Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [vb -s] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seems nothing in the present arrangements to prevent two similarly disabled old people being in adjacent rooms in a nursing home , one of whom has her lifetime earnings bled down by ‘ community care ’ while the family of the other looks forward to an undiminished inheritance courtesy of the NHS . |
| 2 | According to this image , somewhere between ten and thirty men came to arrest Jesus — a Jewish functionary or two , some representatives of the High Priest ( one of whom has his ear injured by Simon Peter 's sword ) , presumably a contingent of the Temple guard , perhaps one or more Roman officials and even perhaps a small unit of Pilate 's soldiery . |
| 3 | One of them gets his timing wrong . |
| 4 | Each has its proper sphere , but in course of time each of them extends its jurisdiction , so that the same matters may often be dealt with indifferently by any one of them . |
| 5 | But now one of them catches my eye because I recognize the handwriting . |
| 6 | They know which boy each of them has her eye on , and if there is any clash of interest , they will deal with it in advance , too . |
| 7 | Only one of them has his phone number in Marbella . |
| 8 | What happens is that both the priests get tipped into the water , one of them hits his head on a rock and the other one rescues him . |
| 9 | But one of them wants my daughter to die , and one wants her to be free . ’ |
| 10 | The Clairol model is the only spa to offer a choice of three speeds , the first of which causes your toe hairs to sway like daffodils in a light breeze ; the second bubbles gently like a pot of mung beans on simmer , and the third , to be used only when one feels particularly in need of a good rebirth , can cause orgasm in your achilles tendons . |
| 11 | Alternatively , use mushrooms , one of which has its stem for the trunk portion . |
| 12 | Let him see therein an infinity of universes , each of which has its firmament , its planets , its earth , in the same proportion as in the visible world … |
| 13 | Whether or not the cells that enter the feather germs make pigment is controlled by the feather germs , each of which has its set of positional values — each feather has its own address . |
| 14 | If any of you attacks your brother from now on , if not ordered to do so by a superior , that attacker will be enslaved and used for chirurgical experiments in our laboratories for as long as he lives . |
| 15 | But these campaigns have never been isolated from the fundamental issue of power , the issue of who rules our country , who has this right to make and unmake the law . |
| 16 | The wife of one says her husband has been denied proper access to lawyers and medical care . |
| 17 | She can use the enchantment , rather than be overcome by it , because a critical , rational , intelligent , witty part of herself retains its distance . |
| 18 | FROM WHICHEVER direction you approach Mothecombe , whether along the winding wooded valley beside the ever widening River Erme , or down the road from Battisborough Cross and through the clumps of hydrangeas , or by sea around Butcher 's Cove to its sandy bay and up the secret combe strewn with bluebells and daffodils , the first sight of it takes your breath away . |
| 19 | The starting point of the process is an evaluation of what documents your organisation produces , how it currently produces them and in what quantities . |
| 20 | No , this issue is one of the er , of what affects our County . |
| 21 | It therefore gives little hint of what makes its author so extraordinary a figure . |
| 22 | Quite how the storm is generated is still something that we 're investigating , although we have some idea of what causes its generation . |
| 23 | ‘ None of us speaks your language , Lord . |
| 24 | None of us wants to be murdered , raped , or robbed ; none of us wants our property stolen , smashed , or destroyed , none of us wants our bodies punched , kicked , bitten , or tortured . |
| 25 | ‘ For all either of us knows my business might have boomed . |
| 26 | Each of us has our moment of truth . |
| 27 | Each of us teaches our group of trainees all the modules making up the general SVQ — with the exception of Information Technology 2 , which is taught by local college staff . |
| 28 | However , throwing organic matter into water feeds the bacteria as well as the prawns , which are quite fussy about who shares their environment . |
| 29 | She thinks a man like me learns his sexuality like someone learns to ride a bicycle or learns how to swim . |
| 30 | This father for one fears his son may never even get that chance . |