Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have discussed it with Dorothy Tomkin I think we have a genuine desire to move to a more authority-based planning system , erm , we have n't got the methods of doing that yet , and I turn to C B S and to local authority and to the traditional carers for them to join us in that . |
| 2 | It is clear from the conversation that there was sympathy for the person involved because it was easy for them to place themselves in that position , allowing the event to be normalized . |
| 3 | But there 's one one fault really it takes approximately fifteen to eighteen months for them to pass anything like that and that could be one |
| 4 | If we decide er , at each point of the committee meeting I , I think we should be processing any and suggestion forms that procedure owners have received , in a reasonable time , in order for them to process it before that meeting . |
| 5 | Now they may have their own reasons for that and it may be difficult for them to send someone at this precise moment , but I do n't think that they 're necessarily geared up to dealing with the sorts of things that you want them to deal with . |
| 6 | Sir , yeah thank you Chairman I hope members will accept this recommendation in paragraph two three and two four says it all , no need for me to say anything on this matter , these figures are |
| 7 | It would be madness for me to refuse you through hurt pride when all I want to do is be with you , as I have just found out . ’ |
| 8 | There 's been talk of Bruce leaving but it will be a greater achievement for me to establish myself as first choice with him still at the club . ’ |
| 9 | " If your wastage rate on these plantations was n't so high , there would be no need for me to supply you with new coolies all the time , " said Lepine sourly . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't know about them , but if you walked towards me holding something like that I 'd be pretty scared . ’ |
| 11 | Charmed too by her four cousins , their husbands and wives , all of whom treated her with instant familiarity , and their children who caroused through the house with unstoppable stamina , much to her aunt 's hilarity . |
| 12 | The exhibits in the Brussels exhibition seem to have had in common only a concentration on clearly defined simple forms and a corresponding limitation of colour , and very few of them had anything at all in common with the work of Picasso and Braque . |
| 13 | The Khedive has a number of sons and all of them see themselves as potential heirs . ’ |
| 14 | They must have longed for quiet and solitude , for space to shed their tears in private , or even to vent their anger , but none of them showed it in public . |
| 15 | See some of them have them with that . |
| 16 | And Proust 's relationship with Agostinelli , over a period of I suppose something like seven years , undoubtedly contributed a certain amount to the main outline of the Marcel-Albertine affair in the novel . |
| 17 | It was starting to be unnerving , this ability of his to judge her with such uncanny accuracy ! |
| 18 | ‘ You know the bad consequence of my laying myself under unnecessary obligation , and you will therefore take care that I only do it for real Friends that I can depend upon , ’ the member of parliament warned . |
| 19 | Before we look at students ' construction of science , it is important to stress that students ' decision to study science was not merely a consequence of their preferring it to other subjects , or being good at it , but the result of schooling and family influences . |
| 20 | Burns 's poetry and songs have played an important part in my life from the earliest years , not only because of their simple beauty , but also because of their directness , honesty , and wry , lop-sided , humour ; the appreciation of which stood me in good stead the last time I was in Mauchline . |
| 21 | In this development , the world of natural things — the making and conservation of which concerns us in Rural Studies — has been the key to the inspiration which Basil Rocke gave us . |
| 22 | It 's very good of you to take it like this . |
| 23 | Very good of you to see me at such short notice . ’ |
| 24 | The problem that was , of course , puzzling and worrying to the government was his faithful recording of who said what about such matters at Cabinet meetings . |
| 25 | To Clara , it was always painfully conspicuous , an indictment of a way of life ; she knew nothing of the history of slop basins , nor of the society that evolved them and their joyless name , but the sight of one affected her like some shameful family secret . |
| 26 | It 's not just a case of him taking us with all of what we had and were and us belonging to him , but he says i in taking you to myself , he says I give myself to you . |
| 27 | Summarize those needs cos there may be more than one and tell him what you 're gon na do , what is the plan of attack , when you 're gon na see the guy again and when we do our business building up , you can take it back to erm the benefits of him introducing us to other people by keeping policy charges down and increasing bonuses whenever possible , cos it 's in his benefit he introduces us to others so we do n't have to advertise , or very very rarely advertise . |
| 28 | Finally we climbed a bank and were on the road again , the smoothness of it lulling me into such a deep sleep that I never saw the barrier at the railway crossing , did not even hear them telling Ward the Jequetepeque had broken its banks a little further on . |
| 29 | My wife began , I know not whether by design or chance , to enquire what she should do , if I should by any accident die , to which I did give her some slight answer , but shall make good use of it to bring myself to some settlement for her sake , by making a will as soon as I can . ‘ |
| 30 | I dreamt of making an Olympic team when I was in high school , a rather far-fetched dream for a 4:36 miler , but that dream was part of what got me through all those hard times during the years that I was losing race after race in college . |