Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [noun] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I like to ‘ shoot ’ every Whaddon game and it is nothing for Jock to spend a whole weekend analysing , in minute detail , every little aspect of his instruction manual in the hope he can learn to operate the video machine . |
| 2 | Their manager , standing in the wings , wondered what Arthur was yakking about , and at the same time had a moment of seeing them as Gandhi carrying a buffalo . |
| 3 | However , the investor who had the luck or foresight to predict the fall could have bought November puts with an exercise price of 260p for 10p and sold them for 25p making a gross profit of 150 per cent . |
| 4 | ‘ Marrying someone with money seems a splendid idea ! ’ |
| 5 | If someone with HIV has a sore mouth , or has difficulty swallowing or eating , the hospital/clinic may offer special advice . |
| 6 | But alas , alack , someone in Dover took a can-opener to their trusty Sherpa van on Sunday 22nd November and waltzed off with the following : a purple sunburst ESP Horizon 5-string bass in flightcase ; a 1982 Stratocaster in faded cream with ciggie burns on the headstock , also in a flightcase ; a sunburst Telecaster , also with ciggie burns and in a black moulded Fender case ; a 100-watt Marshall Hi-gain Dual Reverb head ; a Roland R-5 drum machine ; an Aztec wireless system in case with Studiomaster mic ; two bags — one ex-army , one sports bag — containing a large assortment of leads , strings , tuners , power supplies etc. , and a home-made pedal-board with a BOSS Stereo Chorus , an Ibanez bass compressor and an Aria stage tuner . |
| 7 | Another advantage of such places is that they often have someone on hand to keep an eye on the exhibitions . |
| 8 | She wanted someone outside Orkney to take a long , hard look at what was happening within the islands . |
| 9 | Holding them of course means a return is being earned that otherwise would be forgone . |
| 10 | He gave £50 million , which of course made an immense difference to life at the National Gallery , not only in the 1980s but for the future . |
| 11 | At the end of the observation period , it was extremely difficult to loosen these ties , which of course involved a considerable time commitment . |
| 12 | The outcome of the reviews have certainly taken into account the needs of the membership which of course means a better organization . |
| 13 | You can see that there are plenty of reasons to maintain a reasonable level of exercise . |
| 14 | There was plenty of evidence to suggest a pronounced development of anti-semitic tendencies in the BUF ranks during 1933 and 1934 ; but as the Metropolitan police records make clear , militant Jewish youth and communist elements were assaulting Blackshirts selling newspapers at this time . |
| 15 | Along with the chance to nibble a bit of this , there was plenty of opportunity to sample a drop of that . |
| 16 | Your repayments can be spread over one to 25 years , which gives you plenty of scope to achieve a level of repayments which suits you . |
| 17 | The cows calve easily and are good mothers , with plenty of milk to rear a good calf and with good fertility . |
| 18 | Before you load up your board on the car to go off in search of solitude , remember that it is wisest to sail in a controlled situation with plenty of others to keep an eye on you . |
| 19 | The list of casualties in New Zealand has become truly horrific , with one player following another onto the plane home , and plenty of others needing a bit of attention like the 12 stitches Stuart Barnes had put in his face after the game with Southland . |
| 20 | The DTI had plenty of ammunition to back a decision to withhold a licence . |
| 21 | But the class needs to be allowed plenty of time to formulate a reply . |
| 22 | A commuter on the M8 would encounter a series of messages on the speed of traffic just a few miles ahead and , if that slowed , or the road were blocked , information on the most suitable diversion could be given in plenty of time to allow a driver to leave the motorway and avoid the hold up . |
| 23 | If they are recognised , there is almost always plenty of time to prevent a stall occurring . |
| 24 | Cheshire were left plenty of time to pursue a victory target of 174 , and even an 18-minute rain stoppage just prior to the start of the final hour failed to unduly affect them . |
| 25 | This pretty island is only an hour away by ferry so you will have plenty of time to get a real feel for the island and begin to enjoy its special magic before it is time to leave . |
| 26 | Getting out the vote was a perennial problem in any kind of election , for many lairds could find plenty of excuses to avoid a tedious journey to the shire town . |
| 27 | The contrasting experience of France ( which like Britain had a relatively integrated national supply system ) is illuminating . |
| 28 | Plastics are ‘ cooperative ’ in this respect ; one can often make a pilot moulding out of clear polystyrene , which under stress emits a visible ‘ scream ’ in polarised light , to test where the forces are destructively concentrated . |
| 29 | Mr Scowcroft was , until his appointment , the co-chairman of a committee drawn from the defence elites of both parties , which in February found a form of words that satisfied its wide range of members and came down gently in favour of Midgetman first and rail-MX only later . |
| 30 | More importantly , the hon. Gentleman tried to imply that a substantial proportion of homeless are in bed-and-breakfast accommodation , whereas the number is only 7,900 — which in London represents a decrease of 5 per cent . |