Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [adv] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We say more about the resolutions in the explanatory notes but if you have any queries about them please telephone our Shareholder Enquiry Office where the staff will be able to help you . |
| 2 | No Peter wants about them finally closing his business down . |
| 3 | He is content for everyone else to have their say first , though his everyday associates and friends respect his views too much to let him get away with that too often . |
| 4 | Unless low income-earners can achieve , at a stroke , a very large rise in earnings and jump right out of the trap , it is virtually impossible for them significantly to improve their situation . |
| 5 | He saw Balfour and Lloyd George in such different lights that , the issue of the Admiralty apart , the idea of an alliance between them hardly entered his head . |
| 6 | I also included contributions from Tom Sargant of JUSTICE and the men 's two solicitors , all three of whom unequivocally asserted their innocence . |
| 7 | I realized early on how much I was getting out of the callers and the fact that some of them seemed to get something out of me too increased my confidence in other areas of my life . |
| 8 | One of them simply lifted her skirt , lay on the floor , and had a handjob . |
| 9 | Modern scholars have found proof that from here they continued to withdraw north-eastwards , groups of them eventually making their way to the vicinity of the Tigris-Euphrates basin , the region which now constitutes the border between Syria and Iraq . |
| 10 | Many of them usually earn their living by carrying out valuations on behalf of brewery companies . |
| 11 | On the other hand , none of them ever doubted his ability to give as good as he got when the street-fighting began . |
| 12 | However none of them actually shared my interest in politics … . |
| 13 | ‘ … in Iraq I was manipulated heavily … to the point of them actually grabbing my hand , moving the way I was pointing the camera … |
| 14 | I 've never been so controlled , to the point of them actually grabbing my hand , moving the way I was pointing the camera . |
| 15 | Most of them then switched their loyalty to the country 's spiritual leader , Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , who was determined not to allow the Islamic revolution to fall into the hands of a man he saw as an opportunist reformer . |
| 16 | There 's this bloke his well a chum of his actually got his statement and said this ca n't be blinking right ! |
| 17 | Right , but the way you 're describing the process it seems I get an image of someone gently putting his hand on the collar |
| 18 | The villa had turned out to be a converted barn featuring renovated stone walls , distressed oak furniture , and a large resident population of rats , bats , wasps , flies , spiders and cockroaches , all of which strongly resented our intrusion into their habitat . |
| 19 | Again Leith wanted to tell him he could forget all idea of her ultimately becoming his cousin by marriage , but again , she found she could not . |
| 20 | Later on in life those same children may be expected to regard that Bible with such reverence , that the placing of a hand on a copy of it automatically makes their obligation to tell the truth more compelling . |
| 21 | In the course of ordinary domestic , family and work-place life , each of us voluntarily gives our name and address to a wide range of agencies , authorities and individuals , usually in expectation of a service ; in addition , of course , we are each of us under statutory obligations to give personal details to agencies of central and local government , whether as employed persons , voting citizens , rate-or-tax-payers or licensees ( of TV , dog , car , etc ) . |
| 22 | One of us automatically consults his watch : 4.40 to the second . |
| 23 | None of us ever saw your sister again after that . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ After Hall was ordered off you really saw our resilience and will to succeed . ’ |
| 25 | The Vevay Beauty range covers everything from the latest cosmetics to skin and hair care — every product thoroughly clinically tested and selected for you individually to suit your colouring and skin type . |
| 26 | Those who fight against it there deserve our support and appreciation . |
| 27 | If , for instance , I volunteered to give up some of my bone marrow to save a person suffering from leukaemia , then , so long as my own health was not in danger , there would seem to be nothing wrong with my momentarily relinquishing my autonomy . |
| 28 | It was suggested that should enter a team for the 13 mile run , however as the day approached , half of the team members were unexpectedly unable to join in , including who unfortunately sprained his ankle two weeks before , climbing in the Cairngorms ! |
| 29 | She finally got involved for the oldest reason of all : ‘ I was n't getting as much attention as I wanted , so I kind of got into it just to get his attention , and to be around him more . ’ |
| 30 | Jimmy , would you please go to your cabin and bring Theodore here with whatever further results his cryptology has turned up . ’ |