Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [conj] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A well-known example is the micro gallery at the National Gallery 's new Sainsbury Wing , where visitors can see high quality reproductions of the pictures , learn more about them and plan a route through the rooms . |
| 2 | A powerful electric current would pass through me and launch a surge of excitement : something wonderful awaited me . |
| 3 | The student should look out for them and make a mental note of their fascinating and beautiful effect . |
| 4 | In this case the plaintiffs , a firm of estate agents , were employed by the defendants to find for them and to negotiate a lease of office and shop accommodation . |
| 5 | She will slow her pace down for them and keep a close eye on them as they amble along near her , but she will not let them get too far away from the home base . |
| 6 | So she stayed in her parents ' home during the winter , helping to look after the children , making clothes for them and earning a little money whenever she could . |
| 7 | I 'll keep an eye out for them and have a word with them . |
| 8 | I then decided to set up a separate tank for them and to buy a pH test kit to make sure the pH was similar . |
| 9 | Ask friends what 's worked for them or buy a paperback that offers a realistic diet and know you can keep to . |
| 10 | Visitors can not enter the docks without a permit , but Cross Bank Road passes between them and offers a glimpse of their warehouse buildings and activity . |
| 11 | And to a large extent the subsequent history of theology has been determined by the struggle to find the balance between them and to chart a course which will take proper cognisance both of the demands of the inner human self and of the need to hear and recognise the voice that speaks to us from beyond ourselves . |
| 12 | But Sam , taking advantage of the momentary silence , leaped between them and grabbed a hand of each . |
| 13 | Why is n't there somebody there to bag them for me and create a service ? |
| 14 | In fact I 'll even be super-optimistic for me and predict a clean sheet with Quinn 's injury . |
| 15 | I am often asked to lead seminars on a topic which has been chosen for me and has a ti tie like ‘ coming to terms with our own mortality ’ . |
| 16 | I remember dad running after me and having a long conversation trying to make me understand . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ At the moment she enjoys flying around the world after me and having a child would make that more difficult . |
| 18 | Unaware of the news which had spread swiftly throughout the city , Wilson returned to the Casa Guidi late in the evening , not really thinking to see Mrs Browning again but wishing to enquire after her and to take a knead cake she had made specially . |
| 19 | An old man shuttled after her and hooked a horticultural implement of a hand around her arm . |
| 20 | The woman looked after her and gave a little shrug . |
| 21 | He whistled after her and shouted a coarse word , whilst Beatrice looked down at him , unshaven and dishevelled , and asked who the big Sicilian was ( an insult , of course to an Italian ) . |
| 22 | The Triplane came after him and made a long , angled pass , but he was unaware of it . |
| 23 | Robyn stared after him and heaved a furious sigh . |
| 24 | In 1799 he invented an electrometer named after him and produced a simplified version of his plate electrical machine , which became the most popular type in England . |
| 25 | There was also an increased emphasis on productivity and better educational standards , which drew attention to the existence of people who could not look after themselves or sustain a normal education . |
| 26 | It seems to me that he ca n't be that unhappy because he 's currently managing twelve vacancies deliberately , in order to produce underspend so that he can re-surface his car park , maintain privileged restaurants for his erm , senior officers , chauffeur driven car for himself and build a new hangar for his helicopter . |
| 27 | If you discover some wonderful patterns or general algebraic relationships hidden in the structure of the problem it can be very tempting to steer pupils towards them and generate a feeling of disappointment if they do not get there . |
| 28 | Some birds certainly use their eyes to follow the geographical features they see below them and have a mental map by which they steer . |
| 29 | They were trying more to come one place ahead of me than to win a medal . |
| 30 | First , the details of the synaptic connections from other neurons on to the dendrites determine what a neuron responds to ; think of them as forming a lock which is only opened by a key in the form of a particular pattern of activity in the neurons which make contact with it . |