Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the tasks that make up housework are dissimilar , there is said to be a ‘ sameness ’ about them which derives from their frequent need to be repeated , their lack of intrinsic meaning , and the impermanence of the goals they achieve . |
| 2 | There is a mantra-like quality about them which creates an atmosphere of stillness and contemplation , and even those who are not used to prayer or formal liturgy are readily moved by them to devotion . |
| 3 | New staff having been appointed , it is necessary to obtain certain information about them which was not contained on their application form — eg. National Insurance number and PAVE details Personnel files will be established containing information relating to their current position in the company , personal circumstances and background , qualifications and career history . |
| 4 | Had we known about them we might have paid more attention to the findings of the crime survey which suggested a quite extraordinary level of public support for what is now dismissed as the ‘ political rhetoric ’ of the social worker . |
| 5 | God I would n't chuffing bother about them me , I would n't even pay it , think it 's disgusting , bloody stuff , what a load of crap anyway , you 'd of had it were n't yeah if it were n't |
| 6 | His dark good looks had about them something raffish , sinister almost , which at once attracted and frightened her . |
| 7 | For example , if you have already made available literature dealing with questions such as holidays/pensions/conditions of work and the candidate chooses to ask about them it may well indicate that she/he is the sort of person who does not do their background work thoroughly . |
| 8 | It could be argued that they might help to identify him , but it was felt that they might relate to another crime and that if we started talking about them it might put whoever was responsible on his guard . |
| 9 | I says , Andrea knows about them it 's her job she 's now my , my superior , so if anybody let the managers know , she should . |
| 10 | When I tried asking the girls I interviewed about them I was often met with a shrug , or a short ‘ no problem ’ reply , as if periods were nothing at all , of no significance , and certainly none to a book on looks , fashion and body-image . |
| 11 | ‘ Sir , you know we do , though how you got to know about them I ca n't imagine . ’ |
| 12 | Why we 're worrying about them I do n't know . |
| 13 | Oh , I play heck about them I |
| 14 | I 'm not bothered about them you 've got tre you can go in the countryside and see that you 've got trees at well a lot of us have got them outside our own houses . |
| 15 | Well , if you 're that sort of person , I would worry about them you see . |
| 16 | Mm , I 'm not sure about them you 'll have the headmaster turning up say I recognize everyone here |
| 17 | Yet Carrie dared not speak out for fear they would question her reasons , and she was not clear about them herself . |
| 18 | Since we can never investigate all protons , any general statement about them whatsoever must depend upon a principle of this sort . |
| 19 | While they were cutting the suit off me they asked ‘ How many persons on board ? ’ |
| 20 | If by any chance she catches it off me she 's going to have a really sore throat is n't she ? |
| 21 | ‘ No … look , get off me you crazy old bastard . ’ |
| 22 | Had she not taken her weight off them they would simply have given way . |
| 23 | score off them they can |
| 24 | Er we could refuse to buy their electricity off them I suppose but it would n't be have much affect . |
| 25 | Cos anybody can score points off them I mean it 's simple . |
| 26 | Every time he removed his glasses to wipe the rain off them he could see that everyone was taking advantage of his short-sightedness to stare at him and grin and point . |
| 27 | ‘ The months ahead are going to be hard , for during them I am going to put you through much learning and discipline , ’ said Minch speaking in a strong and determined way . |
| 28 | So when I appeared on the scene and there were things about me which did n't stack up … well , it was a reasonable conclusion to arrive at . |
| 29 | To watch them pretending not to know all the things about me which I take not the least trouble to conceal . |
| 30 | While they 're talking about me they 're leaving someone else alone are n't they ? |