Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [prep] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | However , once again , the Council may be assuming too great a role for itself in meeting this need . |
| 32 | It should quickly pay for itself by saving computational time , increasing accuracy and reducing parts costs by minimising expenditure on E48 or E96 parts where cheaper E24 values will do . |
| 33 | Investment in an agency , branch or subsidiary will be expected to pay for itself by generating extra business . |
| 34 | Now she could use the shop windows to look behind her without arousing any suspicions . |
| 35 | ‘ Pa would 've been livid with me for getting pregnant , and he would n't want his precious fiddle going to pay for anything to do with it . ’ |
| 36 | The factor which has weighed most with me in reaching this conclusion is the scheme of the Act as shown by its treatment of trusts . |
| 37 | If , if , if I could summarize , if you could bear with me by saying that , there is no embracing legislation which covers fire safety , and there is no legislation which actually prioritizes it . |
| 38 | Not the part about Jeff and Silvia disappearing off together — though she felt angry with them for doing that , she was n't totally surprised . |
| 39 | ‘ They were pretty threatening but we tried to reason with them by offering free meals to children . |
| 40 | Accordingly , the Commission considered that there was a great likelihood that customers , who had already acquired ATR or De Havilland commuters , would stay with them in placing future orders . |
| 41 | It has been decided to recruit a number of ‘ volunteer ’ Area Organisers to keep records of classes int heir area and Pat hopes that you will co-operate with them in giving fullest details of your classes so that communications can be improved both within the Society and with the public . |
| 42 | Eventually the Bomb Disposal took it away with them after making certain it was harmless . |
| 43 | If I just wanted you , I 'd be able to spend time alone with you without going half crazy . |
| 44 | I am not angry with you for writing such innocent letters as these . |
| 45 | P1 is not a LP , but we shall see that it can be transformed into one by observing that criterion ( 10.1 ) can be rewritten as and , if we define deviation variables d 1 , e 1 , > 0 to satisfy then , provided at least one of d 1 and e 1 is zero , ( 10.2 ) is equal |
| 46 | Furious with herself for allowing such a situation , she pushed Marc 's hand away , panting slightly with suppressed emotion at the misunderstandings she knew must follow . |
| 47 | She was annoyed with herself for allowing this man to overhear her secret thoughts . |
| 48 | He should have been less intimidating now he was seated , but she still felt uneasy , and she was annoyed with herself for showing any weakness , but she could n't help the quiver in her voice , the tears that pricked behind her eyes . |
| 49 | She was irritated with herself for feeling nervous . |
| 50 | Again her mother 's face and voice came before her , and she hurried past the Indian , annoyed with herself for feeling embarrassed . |
| 51 | Immediately she was annoyed with herself for sounding defensive . |
| 52 | ‘ I see , ’ Anne said triumphantly , obviously pleased with herself for eliciting this bit of information . |
| 53 | She was immediately annoyed with herself for becoming defensive . |
| 54 | His new found maturity on and off the court is impressing many and diluting the controversial image he has carried with him since turning professional four years ago . |
| 55 | Indeed John is so enthusiastic that one can not be with him without catching some of his zeal in the cause , and I can not regret our coming , though looking anxiously forward to our return . |
| 56 | When the baby had finished Tess played with him without showing much enthusiasm . |
| 57 | While her husband occupied himself with making mental notes as to his proposed victim 's physical constitution and disposition of character , Cleo amused herself with Lorimer , communicating with him by pulling delightful impish faces and fluttering her hands . |
| 58 | The clock began to whirr above him before striking ten . |
| 59 | People might 've messed around with it by putting this overhead profit to risk , they might 've put a negative er element in there , er they might 've put a high-cost element in there , they might put nought in there , so it 's very difficult to recognise that , that bill rates er from the labour , or the labour from the bill rate , there is n't a standard relationship , nowhere near . |
| 60 | ‘ I was born into the trap , he walked into it in avoiding another kind of servitude , with his eyes open , but not looking where he was going . |