Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] i [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That does not mean , he wrote , that if the body does not protest the project necessarily has any value , though for reasons I have gone into already it is necessary to put such thoughts out of mind , they can not help , they can only hinder , they can not water , they can only blight . |
| 2 | In my view , for reasons I have set forth at length elsewhere , I believe that the philosophy of animal rights is the right philosophy . |
| 3 | If there 's erm For instance I 've had a situation where on a medical practice booklet because we er hand back a hundred pound for every full page that we we gain in the medical practice booklet , er it 's an encouragement for if we 're just a quarter of a half page short , er for the practice to say you know we 'll get for another hundred quid we 'd all we need to do is make a couple of phone calls and threaten erm one or two of our patients . |
| 4 | For instance I have given one which is in the last ten years we have nearly one and half million more people in work than we had ten years ago . |
| 5 | You have spent most of your day sitting in your office while I , from seven o'clock this morning until ten tonight , have been at the beck and call of two old women ; I have seen to the needs of my child , and in between times I have cooked the meals and done whatever I could towards keeping this mausoleum clean . ’ |
| 6 | All through tea I had waited for some indication on his part that he knew I had seen the girl — as he must have known , for it was obvious that the nocturnal concert had been given to announce her presence . |
| 7 | well , when I say that it 's the best opportunity for peace I 've seen in twenty years . |
| 8 | ‘ I know from the messages of support I have received from those in the arts world and elsewhere how much your leadership , interest and enthusiasm will be missed . |
| 9 | In relation to all the major types of support I have considered — the sharing of households , the giving or lending of money , the provision of practical support — the principle that support is most likely to be given if the advantage is mutual , or if there is a clear expectation that assistance will be given in return , is a prominent feature . |
| 10 | Kind of but a cross between the ringlets you do and the ringlets that I had and the type of hair I 've got . |
| 11 | I can swear to every pie I have swallowed , to every cup of sack I have gulped , to the few good women I have met and , thankfully , to every bad woman I have slept with . |
| 12 | And your setting will be even more integrated into your book than was the setting in the sort of story I have called a backgrounder . |
| 13 | ‘ It was the first bit of luck I 'd had since I first set eyes on you . |
| 14 | I had mentioned the unquantifiable public relationships which could be generated during a secondment and argued for the intangible value of the many hundreds of contacts I had made which could not easily be costed in purely fiscal terms . |
| 15 | Well I knew , when I was in , when we were at Donnington , living at Donnington , a couple of blokes I 've known there 's company sergeant majors and regimental sergeant majors in the Signals , I was walking through shed four , one day , I was doing , doing some mucking about with these folding boats for the RE 's |
| 16 | In a couple of minutes I had lost any chance of kinship with Sue by making one of the most basic mistakes . |
| 17 | Sure enough , within a couple of minutes I had raised a trucker . |
| 18 | But er then of course I got married and I never went to I used to do occasional stuff you know , but I never enjoyed it er |
| 19 | Of course I 'd seen pictures and I 've always wanted a guitar like that . |
| 20 | Anyway , I had an early lunch and I went out , but of course I 'd forgotten |
| 21 | ‘ Of course I 'd had newspapers , but I was n't able to feel inside the atmosphere outside . |
| 22 | But of course I 'd had a few drinks , and I had n't worn my glasses anyway , so when the time came to meet her I was n't quite sure what she looked like . |
| 23 | I must have stood next to them in the Tube , passed them in the street , of course I 've overheard them and I knew they existed . |
| 24 | And of course I 've seen her blazing in that dress of hers when she kicked off against someone . |
| 25 | Of course I 've seen it , I 'm on his mailing list . |
| 26 | Of course I 've seen the reports ! |
| 27 | ‘ Of course I 've done something about it . |
| 28 | Yes , sorry , of course I 've heard of ploughs . |
| 29 | " Of course I 've heard . |
| 30 | ‘ Of course I 've heard the theory that he was going to visit old Jordan . ’ |