , it is because it ca n't be a literary point for Joyce or for anyone from Ireland who 's business is words , because language forever figures urgent and personal issues of belonging , of debt , of loss , of freedom and of dependence , because it is and does all this . |
| 7 | A petitioner wishing to withdraw his petition or for it to be dismissed must apply to the court and file an affidavit in support of his application specifying the reasons why he wishes the petition withdrawn or dismissed ( r 6.32(1) ) . |
| 8 | It is possible for them ( or for you on their behalf ) to make application direct to the social services department . |
| 9 | They used to send me their orders perhaps three weeks before they were coming , either for us to deliver or for us to erm have them ready for them to collect on their way up . |
| 10 | I think I have read most of what was written by or about him in English between the seventeenth century and , say , 1975 . |
| 11 | These were either portraits of the young queen or of her in a group with , for example , her knights of the Garter or on progress . |
| 12 | Except that ( and this is decisive in regard to the situation of the one-idea painter ) his format was private — almost , one might say , the framework of another self , or of himself in another form — and unavailable to others . |
| 13 | Agatha was arguably the daughter of King Stephen of Hungary , or of Bruno , brother of the German Emperor Henry II , or of a half-brother of the Emperor Henry III , or of none of them . |
| 14 | I do not think that there is a question of lecturing either of Germany by us or of us by Germany . |
| 15 | At present hospitals and community services often use the translation services of a relative who is bilingual , or of a kitchen porter or nurse who may know nothing of mental health problems , or of anyone in the vicinity who happens to speak the language . |
| 16 | As the delusion begins to work ( Ind. ii.1–67 ) , Sly gradually levitates up to verse , as if hypnotized , or like someone in an early painting by Chagall , just taking off : Yet , when confronted with his supposed wife , desires of the flesh begin to reassert themselves , and he relapses into prose and bawdy ( 125ff . ) . |
| 17 | By doing this , we separate off everything which counts for or against it in virtue of its effects , or alternatively , its contribution to the formation of certain wholes . |
| 18 | Or under nothing at all , for girls who Lycra to be different . |
| 19 | Then out on to an assignment or with somebody in the field for a couple of days whichever company you go into . |
| 20 | ‘ You were n't particularly impressed either with racing or with me as a driver , were you ? ’ |
| 21 | On the relief the girl Athena , without aegis or shield ( she is shown now even without helmet , or with it in her hand ) leans on her spear , hand on hip , looking down at a small stele . |
| 22 | You may want to invite former colleagues to work for or with you in your new sphere . |
| 23 | Considerable care should be exercised when extrapolating the results of cost effectiveness from one country to another or including them in the same league table . |
| 24 | If so , was she bigger than him or above him in the pecking order ? |
| 25 | Other options include using kerb stones to form the steps ( which will then be of a narrower depth than usual ) ; placing the bricks which form the risers on top of the paver which forms the tread , or alongside them at the back of each tread ( this alters the height of the risers , and the depth of the tread ) ; and using bricks or paviours for treads as well as risers , which will give a slightly more ‘ rustic ’ look . |
| 26 | 2.3 " Adjoining Property " means any neighbouring or adjoining land or premises ( excluding the remainder of the Centre ) in which the Landlord or a Group Company has a freehold or leasehold interest or in which during the Term the Landlord or a Group Company shall have acquired a freehold or leasehold interest There is no objection to this provided that the existence of any adjoining property does not have an adverse effect on the tenant 's contribution towards service charges or other costs referred to in the lease and the tenant should therefore be vigilant in this regard when amending the lease . |
| 27 | Messages indicate whether the card is correctly placed , or in which of the four principal direction(s) it is out of position . |
| 28 | Or in me for that matter ? |
| 29 | If the victim is in an adjoining house , or in one across the street , no offence is committed . |
| 30 | ‘ Generally speaking most tradesmen have some ways peculiar to themselves which they either derived from masters who taught them or from the experience of things or from something in the course of business ’ , but this did not strictly apply to undertakers , |