Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The semiconductor devices are all fairly sensitive to excess heat , so do n't fry them during soldering ! |
| 2 | Although it emphasises that the opportunities are not guaranteed to find success , market-orientated businesses should find them worth considering . |
| 3 | There were dangers in this silence — Wilson well understood that the steady remittance of funds for the care of Oreste constituted a claim on him over and above that of natural parentage — but she thought them worth risking . |
| 4 | I 've erm contacted them through living there and working with them as well . |
| 5 | Six Hampdens were lost , three of them through running out of fuel on the return . |
| 6 | The nature of these changes , then , can be seen as some confirmation that the trends identified by Dearlove were genuine enough , but that working them through has taken much longer to achieve and involved much more upheaval than his initial analysis would have suggested . |
| 7 | The cowering patrons were pulling silver crucifixes from their pockets and holding them between trembling fingers . |
| 8 | As one constable stated , the ‘ Action Men ’ who are fitness conscious and orientated towards crime-fighting only adopt this mode ‘ to get them off doing work ’ . |
| 9 | The other day , some man attacked me for using the phrase ‘ biological clock ’ . |
| 10 | Mr today congratulated me for slapping Anthony . |
| 11 | ‘ Pardon me for livin' , lady . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Pardon me for jumping to erroneous conclusions . |
| 13 | Pardon me for thinking they were important , pardon me for feeling beautiful and lyrical , pardon me for loving you . |
| 14 | Now he keeps blamin' me for keepin' her clean . |
| 15 | It took me a long time to admit that , but I gradually realized that many people were grateful to me for sharing the thought with them . |
| 16 | In which case forgive me for writing as I have done . |
| 17 | She apologized for skulking out of the way so shamelessly , she thanked me for saving the life of their beloved dog who was now prancing around with the children as though nothing had happened , and she finished with the regret that she had n't even asked me my name . |
| 18 | Excuse me for swearing but I 'm just repeating what she said … |
| 19 | I suppose that 's your way of punishing me for kissing you yesterday evening . |
| 20 | ‘ Can you blame me for holding the very opinion which you deliberately instigated ? |
| 21 | And now when it comes in a miracle , you wonder at me for looking twice , thrice , four times , to see if it comes through ivory or horn . |
| 22 | Three years of being a member of the Campaign Team at AI had not prepared me for seeing human rights abuses first hand . |
| 23 | The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art produced his Shut up and Sing in 1960 and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art , where he was music director from 1963 to 1973 , produced his Excuse Me for Living in 1964 . |
| 24 | ‘ My son was very cross with me for burdening you with the basket of flowers . ’ |
| 25 | My dear George YOU WILL not thank me for congratulating you on a lucky escape . |
| 26 | ‘ Hear now the axe sing — Axe of Gillian — Gil-lian made me — Shaped me for slaying ! ’ |
| 27 | I was disappointed at this and was afraid she was still vexed at me for bringing Frankie . |
| 28 | I was just worried that you 'd be furious with me for bringing them down here when you were out of the country . |
| 29 | ‘ There 's an hour before anyone 'll thank me for ringing them back , ’ he said defiantly . |
| 30 | He was furious with me for ringing him . |