Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , not many business executives or lawyers write satirical novels or plays about their own profession . |
| 2 | Deng Xiaoping managed to stay alive and did not wish to wait for his own death before being given any credit . |
| 3 | ( Cash more and Troyna , the editors of the volume in which Rex 's paper appeared , were widely criticized for their own collapse into a cultural essentialism which accused ‘ black youth ’ of being ‘ arrogant , rumbustious and contemptuous ’ and having ‘ a certain fascination for violence ’ ( 1982 , pp. 18 , 33 ) . ) |
| 4 | The tunic fitted over a loose linen shirt and was belted snugly by the sash that Riven was coming to see as his own . |
| 5 | The Countess of Scarborough was rapidly captured by one of Jones 's squadrons and a two-ship duel developed between his own flagship , the Bonhomme Richard and the Serapis . |
| 6 | But it was such an unusual rise to fame , a situation that , apart from Elvis and The Beatles , there really was n't anyone else to make any reference to and say this is how they got through it all , because there had been nobody else of that size who had done it , and it 's hard to say how much of the rise to fame was attributed to DeFries . |
| 7 | Well , we got through it all , I can scarcely believe that I came through all that and thoroughly enjoyed the excitement of it , and was not in the least bit sea-sick . |
| 8 | But er , we , we got through it all , did n't we ? |
| 9 | Doubtless even the Vikings ( after sailing , raping and pillaging all summer ) got about their own snowy land on useful planks of wood . |
| 10 | Well I was working in the quarry , and er it 's last March turned round and said he wanted a new implemented with a new miracle saw that he had bought and he did n't really give us much warning about what he was gon na do but all he said was that er he was gon na scrap our old bonus contract and implement a new one no matter what , and from various figures that were bandied about we all realized we were gon na back quite a lot worse off because of it . |
| 11 | It 's the sort of feature anyone half handy can make for their own water garden . |
| 12 | In the first place , we all need to mourn for our own sins and for the negative contribution we bring into the world . |
| 13 | These people cared deeply about the success of the venture because they cared about their own livelihoods , the future of their children and the very breath of their dying community . |
| 14 | She 's not so sure at first — but then she thinks about what all her girlfriends tell her . |
| 15 | Now presumably somebody in government or Whitehall has just taken a decision to , to go for it all in one year , I do n't know why , I , I do n't suppose we 're told why , but the , the consequence of the decision is actually going to be that people in Shropshire , our clients and social services are going to pay for that decision , either through paying charges for services that they now get for nothing , or by getting less services , er , and this does n't seem to be in line with the government 's stated aim of , of targeting money where it 's most needed . |
| 16 | There was another couple of Chelsea fans I was singing about them all the fucking day were n't I ? |
| 17 | It will require a miracle for Bedford to retain their status , even allowing for their few plus points — a top New Zealand coach , the arrival of a useful looking New Zealand scrum-half , and the fact that if the three national divisions are expanded , as proposed , next season , only one team will be going down from the First Division . |
| 18 | Although there are only 15 contractors , they have between them 50-odd transmitters , each of which needs two copies of the commercial ( at least ) , so allowing for your own copies and back-up stock , you will need 115 or so bulks for a national campaign . |
| 19 | The summer sun , to which he was so often exposed during his many sporting pursuits , had accentuated his freckles . |
| 20 | Wentworth-Day , who lived through it all , describes the experience : |
| 21 | Garry will have registered for you both and I 'm sure he 's eagerly awaiting your arrival . ’ |
| 22 | The SFO had alleged that they secretly arranged for their own companies to buy shares , thereby raising the take-up level announced to other investors . |
| 23 | A deep sense of another 's ingratitude invaded her — she found this foolish light-minded bird quite detestable in her desertion , in her stupidity and folly , in her lack of recognition of the comfort and safety arranged for her own good , contrived and given with heartfelt care and love . |
| 24 | Her ostensible motive was that one of the defendants , not content with court security , had arranged for his own — an off-duty policeman , packing two police-issue revolvers and , said the judge , ‘ enough ammunition to send to Sarajevo ’ . |
| 25 | She leaned back against the seat , her hands pressed between her own legs . |
| 26 | Another reason given for his own preference was the ability of his favourite novel to ‘ allow pupils to be drawn into the emotional climate of the book . ’ |
| 27 | There was nothing to spare unless he used the rupee that he had been given for his own food . |
| 28 | He will be enmeshed for his own good in the electric wires which bring with them life-giving energy to make the farm fertile . |
| 29 | This undiscriminating enthusiasm … prevented him from settling on a ‘ field ’ to cultivate as his own . |
| 30 | They will replace a hotchpotch of weapons that these countries have in the past developed for their own use or bought from abroad . |