Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I du n no what we 'll do , ’ Carrie replied , feeling that all her hard work and shrewdness in helping to build up the business was going to count for nothing should the threatened strike take place . |
| 2 | They have also learned that Marseille 's superior goal difference in Group A of the Champions League will count for nothing should the two teams finish level on points at the end of the series . |
| 3 | I ca n't just take it for nothing can I ? |
| 4 | It was on a par with the rest of their good fortune that night — save the missing of Balliol himself — for nothing could more assist their project than to drive hosts of panic-stricken and riderless horses before them through the sleeping camp . |
| 5 | To talk about them would be a risk , and I just do n't like taking risks . ’ |
| 6 | Such methods are outside the scope of this book , but those who are interested in reading more about them will find relevant books in Suggested Reading on p. 141 . |
| 7 | Access to information held about them will help clients understand better the processes in which they are involved , and to participate in decisions that critically effect them . |
| 8 | These are things which we already have , and to write about them can only be a celebration of past triumphs , an exercise in quasi-historical complacency : " how the battle for democracy was won " . |
| 9 | Similarly , although the smallness of the samples of 16th , 17th , and 18th Century publications in need of repair means that conclusions about them must be treated with some caution , it is worth noting that if all pre-1800 items are treated as a group and the proportion of them allocated to each of Categories 3–5 calculated , their pattern of distribution ( ‘ Poor' 78% ; ‘ Bad ’ 18% ; ‘ Fragile ’ 7% ) comes close to matching that already established for all defective items . |
| 10 | He should know about them should n't he ? |
| 11 | The index will list some of the reports and papers related to each project and give contact points to whom inquiries about them should be addressed . |
| 12 | Performances of the Everyman production of Shakespeare 's Much Ado About Nothing can be seen at the Huyton Suite in Poplar Bank , Kirkby , on November 19 at 2pm and 7.30pm . |
| 13 | Also remember that although signing one card for everyone might be cheaper for you , there are still some folk within the fellowship who may not have a big circle of family or friends and who would really appreciate a card from you . |
| 14 | that would definitely make it more interesting , if it , a talking point for everyone wo n't it ? |
| 15 | I am quite sure lessons for everyone will emerge from the inquiry being carried out by the Welsh Affairs Committee . |
| 16 | For whom would I be working ? |
| 17 | As Enoch Powell observed ( in The Sunday Telegraph Magazine in November 1976 ) : ‘ In the last resort , no less today than since the dawn of history , the test of nationality is war : on whose side will you fight , and for whom will you , if need be , die ? ’ |
| 18 | On the other hand if I am in a drama experience my own actions and things about me may trap me into believing I am in an actual event . |
| 19 | There was a long silence before Ipuky continued , ‘ What is said about me should not concern you . |
| 20 | The sums that will pass through them ought surely to enhance their prestige , and at a symbolic time . |
| 21 | In the second case the sizes of the beads and the holes through them can vary . |
| 22 | He claimed that Iran badly needed TOW anti-tank missiles and in return for them would get the American hostages being held in Beirut released . |
| 23 | the the deputies had prepared er they 'd er there 'd be a stall say erm n n nineties or like that might be , and the order for them would probably be , Twelve four foot props , and twelve bars , you see ? |
| 24 | It might also have disturbed them to know that in such circumstances what is still a fairly new and effective lifeline for them would have been ruled out — insurance . |
| 25 | Er after deliberate first we wondered whether they ought to go through onto the racecourse and then we decided no probably the best place for them would be round the back of the main stand . |
| 26 | Here then , get a bit too cold for them would n't you ? |
| 27 | Some couples whose cohabitation has worked well for them may be surprised , hurt or bewildered when , legally married , they find their relationship deteriorating . |
| 28 | Attempts to improve occupational mobility for them may concentrate on a few professional openings where their colour is defined as an occupational advantage ( e.g. race relations advisers ) or on employers ( e.g. local authorities ) with positive action policies , or self-employment ( small businesses ) . |
| 29 | Other long-tail types impair flight and show greater sexual dimorphism , but variation in their initial evolutionary cost suggests differences in how female preferences for them may have evolved . |
| 30 | High welfare benefits may attract electoral support from the recipients , but the high taxes to pay for them may lead to electoral unpopularity with the wider population ; balancing the two is a difficult political act . |