Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [pron] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 They gave away very little about themselves in their choice of the first Christmas presents .
2 Though they were the subjects of much more inquiry than the ‘ respectable ’ working classes ( but in this generation distinctly less so than before 1848 or after 1880 ) , we really know very little about anything except their poverty and squalor .
3 He paused , then added quite gently , ‘ But I 'm glad to know you discovered all that for yourself without my having to tell you . ’
4 Come and see this for yourself on your next trip to Brazil .
5 There is definitely some collaborative work to be done here between the legal and records management people to establish what is required before computing personnel can hope to try and address this for us via their own skills or pressure on manufacturers .
6 I 'd like to buy half of them from you . ’
7 She keeps one watery eye on the television , and half of one on me .
8 The Liverpool star , who will represent Britain in the May contest , said : ‘ I might even put some of them on my new album . ’
9 I 've already put in our comments in writing on this to Chris and I 'll just sort of draw some of them save me repeating them .
10 Everyone in Paris is trying to make friends , and some of them with me . ’
11 If you have a wide range of social activities , the patient may be able to join in some of them with you , even if he can not resume his former independent interests .
12 I 've seen splints and saddle sores that would make you blench , and you can pull the coat off some of them with your bare hands . ’
13 If we do as the Russians want and hand over all these prisoners to them whether or not the prisoners are willing to go back to Russia , we are … sending some of them to their death ; and although in war we can not , as you point out … afford to be sentimental , I confess that I find the prospect somewhat revolting , and I should expect public opinion to reflect the same feeling …
14 It was the scarcity of Indian appointments , coveted by so many applicants , which gave such great influence to those politicians able to produce some of them for their friends .
15 A Valentino dress , a Chanel handbag , £5,000 , a gold American Express card , and some of them for nothing !
16 I only wanted to tell you I 'm really interested in the Foundling babies and I hope to visit some of them for my husband .
17 I hope you 'll like some of them for your own nearest and dearest .
18 I 've been talking to some of them about it , it 's meant to be , cos I did n't know it was going on , and I saw them in the paper , says oh !
19 At one point Mary returned to put some of them through their paces .
20 Lucy had curled up on a pile of old throwouts in the corner of the Wardrobe department , and had pulled some of them over herself like a burrowing animal .
21 But it is not so generally known and acknowledged that some of them in their day held high positions in the scientific world , nor has sufficient commendation been bestowed upon the whole body for their unselfish zeal in the promotion and encouragement of the study of Natural History , and especially Botany , as an essential element of medical education .
22 well how would that how would that fit into the present context ? , erm , we 're assuming here that I have n't decided the er European points or some of them in your favour
23 how would that fit into the present context , erm , we 're assuming here that I have n't decided the er European courts or some of them in your favour
24 The General Secretary mentions some of them in his Report , and I do not apologize for mentioning it again , they 're fighting back at Timex , they 're fighting back at Burnsall , in my own region at Crawley we 've twenty members who 've been on strike for the last sixteen and a half weeks .
25 so if I get , put some of them in it will not wake her up in the morning
26 She does bring some of it on herself though .
27 Oh I think an electric drill it was in the sixties so with the twenty five pounds off it brought it down a bit and I , I paid for it with one cheque so I was n't having it on the weekly er er it worked out I think Vicki gave some of it towards it .
28 She touched some of it with her foot : it was soft and squishy , but not too soggy .
29 It was in 1980 , and I would like to share some of it with you .
30 I heard some of it from my room .
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