Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [adv] [vb -s] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | One of us automatically consults his watch : 4.40 to the second . |
| 4 | Jimmy , would you please go to your cabin and bring Theodore here with whatever further results his cryptology has turned up . ’ |
| 5 | It is not just that beetles and mice are pests ( we might have said the same of ladybirds and the pursuit of wildfowl ) , but rather that the relative similarity of the larger mammals to ourselves materially affects our thinking and is reflected in our instinctive responses . |
| 6 | It is an absolute rule of the Punch Table that nothing said around it ever finds its way into print . |