Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he and , after his death , his sister were genuinely attached to Joyce , through whom they had contributed to Mosley 's organisation as a bulwark against Communism . |
| 2 | This act of slaughter in 680 led to the polarization of Islam between , on the one hand , the supporters of Ali and his descendants ( through whom they asserted the legitimate succession to the Prophet to run ) and , on the other hand , the Umayyad caliphate establishment . |
| 3 | Wendy and I saved up two days ' leave for New Year , and we decided to spend it with my cousin , through whom we had the marriage connection . |
| 4 | Jesus Christ , through whom we live . |
| 5 | there is only one Lord , Jesus Christ , through whom all things were created and through whom we live |
| 6 | The place then passed to the Middlehams , and in 1270 was left by Ranulf Middleham to his daughter Joan , through whom it came to the Nevills of neighbouring Swainby . |
| 7 | She had revealed that she was surrounded by the spirits of her four dead children , her parents , and a host of spirit youngsters through whom she operated when she was on This Side . |
| 8 | She had given the instruction herself , saying she could not bear to see the person who had been the instrument through whom she had heard such infamous news . |
| 9 | Gertrude Stein , too , wrote in her book on Picasso : ‘ Upon his return from Gosol he became acquainted with Matisse through whom he came to know African sculpture . ’ |
| 10 | 15 ( 1 ) No action shall be brought by any person to recover any land after the expiration of twelve years from the date on which the right of action accrued to him or , if it first accrued to some person through whom he claims , to that person . |
| 11 | 1 Where the person bringing an action to recover land , or some person through whom he claims , has been in possession of the land , and has while entitled to the land been dispossessed or discontinued his possession , the right of action shall be treated as having accrued on the date of the dispossession or discontinuance . |
| 12 | This is important because you reach judgements and conclusions about everyone you meet based , first and foremost , on these observations of their behaviour . |
| 13 | He was quiet , polite , and concerned about everyone he met . |
| 14 | I care about you , about Susan , about everyone who has ever worked at that factory . |
| 15 | Yeah I know it 's easier no you must feel really gutted , I mean I would I know , because as you said , you going out for ten months yeah exactly , yeah , exactly I mean come on you really liked him fancied him loved him oh wow , I said love , love love , I do n't know love hey man yeah yeah it 's probably , you know like when you dumped him for Danny it 's just probably like that yeah exactly exactly , so do n't worry oh come on he ca n't give up ten months for nothing I know it has to end someday , but it does n't I mean it 's like everyone thinks like that , it really annoys me , everybody , right who 's about our age yeah , they just go out with someone knowing that one day it 's gon na end , they 're just waiting for the day , and that you know , you should go out with someone with the intentions of being with them forever I know that sounds pathetic , but it 's true , yeah I know , yeah exactly yeah , yeah I know , why do you think I said it ? |
| 16 | For nothing I do , no emergency procedure I try , frees me from wherever I 'm pinned down , or gets me back inside her . |
| 17 | this for nothing it creates a disrespect for the law . |
| 18 | Er I would , I would echo that , that we feel that they money has been paid in for work or services done by the employer and by the er fund members themselves have contributed and I do n't think it belongs to either of those parties in any more , it 's held by the trustees to pay pensions , if for nothing it 's been put there just to pay pensions , it 's not a piggy bank for er for companies to draw out with the with their tame er trustees allowing it , it it 's money the trustees hold in in trust and I believe that 's the law at the moment and er I I think we would like to see that confirmed in any new law . |
| 19 | They do n't call her part-time Shirley for nothing you know ! |
| 20 | Although the tasks that make up housework are dissimilar , there is said to be a ‘ sameness ’ about them which derives from their frequent need to be repeated , their lack of intrinsic meaning , and the impermanence of the goals they achieve . |
| 21 | There is a mantra-like quality about them which creates an atmosphere of stillness and contemplation , and even those who are not used to prayer or formal liturgy are readily moved by them to devotion . |
| 22 | Why we 're worrying about them I do n't know . |
| 23 | I 'm not bothered about them you 've got tre you can go in the countryside and see that you 've got trees at well a lot of us have got them outside our own houses . |
| 24 | Well , if you 're that sort of person , I would worry about them you see . |
| 25 | While they were cutting the suit off me they asked ‘ How many persons on board ? ’ |
| 26 | Cos anybody can score points off them I mean it 's simple . |
| 27 | Er we could refuse to buy their electricity off them I suppose but it would n't be have much affect . |
| 28 | There were tasks for everyone which took account of intelligence , educational opportunities and personal gifts . |
| 29 | For everyone they take , staff say they turn another four away . |
| 30 | Their luck had been good , for everyone who had left the warren was still alive . |