Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The way , the way they talk about March winds it was February rain they |
| 2 | She made it easier for Sarah to see him . |
| 3 | • What your intense desire for Jim tells me is that you are a highly sexual person : one who has managed to heal herself after a difficult marriage and who 's now ready for a physical relationship . |
| 4 | to meet with Jim so that we can a a the objective of which will be for Jim to tell us what the content of his course is , so we can assess where whether there are gaps in our training . |
| 5 | Reading the news for ITN means I sometimes work peculiar hours but I often have a weekday morning off , and that 's when I play golf . |
| 6 | There was logic in this distinction ; for if the duties of a vassal were such as Fulbert defined them , then in fulfilling them the fidelis whose estates were close to those of his lord would have to make many sacrifices , while for one who lived several days ' journey away , not making a nuisance of himself would be a relatively painless matter . |
| 7 | It would be hard now for Ferguson to leave him out . |
| 8 | West Indians began to troop off , only for Gower to wave them back since Terry , arm in sling beneath sweater , was returning . |
| 9 | At the end Polyxena looks back as Akamas leads her away a prisoner . |
| 10 | It 's funny about Ellis having ya , I think , I think |
| 11 | There was none of the carelessness with which he usually waited for Twomey to bring him his glass . |
| 12 | ‘ Through Rugby Travel I get lots of invitations to schools and clubs — I did nine sessions in two days in Northern Ireland recently — and it 's a good opportunity to try out different moves . |
| 13 | Working for ICI enabled him to join their club at Norton Hall where a single croquet lawn has been in existence and played on at least since the end of the 1939–45 War . |
| 14 | for Roger to release him . |
| 15 | Even talking about Friedrich made her catch her breath , swallow , bring the shutter down in her head . |
| 16 | In examining , for example , the influence of X on Y , it has to be considered whether shifts to a given value of X from either direction have the same consequences for Y. Does it matter , that is , whether X has increased or decreased to reach its present level , or whether the relationship is asymmetrical in that different values of X do not have a uniform effect on Y ? |
| 17 | She had been Patrick 's housekeeper for fourteen years , through his brief and disastrous marriage , through his long and complicated liaison with a woman who had left a year ago , telling Ella that there was no point in waiting any longer for Patrick to marry her . |
| 18 | That is absolute rubbish and I expect the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook to condemn it as such . |
| 19 | A great longing for Toby seized me . |
| 20 | The house , moreover , has its relation to the industrial town as Engels describes it , which is also planned so that the paths of the separate nations need never cross . |
| 21 | Because it is the product of the class struggle , it will disappear or as Engels puts it ‘ wither away ’ with the advent of socialism . |
| 22 | A bit of a luck break there off Oldfield takes it to Collimore . |
| 23 | And she went off to look for Moominpappa to ask him to put up two more beds — very , very small ones . |
| 24 | That 's a good reason for David to give me a lift is n't it ? |
| 25 | As well as Sunday 's League match , there is an Italian Cup tie the following Wednesday for Gazza to prove he 's in a good enough condition to make some contribution against Norway . |
| 26 | If she did as Emelda wanted she could free Linda but would be snared herself . |
| 27 | Presently Wendy wrote a note for Ken suggesting he came on down when he 'd had breakfast , walked fifteen minutes to the hospital and admitted herself . |
| 28 | It was all very well for Dawlish to tell me to take orders from the Brain , he did n't have to obey them . |
| 29 | The knowledge disappeared as quickly as it had come ; but it had come in time to remind her of why she had waited so anxiously for Johnny to visit her ; to remind her of why she had longed for his return with such a burning impatience . |
| 30 | Two of Britain 's major motorways , the A1 and M1 , pass through Nottinghamshire linking it directly with towns and cities throughout the country . |