Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The argument for this as-if strategy is straightforward enough : civilization is impossible unless the decisions of some well-defined person or group are accepted by everyone as setting public standards that will be enforced if necessary through the police power .
2 Cicely apologised for not being at Q.T. Day to thank everyone for supporting this Gala event .
3 The Bishop thanked everyone for travelling all the way from St Columba 's on Walney Island , St Wilfrid 's , Preston and many other parishes on such an inhospitable day and reminded the packed Cathedral that ‘ They choose to throw in their lot with us , it 's as simple as that .
4 Three years of being a member of the Campaign Team at AI had not prepared me for seeing human rights abuses first hand .
5 I had the uncanny feeling that the ghost of Sigmund Freud was chiding me for thinking this and she was clearly incensed that I could suggest that her father could have had any interest in religion whatsoever .
6 But wider , deeper and larger considerations had to be taken on board and at this stage I do n't know if any of the money will be available to me for replacing Batty if he goes . ’
7 Erm , the final point on the shortfall of funding is as I 'm , keep emphasising , forgive me for repeating this , this is going to be year two of a four year transition .
8 ‘ Pa would 've been livid with me for getting pregnant , and he would n't want his precious fiddle going to pay for anything to do with it . ’
9 absolutely horrendous , oh by the way you did n't thank me for getting those yoghurts did you ?
10 He wanted to thank me for having such an undying belief in his footballing ability and for working tirelessly to further his career in soccer .
11 Excuse me for needing this spelt out , but does this mean that Leeds fans can now just pay at the door to stand at away games .
12 Not only is Martin now the proud owner of a brand new set of Elite Strings , but is also ‘ eternally grateful ’ to me for featuring this bass part and naming the bassist involved , a certain Rutger Gunnarson .
13 He apologised to me for paying insufficient attention while entering a strange harbour . ’
14 Many of my hon. Friends will take revenge on me for making that remark , because the Whips hijack hon. Members into taking part in , and thereby lengthening , long and tedious debates .
15 I 'll get you so you wo n't even recognise your own body but after we 've done it you 'll be grateful to me that I made you do it and you 'll enjoy it and you 'll get better at it and one day you 'll thank me for doing this to you .
16 You probably hate me for saying that . ’
17 May Jupiter forgive me for saying this Buddy - but I do think his head would go nice on your mantelpiece .
18 John Hall wo n't thank me for saying this but the MetroCentre falls into this category .
19 I write this letter in the hope that someone will explain the errors of my ways , forgive me for mixing relativistic and Newtonian physics , and enlighten me .
20 ‘ Barry , excuse me for asking this , but why would n't I want to see where I was going ? ’
21 Blame me for becoming poor if you like — I admit , I blew it — but the responsibility for the way our society treats its poorer members is not exclusively mine .
22 Pardon me for thinking they were important , pardon me for feeling beautiful and lyrical , pardon me for loving you .
23 ‘ Dr Neil , ’ she said , and her manner was almost shy , ‘ I hope you do not think the less of me for raising such a delicate matter . ’
24 Stirling 's R.A.F. confidant made arrangements for converting the aircraft but did nothing about telling any of his colleagues planning the operation .
25 The snag in all this thinking was that most of the people involved knew little or nothing about producing mass-market newspapers .
26 and you absolutely no knew nothing about producing plain bearings you were sitting in the chair and probably a guy that worked his way through the factory floor who knew the job inside out , he was still
27 The problem is that if one of the projects you tell them about goes wrong , as inevitably it will , they 're inclined to hold it against you .
28 ‘ And anyway , who 's taking whom for granted this time ? ’
29 Indeed , multiproduct companies will normally have a variety of means open to them for breaking even on their operation , some of which may be approximately equally efficient , so that governmental intervention to choose one amongst them , something facilitated by state ownership , is not necessarily inefficient .
30 I bet they 're thanking them for getting two hundred and fifty nicker
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