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

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31 But with a brother and sister whom she must look after for they had nothing left but her .
32 Though perhaps not quite so avidly sought after as its Pirelli or even Ilford counterpart , these nonetheless prove to be extremely popular with local folk who send them to their far-flung nearest and dearest .
33 Ah that 's after when you , when Jehovah was going to destroy it the death , yes ?
34 Soon , however , they found themselves in a nightmare situation for although they were walking towards the train they seemed to get no nearer to it .
35 As they were about to go inside — for although it was a pleasant summer day , it was always likely to be windy on top , and their hats might blow away — Florrie exclaimed in sudden panic : ‘ Oh , good gracious !
36 Melanie knew what she was waiting for although she had not told her .
37 No longer are we referred to as although we still we 're referred as
38 A world transfixed by the horror in the Balkans is entitled to feel it has better things to worry about than what is not happening in the Middle East .
39 We both now have far more important things to worry about than something which was merely a youthful — er — mistake , hmm ? ’
40 Though I suppose I was chosen because I have a better understanding of what they are about than your average pen-pusher . ’
41 There is far more genuine material about than there is false or suspect ; and much is of such a nature that there is no temptation for anyone to forge it .
42 So many of Hardy 's girls are people who 've had a little bit of education , and who are somehow or other caught between traditional ways and modern ways , and I think one has the feeling that Hardy is more interested in the sociologically transitional status of the people he 's writing about than he is interested in them as people .
43 But in spite of facing ever-deepening mystery and pressure , you 'll find you have far less to worry about than you think by next weekend .
44 Well it was the same no distinction at all in that sense , but er you know we were sort of they had more serious things to talk about than I wan er you know I knew the cook , er couple of o other apprentices from the carpenters shop we used to go into the main th there was no-one to keep an eye on us in the in the mess-room you see , no-one to tell us .
45 In the solid ( below the glass transition or in the crystalline state ) the " spaghetti " is somewhat less able to slide about than it is in the liquid state .
46 Today Wilf Pereira was guest of honour at the air base which he probably knows more about than anyone else .
47 As I said , I work with Phil 's band and Genesis , and there 's usually about a year off in between so I 'd like to do another record of my own . ’
48 It may have unlimited funds or it may have very tight ones ; most fall somewhere in between so you have to think creatively about raising the additional finance to do the job properly .
49 I said well frankly Cheryl with her record I 'm not in I said she takes off when she pleases , she comes down when she wants something I said she doing me some good at christmas I said I do I quite understand that I said I do understand and I 'm I 've nothing nothing to do with me that 's entirely up to you and she said and you would n't tell me what to do you wo n't change our minds , I said no I 'm not trying to change your minds but you asked me what I would do I said and I think there and now she 's She said and I do n't care what you done , I 'll do I 'll do , I said she 's got hundreds of where they smash the windows and break into so regularly .
50 But the thing is , also what I thought of once we got ta us a mortgage and got established , you could always remortgage and go into er like Bradford and Bingley , and come out like that
51 Yeah I know it 's well again , you know , kind of once you can see , once you can see what 's wrong with it rather than just sort of , you know , screwing it up and throwing it away , you know kind of if you can use that as a basis for , for , you know , kind of putting more of the stuff in that makes it look a bit more academic
52 Er , she said , you know , make it one to sort of so you do n't have to come back .
53 the only way to do it is get that book one really sort of so he really understands it and then he 's gon na be interested in book two cos he 'll
54 That i it would be the people who stood up first and accused the landlords and took the lead in the settling accounts procedure , they were more likely to be able to , to get more in the way of than anybody else , that they would get more land , more erm better quality land the animals , implements etcetera and those sort of , th those peasants who were taking the lead were actually members of the Party were they ?
55 Course he , he used to know a lot of them round there , because there was more houses at the top of than there is now and all round there you know .
56 Indeed , a popular view amongst community relations police in the area is that many more schools would welcome them but for intimidation , a factor which the community relations police have to be very sensitive towards if they are not to threaten the safety of children and teachers .
57 Erm well let's let's call it H or call it opp if you like .
58 I phoned up this week just to say I 'm getting on with it and they sort of like she said she 'd
59 The old by-streets now swarmed with passengers and vehicles of every kind ; the new streets that had stopped disheartened in the mud and wagon-ruts , formed towns within themselves , originating wholesome comforts and conveniences belonging to themselves , and never tried nor thought of until they sprung into existence .
60 It 's the kind of thing you do n't think of until it actually happens to you .
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