Example sentences of "[pron] an [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , its just er I feel you know its , its a waste of your life , you know sitting , I have to drive through the , the necessity to work every day , its an hour of my day spent just behind a wheel when I could be in the train , you know reading or doing something more productive |
| 2 | Tomorrow , in his capacity as president of the Prince 's Trust and the Prince 's Scottish Youth Business Trust , he will attend a reception at the Palace of Holyroodhouse at which an exhibition of his own watercolours will be previewed . |
| 3 | ‘ Improvement in the economy , the level of interest rates and foreign exchange rates will be decisive for the degree to which an improvement of our results can take place , ’ the company said . |
| 4 | Nor you , we know , but still , somehow , by some quirk , you may get faith , you may produce it yourself , that gives you an advantage over anybody else . |
| 5 | Does the presence of the bird instil in you an awareness of its form and beauty ? |
| 6 | Furthermore , it would please me to give you an allowance for your personal use . ’ |
| 7 | Each year your doctor will offer you an assessment of your health and circumstances to make sure that all is well . |
| 8 | On the opposite page we 've put together three outfits from the Freemans catalogue spring/summer collection — just to give you an idea of what you could win . |
| 9 | The information below give you an idea of what is currently available on the market . |
| 10 | It 's all too complicated to write , but I hope this will give you an idea of what it 's about . |
| 11 | We have included ‘ answers ’ to the three introductory cases in order to give you an idea of what we would be looking for if we were marking your responses . |
| 12 | Now I 'm not going to be pedantic and say anything under two minutes is unacceptable two minutes is the guideline just to give you an idea of what would be a good idea . |
| 13 | The classical way Agatha Christie ( who did not on the whole write humorous crime stories ) managed this often will give you an idea of what to aim for . |
| 14 | To give you an idea of what to look out for , take a look at the photograph opposite . |
| 15 | I have enclosed a copy of the executive summary to give you an idea of what this is about . |
| 16 | First of all let's give you an idea of what the the prices are , we 've talked about prices . |
| 17 | We shall be leaving Peking for Sian at 11.30 this evening , and the comrades have given us a rousing send off with beautiful presents including a big embroidered tablecloth and napkins , and a beautiful framed picture made out of shells , with an inscription written on it specially for & I. They also gave us the enclosed photos , which give you an idea of what life is like here . |
| 18 | What do you think , have you an idea of what it will be . |
| 19 | So that gives you an idea of what goes on with doing removals . |
| 20 | Erm I mean does that give you an idea of which |
| 21 | So to give you an idea of our size although we may be a little bit smaller than last year we turned over some eighteen million pounds and declared a profit before tax of just over three point one million pounds . |
| 22 | Well , you start out by reading any books that you can find to give you an idea of who was involved , and my next stop after that was the Library of Congress in Washington , where they have the papers of the National Consumers ' League , which was Florence Kelly 's organisation , and , and contains most of her own personal records , too . |
| 23 | His exploits are legendary on the rugby field and , just to give you an idea of his strength and dedication , here are a few of his credits . |
| 24 | And how long were you an apprentice with your father ? |
| 25 | And this gives you an outline of what we do . |
| 26 | You came to Kinghorn and the Queen graciously granted you an audience during which you disturbed her . |
| 27 | Give you an analysis of your client bank , it 'll tell you how many you 've seen this year , how many you 've seen in two years , three years , four years , and it frightens the senior associates who have got maybe eight hundred , a thousand clients , and it said , seen in the last four years , and it 's got twenty . |
| 28 | ‘ I could make you an offer for it when this is over . |
| 29 | I listen to , and patiently explore , the feminist challenge in a forthcoming book , and will again spare you an airing of my own views on this occasion . |
| 30 | They even give you an envelope for it . |