Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [prep] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TWO letters by readers carried in the November 1991 issue of RW&P prompt me to send you my views on what must be the most important issues facing the IRB and future Rugby World Cup tournaments . |
| 2 | Ooh I 'm not sure with my blades up it 'll have much effect but we can try . |
| 3 | " Ah , dear fellow , " she said to Andrew , " pick up my feathers for me would you — I think the room 's getting a bit chilly . |
| 4 | PAMELA : [ aside ] I have a little tincture of jealousy too , which has made me more uneasy than I ought to be , particularly in the case of Miss Sally Godfrey and my fears of what might happen when we reach London . |
| 5 | ‘ By the time I got my boots on it would all be over , ’ he told Margery . |
| 6 | In fact , we do run a project which looks at the ways science can be taught in the first school , which has been very surprising to me and many of my colleagues by what can actually be done with children in the ages of five to seven . |
| 7 | In fact , we do run a project which looks at the ways science can be taught in the first school , which has been very surprising to me and many of my colleagues by what can actually be done with children in the ages of five to seven . |
| 8 | Everyone has had a chance to air their views about what should be done with young offenders — everyone , that is , except the young people themselves . |
| 9 | The design task set in this test has some non-mathematical features and it was used in an exercise with some groups of teachers to obtain their views on what should be marked . |
| 10 | In Cnut 's reign those unable to meet their taxes were liable to forfeit their estates to whoever could provide the money due on them . |
| 11 | That applies as much to hon. Members opposite , to whose arguments for improving the system under their regime I look forward , as to other hon. Members with their proposals about what should be done about it . |
| 12 | The decision by a court that a particular situation was not intended to come within the ambit of a statute , though within its words in what may be their most obvious meaning , does not deny the supremacy of Parliament , for if Parliament disagrees with the decision it can pass another Act dealing specifically with the type of case . |
| 13 | Whatever they could stick their noses into they would , like telling you off if you had more than eight photos on your pin board . |
| 14 | The vehicle was composed of three compartments , in which the rear one was constructed so that the passenger , lying down to sleep , extended her feet beneath what would have been the ‘ boot ’ of a road coach . |
| 15 | Then William and Harry would have had the support of their parents during what must undoubtedly be a very traumatic time for them . |
| 16 | Mr Lawrence Eagleburger , the deputy secretary of state who has been given the job of co-ordinating America 's help for Eastern Europe , was told by Congress that the money the administration has in mind is too modest , but that its ideas about who should control the distribution of this money are immodest . |
| 17 | Different people kept chipping in with their ideas of what would fire the national imagination sufficiently to get the people to the polling booths . |
| 18 | How could she have possibly imagined how dramatically her feelings towards him would have changed in so short a time ? |
| 19 | Her feelings for him may be guessed at from a text she wrote decades later , after Gustave 's death . |
| 20 | By having a friend to share their problems with they would feel less isolated and could learn how to cope . |
| 21 | On behalf of the Opposition , and indeed the whole House , I wish to express our sympathy to the victims and their families of what can only be described as a crime against humanity . |
| 22 | To her it felt right to be there with David , her skin soft against his , her senses alive to his touch , and she succeeded in banishing her fears of what would happen when they stepped out of their circle of magic and back into the real world . |
| 23 | He agreed with Tuttle that the Laetoli creatures were not curling their toes under which would be one way to suggest that proof of compatibility — and one species — is based on a composite foot spanning both time and species . |
| 24 | The supporters of O M O V have put their arguments in what can only be said to be a ham-fisted and insulting way . |
| 25 | The legacies of these origins have persisted and there has never been agreement on the nature of international affairs , on the proper methods for studying them , or on the range of elements which theories of them must take into account . |
| 26 | A few yards west is the dry entrance to the caves , which novices like myself can safely probe until confronted by difficulties ; daylight is admitted from manholes in the surface clints . |
| 27 | If government relies on principles of majoritarian democracy to justify its decisions about who may vote , it must respect the same principles in designing voting districts . |
| 28 | The second is more concerned with formative needs , that is to inform pupils and their teachers of what might be needed for the pupils to progress further in their learning . |
| 29 | Labour leader John Smith told Mr Major : ‘ I am sure that the whole House will share the feeling of sadness which you have expressed and will also share the hope that a greater degree of privacy might result for the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children in what would be a difficult time for any family . ’ |
| 30 | BOOKMAKERS Ladbrokes revised its odds for who will win most seats at a General Election after the Budget . |