Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the person through whom all orders for purchases from project grants must pass , this is clearly a key position in the project 's structure . |
| 2 | Polygon and EUP staff work alongside one another in the press 's four-storey Georgian offices , effectively open-plan through everyone habitually leaving the doors of their small rooms open . |
| 3 | Peter was famous for nothing besides denying the Lord and putting his foot in his mouth up to the kneecap on several occasions , but he was chosen . |
| 4 | The fact that he does not explain anything about them probably means that they were known to his audience . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | No Peter wants about them finally closing his business down . |
| 7 | Your friend talks a lot about them now do n't you ? |
| 8 | His head was against her knees ; the parcels lay about them still wrapped , being easier to pack . |
| 9 | Art offers ‘ substitutive satisfactions for the oldest and still most deeply felt cultural renunciations , and for that reason it serves as nothing else does to reconcile a man to the sacrifices he has made on behalf of civilization ’ . |
| 10 | A Kha-Khan did not ask ; he commanded , and it was left simply for everyone else to obey . |
| 11 | Next I ask myself , does one congratulate oneself on getting married or not ? — or is that left for everyone else to do ? |
| 12 | It was Greg Carey , and as if his entrance was a cue for everyone else to appear , the Christmas Eve cocktail party was in full swing within ten minutes . |
| 13 | He is content for everyone else to have their say first , though his everyday associates and friends respect his views too much to let him get away with that too often . |
| 14 | And there were plenty left over for everyone else to have a taste , too . |
| 15 | It was a disappointing performance by the Bears for whom only Mark Lemon and the determined Odom took the chequered flag . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Through them there cut another , familiar , voice . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The windows are now boarded up , but the rocks which came through them still litter the floor . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Wynne-Jones 's knowledge of the woodland realm was far too useful for them simply to abandon him and race furiously for the north . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It took about nine days for them completely to stop eating green eggs , but they continued to enjoy the ordinary white egg . |
| 24 | Nor is there any power for them either to require details from people in order to keep a register or to require people to continue to notify them of changes in any register . |
| 25 | While I was doing that all the drums I left last week for them just to do they had n't done . |
| 26 | I feel that there should be four or five other tournaments around the country to play in order for them just to get to the national championships . |
| 27 | Would it be possible for them also to prune this tree hard back so the light can be seen . |
| 28 | Microcomputers are accessible to individuals at home , to small businesses and to schools This means that the majority of microcomputers are used by people without specialised skills in computing Manufacturers of microcomputers and the writers of programs for them therefore design their products to be simple to use Mainframe and minicomputers , however , are extremely expensive and have always been the preserve of large organisations where specialist staff and trained computer operators are more readily available . |
| 29 | Most of these new rich were only one step removed from village life , and to have a brand new ‘ cottage style ’ house , and on an enormous scale , was for them extremely appealing . |
| 30 | And Karen last weekend , after you were sitting for them suddenly took ill on the Saturday I think , and Sheila was n't in any great shape , so he went back home er , from the office an over his lunch hour to see if he could just go and lend a hand , ge generally help out over his lunch hour . |