Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Through Rugby Travel I get lots of invitations to schools and clubs — I did nine sessions in two days in Northern Ireland recently — and it 's a good opportunity to try out different moves . |
| 2 | Working for ICI enabled him to join their club at Norton Hall where a single croquet lawn has been in existence and played on at least since the end of the 1939–45 War . |
| 3 | Even talking about Friedrich made her catch her breath , swallow , bring the shutter down in her head . |
| 4 | So we , with your pensions and things is mum , what about mum does she know what about the state pension and stuff ? |
| 5 | It 's clear to me and I think it 's clear to the vast majority in Congress that it 's a matter for branches to decide who represents them in the various forums of the union . |
| 6 | Now he is appealing for sponsorship to help him meet his expenses . |
| 7 | But the thing that fascinated me last night was the statistic about Gillette do you know they said when Gillette started When Gillette started doing the erm Gillette Cup , it cost them five thousand a year . |
| 8 | Nobody 's listening but I insist : ‘ This fairness of skin obliges them to shield themselves so that if they do catch the sun they avoid the obvious danger of peeling . |
| 9 | Then a chance encounter with a man going to see the precious Blood at Wilsnak in the Duchy of Brandenburg determined her to accompany him . |
| 10 | A pesticide used on the Continent , where varroa is widespread , is not licensed for use in Britain , but beekeepers are asking the Ministry of Agriculture to let them to use it . |
| 11 | As the day of rehearsals approached I got my usual attack of the ‘ I 'll never do its ’ . |
| 12 | Mm , so what kind of damage do you think you could do if if you say you would n't let them , so what ma what makes you feel that way ? |
| 13 | Dr G 's emphasis on the creative potential of physics leads him to see it as an ‘ arts subject ’ ; Dr L , on the other hand , sees the differences between the sciences and the arts as ‘ enormous ’ . |
| 14 | Additionally , a horse that enjoys eating a wider range of foodstuffs — alfalfa , oats , horse mixes , apples , carrots , and so on — provides us with a larger range of inducements to motivate it to do what we want as well as rewards for when it does do what we ask . |
| 15 | They would of course let me know what was going on as soon as possible . |
| 16 | The nearest whole number of hours Do you take it by that number ? |
| 17 | ‘ Swindon want to keep White and I 'm in no real position to offer the kind of money to make them change their mind , ’ says Rovers ' Gerry Francis . |
| 18 | CUCGA intends within five years to have ( i ) established relations with the media , Government Departments , Members of both Houses of Parliament and other bodies with an interest in higher education ; ( ii ) established itself as a campaigning body on behalf of graduate organisations ; ( iii ) opened its membership to encompass all university convocations and analogous bodies in the UK ; ( iv ) established methods of funding to allow it to support its expanded role ; ( v ) developed a comprehensive portfolio of policy issues upon which it can actively and publicly campaign at appropriate times . |
| 19 | Ah yes ; a Secretary at the Ministry of Industry wants you to ring him . |
| 20 | The strain of labour caused her to break her pelvis . |
| 21 | ‘ What kind of books do you think he 'd write ? ’ |
| 22 | What kind of pyjamas does he wear I wonder ? |
| 23 | So again you 've got to come up with your main heading what kinds of words do you think you 've got to have in your main heading ? |
| 24 | According to Ali Akbar Rafsanjani , the powerful speaker of the Iranian parliament , ‘ The Americans started contacting us through scores of channels begging us to help them in the Lebanon ; through Japan , our neighbouring countries like Pakistan , our embassies , the United Nations and numerous arms brokers . ’ |
| 25 | About one third of drivers said they used their cars for unnecessary journeys . |
| 26 | Erm loo looking at that , erm if you were to die tomorrow , hopefully you wo n't but if you were , what sort of figure do you think your , your er wife would like , would require in order to continue to live how she is at the moment and be able to look after and feed and keep the children ? |
| 27 | Sam Torrance was promised a bonus of £20,000 had he emulated his feat in 1985 and holed the winning putt at the Ryder Cup . |
| 28 | Anthony Hope 's inspired invention of Ruritania allowed him to move his English hero straight from modern clubland into a world of castles , kings , beautiful women , and feudal loyalties . |
| 29 | What kind of monster do you think I am ? ’ |
| 30 | Only towards Pen had she let her guard slip and that was because he himself claimed her as his own , rushing into his mother 's bedroom and hurling himself into Wilson 's arms . |