Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [prep] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only with the repeal of these measures , the abolition of all laws based upon precepts of ‘ obscenity ’ and ‘ indecency ’ , and the opening up of the narrow , prescriptive sexual teachings insisted upon by the moralists , can we get on and live our lives , talk about our desires and argue about them without feeling ashamed or guilty . |
| 2 | Children can find out these differences and we might encourage them to talk about them by posing such questions as : |
| 3 | What 's in it for them in doing this ? |
| 4 | Clearly there is a huge reward for them in performing these seemingly useless actions and , were it not for the risk of ingesting the wool fragments , there would be no harm in it . |
| 5 | COUNTY NatWest Investment Management is launching an umbrella indexed fund which allows investors to track markets in different parts of the world and switch between them without incurring huge costs . |
| 6 | ‘ We are meeting the goals we have set for ourselves in returning Digital to profitability and growth , ’ said president and chief executive Robert Palmer . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not going to do anything , except wait and see how the police get on , ’ said Joe , ‘ and I do n't know what you can do except tell the police that you got acquainted with the unfortunate bloke when he came after you for nicking that wallet from Blackbeard . |
| 8 | Pretty soon they 'll send constables after us for doing such things ! |
| 9 | It would be nice , for example , to do all your own minor operations … remove cysts , do stitching and all these sorts of , eh well , do a complete work-out for somebody with say cardiovascular problems — but this needs half an hour at least … . |
| 10 | Stephen Czerkas is an amateur American paleontologist who has made a name for himself by reconstructing lifelike models of dinosaurs . |
| 11 | What it does show , is just how much of a theoretical problem Engels had made for himself in creating this highly problematical gens stage of history where there were no divisions of any kind . |
| 12 | ‘ Dr Neil , ’ she said , and her manner was almost shy , ‘ I hope you do not think the less of me for raising such a delicate matter . ’ |
| 13 | And lot 's of them of stopped that |
| 14 | Of course some of them like doing one job more than others ; I 've got one gardener who likes doing nothing else but cutting grass — well , he 's quite welcome to do that because the rest of us are not fussy . |
| 15 | But the protesters were oumumbered and at the end of an hour they had been thrown out , some of them after suffering enough physical damage to require a visit to the casualty department of Hammersmith hospital . |
| 16 | that it 's barely worth their while to erm to employ try and get rid of them by doing that er which er which means that there should n't be redistribution of land that much and therefore |
| 17 | I 'm proud of you for doing that . |
| 18 | It would be startling if the mere fact that the defendant invoked a Community law defence , with sufficient substance ( but no more ) to escape rejection under the narrowly drawn principle of acte clair , should be capable of itself of excluding this useful jurisdiction , thus providing encouragement to those seeking to profit from law-breaking activities to adopt this method of prolonging what may prove to be a source of illicit profit . |
| 19 | I do n't think that I was in a minority of one in finding this performance , particularly the absolutely shattering playing of the Finale , incredibly moving — the thunderous howl of approval that greeted the final chord bears that out . |
| 20 | She was so proud of herself for getting that out , grinning wildly at the other woman , that Ruth could n't subject her to more and left them for the tennis courts while they unpacked the dusty Seat that seemed to be packed to the gunnels with baskets of clothes and packages . |
| 21 | Folly felt quite proud of herself for remembering this snippet of English history . |
| 22 | Clara even grew quite fond of Mrs Hill , and proud of herself for feeling fond of one so odd . |
| 23 | There are not going to be agents of the DES disguised as pupils planted in every classroom , and teachers , renowned for their creativity , can exercise some of it on discovering creative interpretations of the law . |
| 24 | I managed to avoid a lot of it by having some tasks of my own . |
| 25 | Ocean should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves for releasing this third-rate rubbish . |
| 26 | ‘ And I do n't know about all this ‘ probate ’ flummery , because it ai n't stopped Miss Ara and that there reverend husband of hers from taking all they want . ’ |
| 27 | Moderator I 've asked for this new clause to come in immediately after seven because of what in accepting seven we 've just done . |
| 28 | And he gets the jar cor she said that 's disgusting dad she said and he had course he blames all of us for having some but we had n't touched them . |
| 29 | It removes the pernicious , if subconscious obsession with calendar age , which precludes some of us from learning new things , or undertaking new tasks , or taking a new interest in the world around us . ’ |
| 30 | Thorning adds : ‘ Of course , this arrangement does n't stop either of us from getting other contacts within the CIS . |