Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pipes were going well considering the damage inflicted on them during and after the landings . |
| 2 | ‘ He gave me six points for this country so clearly that I saw them as if on a black-board and could simply copy them down . ’ |
| 3 | Back in the house , she went from one ordinary object to the next , chairs , tables , bookcases , touching and leaning against them as if for help . |
| 4 | The Zombies take on the appearance of people the adventurers know ( and preferably care about or at least like ) and reach forward to them as if in greeting . |
| 5 | With a helpless little movement she sat up , drawing up her knees and hugging them as if in some way she might glean comfort from the gesture . |
| 6 | So you can use them for because of because of it 's cos you can draw it out you can make wires out of it . |
| 7 | ‘ I learned so much about myself and the people around me during and after that setback , ’ said Schwer . |
| 8 | During his up and down summer , Hick received plenty of advice from well-wishers , but he admits : ‘ The difficult bit was to decide which bits of advice were going to help . |
| 9 | We deserve to be punished because we considered ourselves over and above the deceased . |
| 10 | Normally someone at or near the scene would be brewing tea but Dalgliesh had-no intention of using the washroom even to boil a kettle until the scene of crime officer had done his work . |
| 11 | He lay on his back for a few moments as he always did , then turned onto his right side , arranging himself as if for sleep . |
| 12 | Talkative , gregarious and insensitive , he attached himself as if by magnetic force to any group larger or more important than the one he was actually in . |
| 13 | He really launches himself into and through the ball . |
| 14 | Just thought I 'd told you for cos from the erm , title i , you would n't think it was about the navy . |
| 15 | And then you will tell him to come to a place that I will tell you of and at a time that I will tell you . |
| 16 | He lies with her , as he lies to her , and she with and to him . |
| 17 | ‘ Except as provided by the subsequent provisions of this Part of this Act — ( a ) no person who under or for the purposes of this Act receives information relating to the business or other affairs of any person ; and ( b ) no person who obtains any such information directly or indirectly from a person who has received it as aforesaid , shall disclose the information without the consent of the person to whom it relates and ( if different ) the person from whom it was received as aforesaid . |
| 18 | What seems to be missing from the analysis is some measure of how much the savings plan is actually giving you over and above your initial hard earned cash . |
| 19 | Our fleet of the latest , radio controlled , air-suspension buses takes you to and from Gatwick Airport . |
| 20 | Thank God he did n't know what I was sure of , that I felt everything as if through a mattress . |
| 21 | I counted something like and at the moment it appertains just to the telephone system and regard to the enquiry system . |
| 22 | This happened to be all of the middle section of the body , which had lost almost everything from and including the bottom two ribs down to the top of the pelvis . |
| 23 | Do eat something before or with alcoholic drink , but remember that nothing will keep blood levels low ! |
| 24 | If he 'd done something to or around the horses , I thought , then he had to have travelled with us on the train . |
| 25 | Bringing a ritual element into the home implies doing something over and above what is physically necessary . |
| 26 | The notion of speech acts was introduced by the Oxford philosopher J. L. Austin , who pointed out that in uttering this or that well-formed sentence a speaker is doing something over and above expressing its literal meaning . |
| 27 | So it was n't just the joy , he was used to that , this was something over and above that . |
| 28 | Time is appropriate where the child is required to do something at or by a particular time . |
| 29 | With a new series , exercise prices are usually created ; one at or near the ruling share price and one each at a level some 10 per cent above/below the middle price . |
| 30 | It 's a great thing to keep them from and to me in those days . |