Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They looked about them a bit hazily and then at the bleeding half-thing that had been the young boy and scuttled into a corner . |
| 2 | to provide meetings which have about them a sense of mental , spiritual and emotional homecoming to them . |
| 3 | The gentle old men who took up the presidency of Lebanon had about them a streak of cold savagery that stunned even the Palestinians . |
| 4 | She thought about them a lot , wondering how it was going for them on their first real day on active service ; the first day , she supposed , of the rest of their lives — of the duration , at least . |
| 5 | And , road accidents , we talk about them a lot , and we 've discussed about charging for them , or whether we should n't and all the rest of it , they are n't about bits of squashed metal , they 're about people . |
| 6 | On the other hand , there are those on both sides whom I would label ‘ meaning ’ theists and ‘ meaning ’ atheists , between whom a dialogue about God 's existence can take place . |
| 7 | I 'm discreetly handcuffed to Detective Sergeant Flavell — McDunn has the key — and we have a couple of burly plain-clothes men with us I strongly suspect are tooled up , but the pressure seems to be off me a bit . |
| 8 | Now I 've got through the first round , it 's taken the pressure off me a bit . |
| 9 | There has been a recognition of the constraints within which the Trust can plan its long-term management and for everyone a jolting out of the cosy belief that man is master . |
| 10 | In short , the social debate on evacuation probably served to reinforce existing analyses of working-class poverty rather than to change them : for conservative social observers , it confirmed their view that the bulk of the problems were caused by an incorrigible underclass of personally inadequate ‘ cultural orphans ’ for whom a Welfare State could do little . |
| 11 | Anyone who er regularly attends soccer games knows full well that the game does attract a minority of er young men who for whom a punch-up on a Saturday afternoon is all part of the game . |
| 12 | The degrees have been designed primarily for those already employed in the chemical or biological industries for whom a degree is necessary or desirable for promotion to a more senior appointment . |
| 13 | repeat courses for those who wished to remain in full-time education but for whom A level was an unrealistic target . |
| 14 | Mr Horn works for Derbyshire County Council , for whom a spokeswoman said the hearing had not taken place and would not be held in the future . |
| 15 | He was one of those blessed people who have an itch in their hands to make things which will not be denied and for whom a lack of formal training in the arts is compensated by a hyper-developed sense of ingenious invention . |
| 16 | However , in so many cases , the police and the courts are dealing with persistent reoffenders rather than with first-time offenders , for whom a caution or community service would be an appropriate penalty . |
| 17 | Halling fell into this pattern , for after the Charter the Lord of the Manor was the Bishop of Rochester , for whom a bailiff or reeve controlled his lands . |
| 18 | There are developers for whom a building is not just another source of profit and who want to be good patrons . |
| 19 | A " customer " is a person with or for whom a firm carries on , or merely intends to carry on , " regulated business " or other business carried on in connection with that regulated business ; the reference to " other business " does not make someone a customer if he would not otherwise be but seems merely to extend the scope of the activities covered by the COB Rules . |
| 20 | This must not be dismissed as mere metaphor since it could also be true of the reader , for whom a health check might reveal their having suffered from a range of complaints in blissful ignorance . |
| 21 | employees who have made other arrangements to pay their contributions ( i.e. those for whom a form RD950 is held ) . |
| 22 | A solicitor or RFL for whom a shareholder holds shares as nominee is referred to as the beneficial owner of the shares , and |
| 23 | Thus , if we restrict our attention for the moment to pupils for whom a statement is made , the proportion ranges across LEAs from less than 1 per cent of the school population to nearly 3 per cent . |
| 24 | In Scotland , all primary school teachers must have a degree , and so must all secondary school teachers except those teaching subjects such as music , PE or drama , for whom a college diploma is sufficient . |
| 25 | Span of control refers to the number of persons for whom a manager has direct responsibility . |
| 26 | The long corridors of the Bastille were hardly convenient for Pavarotti , for whom a dressing-room was created nearer the stage , so that he did n't have to walk too far . |
| 27 | You do care about me a bit , do n't you , Harry ? ’ |
| 28 | Video can bring an assortment of people into the classroom and through them a range of issues . |
| 29 | The clouds parted and through them a beam of light fell on Sandweg church . |
| 30 | Women are disrupted in their worship by the masculinity of the religion to the point that it ceases to be for them a vehicle through which they can love God . |