Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there were plenty left over for everyone else to have a taste , too . |
| 2 | The instances are the practice and the practice is the rule ; a rule is ‘ internally related ’ to its instances , and the sceptic 's attempts to plant a gap between them simply betray a misconception of what it is to follow a rule . |
| 3 | Negotiators from the two countries agreed in Geneva , at the end of the 15th round of bilateral talks which closed on April 26 , to cut their chemical weapons stocks to 5,000 tonnes each , and in June a summit accord between them formally endorsed a ban on the production of chemical weapons [ see p. 37518 ] . |
| 4 | Even where deep affection remains unaltered , the gap between them often becomes a chasm as years go by . |
| 5 | Receiving for me always contained a degree of embarrassment that I am only now beginning to come to terms with . |
| 6 | So everything 's there , printing presses repro separation houses , sheet film , computer set up and Apple Macs and everything is there , it 's actually a very impressive set up erm , the Queen Margaret 's course , I 'm slightly dubious about I once had a colleague I 'm going back a decade who had been employed on the basis of doing the communications course at Queen Margaret I think , and it turned out that it was n't communications as we understood it , it was n't our sort of communications P R newspapers and things like that , it was communications on a much broader , broader front so it did n't actually fit in to the world of P R and what happened was I then had to sit down and train this woman from scratch and get rid of a lot of the preconceived notions that she had come in with she had brought from Queen Margaret 's College . |
| 7 | Although urged by his party to remain , he thought , like a decent democrat , that it was time for someone else to have a go , and he retired at the time of the 1987 General Election . |
| 8 | Interviewed on BBC Radio Four 's Today programme , Swales said : ‘ I would love to keep going , but I realise it is probably time for someone else to have a go . |
| 9 | Batty 's other great strength is controling the ball , no matter how fast or high it is he brings it down with his chest or foot so he can lay it off for someone else to make a defence splitting pass . |
| 10 | It 's only a problem for UK subscribers , most of whom automatically have a choice of 2 From : addresses — a long one and a short one . |
| 11 | These same forces will also further distance the underclass from the vast majority of the population , many of whom now have a stake in what is called ‘ people 's capitalism ’ . |
| 12 | But each individual foster-parent is descended from a long line of ancestors many of whom never encountered a cuckoo in their lives . |
| 13 | Arboreal rodents , primates , and many other mammals take to the trees as an escape route and the majority of them rarely risk a descent to the ground unless it is vitally necessary . |
| 14 | None of them even read a newspaper . |
| 15 | Many of them also offer a mail-order service |
| 16 | Competing there were the cream of the country 's young athletic talent , some of them already making a name for themselves at international level . |
| 17 | Some of them evidently lacked a stem , and must have lain loosely on the bottom . |
| 18 | I think what what what never ceases to amaze me about about people in the flats on benefit , is is how many of them do manage , how many of them never owe a penny . |
| 19 | Old Mr. Stavanger and Mr. Andrew both liked a glass in the Masters ' Room , but neither of them ever took a drop too much . |
| 20 | Because it seems to me , many of them actually require a site specific evaluation or an area specific evaluation in quite detailed terms to be able to come to any sensible conclusion . |
| 21 | Did he need a bit of help with his I mean a lot of them did made them that sort of I just found a lot of was so so behind and so |
| 22 | Once more , there is no record of his actually completing a transaction . |
| 23 | I 've got a small networking job which needs doing quickly in Dr Pankhurst 's room — basically it 's to network in two additional PCs , one of which already has a network card . |
| 24 | The drying of the hydroxyls , each of which normally has a shell of water molecules around it , leads to the shrinkage of materials like wood . |
| 25 | Some of the less trampled beaches have an interesting flora , the seeds of which now provide a food supply for some of the largest wintering finch flocks still to be found in the county . |
| 26 | His manure was not sold ( as Red Rum 's had been ) , nor had his exploits been celebrated in song ( as was the case with Arkle , Red Rum and Dawn Run ) , but his fans were not sold short : there were books ( three ) , video tapes ( two ) , countless portraits , a white rocking horse called ‘ Dessie ’ , sculptures and figurines ( some of which actually bore a resemblance to the horse ) , an official fan club , and even a recorded phone message on which Desert Orchid 's part-owner Richard Burridge would update worshippers on the well-being of their idol . |
| 27 | Fat chance of you even getting a council house nowadays . ’ |
| 28 | Despite most of you already having a shower , 80 per cent are planning to install a new shower in the near future . |
| 29 | Have any of you ever seen a seal ? |
| 30 | He was a bit proud and pushy and disturbed the group when he challenged them : ‘ Have any of you ever caught a bear with your bare hands ? ’ |