Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that he does not explain anything about them probably means that they were known to his audience . |
| 2 | We say more about the resolutions in the explanatory notes but if you have any queries about them please telephone our Shareholder Enquiry Office where the staff will be able to help you . |
| 3 | ‘ He was always the one cast member who always stood up for me if there were any bleating from Equity members about them not getting their money from repeats , compilations and so on . ’ |
| 4 | criticism about them not turning up and this sort of thing . |
| 5 | No Peter wants about them finally closing his business down . |
| 6 | Your friend talks a lot about them now do n't you ? |
| 7 | His head was against her knees ; the parcels lay about them still wrapped , being easier to pack . |
| 8 | With a great big cans , you had to fill it with that molasses , and we had to pour this all over the grass and then , shorts , our shorts were cut off breeches you see because then we used to wear them first and we cut off them off to make shorts . |
| 9 | There is as much chance of them having it , as them not having it . |
| 10 | There 's a hiding for thee when th'gets back from th'gallivanting ! ’ |
| 11 | I do n't think you can do anything about me not getting an erm they should just pay me more should n't they , if they ask to ? |
| 12 | All of a sudden , she whined something about me not knowing what I had done and she broke down into tears . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , you 've proved your point about me not knowing enough to be a manager . |
| 14 | She is worried about me not eating , she is worried that my periods have stopped , that I look thinner and thinner , that my hair has gone dry and flat and rasps like paper when you touch it , but she also admires me . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , you know you are always moaning about me not taking you out enough . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ What would my dad say about me not going to school ? ’ |
| 17 | There is without a shadow of doubt some very nasty gossip about me now sludging its filthy way through the intestines of the society I know and have come to despise . |
| 18 | Through them there cut another , familiar , voice . |
| 19 | And through them all does there not run a consistency of effort to strengthen the ties of monastic life , to bring back those in error , to wait patiently for better times , while occupying his time with theological work , with preaching and counselling the erring , for whom he displays an affectionate concern — even for the king . |
| 20 | The windows are now boarded up , but the rocks which came through them still litter the floor . |
| 21 | Shrewsbury by the way are a third division team , they 're about eighth or ninth in the table so er a great chance for them tonight to cause a major upset . |
| 22 | Wynne-Jones 's knowledge of the woodland realm was far too useful for them simply to abandon him and race furiously for the north . |
| 23 | When people are used to , say , £1 of their limited housekeeping money going each Friday to nice Mr Jones when he calls , it must be very difficult for them even to consider diverting that money into a different spending channel which would instead involve them — rather than Mr Jones — in all the work of paying it in . |
| 24 | ‘ In order for them not to happen the law would have to be changed and , with the time it would take to change the law , we would n't be able to do so before the elections are due to happen . |
| 25 | There 's no excuse for them not to go into the medical practice booklet because they 've got fifteen thousand patients or thereabouts . |
| 26 | She came to see him once , was shy and vague and noncommittal , later wrote to say it was best for them not to see each other again . |
| 27 | Er our distribution system has got great press recently and it 's regarded as one of the three best distribution systems in the U K. One of the things we 're trying to do is to pay less for our books , it 's very easy to pay very very fancy prices for , for er mid-range authors and for them not to earn out , so we 're looking for much cheaper books . |
| 28 | For the normal continuation of the museums ' collecting and activities , it is better for them not to collect pictures by European masters for kopeks in Russia , but to buy equipment and restoration materials with serious money in the West . |
| 29 | Erm it would be extremely difficult t for them not to occupy our thoughts , I 'm not sure whether your question is is inviting me to consider what the European Community should be doing in the context of Bosnia . |
| 30 | So they reverted to their original position : that as neither of them missed sex , it was OK for them not to have it . |