Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [conj] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Visits of inspection to the cookhouses and latrines had a squalor about them that scarcely repaid even average keeness . |
| 2 | The missions are well varied , but the planes themselves have a feeling of ‘ sameness ’ about them that just suspends belief . |
| 3 | Agnes is stretched out on her back , and images keep passing through her head : that strange , kindly man is visiting them again , the one who knows all about them and yet has not heard of the Eiffel Tower . |
| 4 | A self-appointed leader , he made the rules without being explicit about them or even explaining that there were rules . |
| 5 | She takes the towel off me and then squats down and begins brushing bits of hair off of my face with her fingers . |
| 6 | for a period of five or ten years and lease it off them and then have to maintain it . |
| 7 | This sound , tautening to the pitch of a screech , interrupted Davide 's growing up ; it had frightened children like him as they played in the streets , but sent a shiver through them that also excited them . |
| 8 | Erm if you have a look through them and then have a quick write down of what gifts you think the different ones that are mentioned in this are using . |
| 9 | Later , some fifty superior houses were purchased for them and expensively furnished . |
| 10 | The more production the better it is for them and better to sell the pits off . |
| 11 | The show was flexible and he could slot his best troupes in and out , thus ensuring a regular wage for them and constantly rehearsed lines for him , all ready at a moment 's notice to go to South Africa , the continent or the best halls in London . |
| 12 | For some time she looked round the garden for them and then went into the house . |
| 13 | He spread out some fodder for them and then turned once again for the track to the moor-top . |
| 14 | Answer guide : This is an ideal situation to focus on how students will react to setting their own targets and having targets set for them and then relating this to a business situation . |
| 15 | The patient might tell you what if , if the casualty was still able to talk , they might be able to give you the history of how they became like they were , received a blow , got kicked , fell onto something hard , okay and so on and so on , they might be able to tell you themselves , give some indication , right , you would remove and loosen off all tight clothing , okay , loosen off the clothing for them and then treat them for shock and then refer them to urgent medical attention , nil by mouth on any account , okay ? |
| 16 | Despite her criticism of their dancing they knew she cared for them and always stepped in in any family crisis : |
| 17 | They may not always get what they want , but at least they 're standing up for them and actually feel good about themselves afterwards because . |
| 18 | He suggests that there is a strong argument for decentralization to local government ( and potentially a limited hierarchy with some overlapping powers ) so long as information is available which makes it possible for voters to judge between them and thus to influence the direction of their own local government through elections . |
| 19 | No , no i ever every decision was taken at the lodge , the shop stewards did n't run the strike between them and just inform us after every decision was taken by all fifty members at the start and forty members at the finish , and I 'm you know I 'm proud to say that everyone was part of what went on . |
| 20 | and I was gon na go and apply for but then Neil he sent for me and just asked me , just told me there was a job come up in the office and if I wanted it |
| 21 | ‘ Raja had it in for me and just waited its time . |
| 22 | ‘ It was quite usual for me to take on this sort of job but it was n't usual for him to make an appointment for me and only tell me at the last minute , especially when it meant working after hours . |
| 23 | Please do this for me and then forget about Your humble servant , Sophie Arandt |
| 24 | The magnetizer [ hypnotism was known as ‘ animal magnetism ’ ] — independently of making the passes and of fixing his eye upon her — often takes her hands between his and then draws his fingers over various parts of her body , now over her face , and then over her body and legs , pressing , perhaps his knees against hers , and sometimes applying ( we have seen this done ) his lips to her stomach , and making insufflations upon it . |
| 25 | Sighing , she unlocked the door , closed it after her and carefully relocked it again . |
| 26 | She could not speak , indeed , it was said she had not spoken for decades , though once she had been a singer and made up songs that others learned after her and still sang . |
| 27 | A broad and kindly lady of noble birth , Ibu ( meaning " mother " ) , as she was simply called , indulged her husband 's eccentricities , constantly tidied up after him and clearly ruled the household and the village . |
| 28 | His mother generally runs after him and eventually gets him to sit in front of the TV with a snack in his hand . |
| 29 | She threw the mess after him and then thought , I 'm cracking up , and retrieved it and buried it deep in the refuse bin . |
| 30 | Mr Macdonald said that Wolfenden was walking through a park when police started to ‘ gallop ’ after him and then took hold of him . |