Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | You can take that rubbish off that chair and wipe it , will you ? ’ |
| 32 | The problem with the stock market crash was that index arbitrage and portfolio insurance had the effect of feeding off each other and driving down share prices . |
| 33 | Later , as dusk began to fall , they got sentimental about each other and began to cry . |
| 34 | Thus , where parts of a building are separated by a party floor , the draftsman should define the boundaries between each part and allocate responsibility for repairs . |
| 35 | According to pragmatism what we call legal rights are only the servants of the best future : they are instruments we construct for that purpose and have no independent force or ground . |
| 36 | If they so desperately want a child why should n't they for one occasion , if they are lesbian or whatever , use a man for that occasion and let the women who have a family , and who want a child and ca n't have them use this IV programme which is marvellous ! |
| 37 | ‘ They might have helped out with the work , but Robert has done much more — lent you his nurse for that pyometra and lent Ian to do my farm work — and he 's worked doubly hard himself . |
| 38 | ‘ And I was walking past the T-shirt stall and this girl I know who does Jesus Jones ' T-shirts ran over to me and said , This guy wants to talk to you — he wants to talk to you — he wants to buy the rights for that T-shirt and put them in the shops ! |
| 39 | ‘ And I was walking past the T-shirt stall and this girl I know who does Jesus Jones ' T-shirts ran over to me and said , This guy wants to talk to you — he wants to talk to you — he wants to buy the rights for that T-shirt and put them in the shops ! |
| 40 | Well thanks President for that welcome and thank you colleagues , Congress , for the welcome that you 've given to me . |
| 41 | He then collected cheque books for that account and used them to obtain over £7,000 in cash and property . |
| 42 | Given that the health board has said that it will have difficulty finding the money for that relocation and upgrading , will the Minister consider favourably any requests that may be made at the meeting ? |
| 43 | ‘ He did everything for that dog and thought the world of him . |
| 44 | Mr. Adley : I thank my right Hon. Friend for that reply and declare an interest in the industry . |
| 45 | I thank my hon. Friend for that reply and understand the Government 's appreciation of the need for mature women in the labour market . |
| 46 | Reg Akehurst 's charge was a firm favourite for that contest and gave his backers not the slightest hint of a scare when leading at the furlong pole to score by a length-and-a-half. way off the pace makes an accurate assessment of his progress very difficult for the handicapper , but this observer is convinced there is significant improvement still to come . |
| 47 | I mean take the example that Hugh is always using , is that if I wanted to knock a wall through , a hole through that wall and put a door in there with a link in it surely to goodness we |
| 48 | You take that hussy out of here , or you go through that door and do n't come back . |
| 49 | ‘ The task of the Metropolitan Museum is to break through that silence and communicate — simply and conveniently — the full life of a work of art ’ . |
| 50 | In front of the railway station , a second police car ( summoned by a confident Morse as Lewis had driven him from North Oxford ) was now waiting , and the Chief Inspector nodded a perfunctory greeting to the two detective-constables who sat side by side in the front seats as they watched , and awaited , developments ; watched the three men walk over to the twenty-minute waiting-area set aside for those meeting passengers from British Rail journeys — an area where parking cost nothing at all ; watched them as they passed through that area and walked into the main car-park , with the bold notice affording innocent trespassers the clearest warning : |
| 51 | There can be no logical distinction between that case and looking at the draft Bill to see that the statute as enacted reproduced , often in the same words , the provision in the Law Commissions 's draft . |
| 52 | Thread a piece of string through each hole and knot it in place . |
| 53 | Pass a long piece of string through each hole and tie the ends of the string to a carving fork , so the meat can be suspended in a pan without it touching the bottom . |
| 54 | Ever since the two disastrous meetings she had had recently about Matilda , the first with the Headmistress and the second with the dreadful Mr and Mrs Wormwood , Miss Honey had been thinking a great deal about this child and wondering how she could help her . |
| 55 | She would have to have a word with her father about this man and find out what on earth had inspired him to hire him in the first place . |
| 56 | He was hugely enthusiastic about this work and telephoned M. Chaillot , who said he was interested in principle but would need a little time to think about it . |
| 57 | I went to see Eric to tell him about this conversation and found that he had come to the same conclusion . |
| 58 | Tamar thought no more about this conversation and did not ask Stephen whether his quest for a new groom had been successful . |
| 59 | What is good about this portrait and serves Dick Crossman 's memory well is that Tam Dalyell is so candid with his reservations , despite the contrary pull of loyalty and affection . |
| 60 | It was there she told me about this sister and showed me her hand . |