Example sentences of "an [noun] [prep] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he sipped his wine in the bright , busy square , he thought that although the language was certainly a problem and one that he would have to continue to struggle with , it only provided him with an excuse , really , an excuse for why he had not been able to get down to the job of looking for Elsie . |
| 2 | and for an hour at least she sits and teases |
| 3 | Often the pilot is lost and has been worrying for the past half an hour about where he is . |
| 4 | Because that has an effect on how you can use people . |
| 5 | The Assistant Managers will continue to work where they are currently situated and this will give you an indication of where you will initially be working in the new structure . |
| 6 | The comments of one development officer may be taken as an indication of how they felt about their workers , and about what characterises a good support worker : Interviewer : |
| 7 | In this way you are getting the students involved in thinking about what they are looking at , and you are also getting an indication of how they interpret what they see . |
| 8 | Well the specific question I asked is whether you 've quantified in percentage terms erm perhaps Group Captain you could give us an indication of how it has affected it ? |
| 9 | This viewpoint can be tempered by an appreciation of how we talk to … |
| 10 | The Home Office described it as ’ a piece of mischief ’ , but said there would be an investigation into how it happened . |
| 11 | An investigation into how he managed to escape so easily is now underway . |
| 12 | Hopefully this will give an insight into how we try to please most of the people most of the time , and maybe encourage more staff to put pen to paper and get into print . |
| 13 | His report gives an insight into how it feels to take part . |
| 14 | In his autobiography , ‘ Inward Hunger ’ , ( 1969 ) Williams gives us an insight to how he felt at the end of this speech , ‘ the audience had listened with rapt attention ’ … then … |
| 15 | Their efforts were observed by John Paston III who , however , was watching events round the king almost entirely with an eye to how they might affect his family 's dispute with the duke of Norfolk , and recorded the flurry of activity without noting its cause . |
| 16 | Their efforts were observed by John Paston III who , however , was watching events round the king almost entirely with an eye to how they might affect his family 's dispute with the duke of Norfolk , and recorded the flurry of activity without noting its cause . |
| 17 | The author 's been unable to resist popping down to the set once in a while to keep an eye on how it 's going . |
| 18 | In this case we may say that the reflection shows itself through the mirror , and this illustrates the general principle that consciousness can be understood only by an examination of how it reveals itself through the material world . |
| 19 | He then launched an inquiry into why she was granted Legal Aid . |
| 20 | Wanted to do an article on how I 'd built the company from nothing . |
| 21 | You know we had an accident along where we opened that car door and that cyclist |
| 22 | I 've got a what do you me call on that roo , er an assembly on why we , why do we have rules . |
| 23 | She 's over an inch less where it counts for that dress . ’ |
| 24 | In part the style is an acknowledgement of how she came to the leadership , and in part also a reaction to previous leaders . |
| 25 | Nothing is guaranteed to make an expert less sympathetic to your case than having an argument about when they are likely to be paid . |
| 26 | But I mean that would just be an argument about where they set the level that you no longer were to qualify for child benefit , but I mean , bu , you know , presuma , presumably er , th the point the man was was making that er , the child benefit goes equally |
| 27 | The issue of Information memoranda and related advertisements in connection with the disposal by clients of businesses is an example of when we issue advertisements as agents for our clients . |
| 28 | So there 's an example of where it 's happening and I hope it will happen over the whole field . |
| 29 | This is an example of why you should judge catalogues — and nurseries — by the candour , honesty and fullness of the information they provide . |
| 30 | I will give you an example of why I have come to that conclusion . |