Example sentences of "[pers pn] [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 | Just thought I 'd told you for cos from the erm , title i , you would n't think it was about the navy . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He lies with her , as he lies to her , and she with and to him . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Our fleet of the latest , radio controlled , air-suspension buses takes you to and from Gatwick Airport . |
| 14 | It 's a great thing to keep them from and to me in those days . |
| 15 | Tell me when , when we when we s started our discussion of the planning the future document I did say that er there was one or two things you could do for me and er one of those of course was to ask you if you could , during the course of our discussion , if any names came to , to mind , anybody who you would find that you could er you could recommend me to or can refer to me to if in fact you found our discussions were of benefit |
| 16 | Over the past three weeks I have conducted my own scientific poll among the taxi drivers who have taken me to and from Conservative Central Office each day . |
| 17 | Not that the Girls wanted them to as during rehearsals they were utterly exhausted . |
| 18 | Around the turn of the century men from Potterspury formed a club with a view to purchase a horse and brake to convey them to and from Wolverton . |
| 19 | The big-spending Hollywood myth retains its influence and the Zombie cast were well looked after by Steenway Productions , with cars organized to get them to and from the set . |
| 20 | To celebrate the occasion , they were given an emotional send off by the bus drivers who 've spent the last three years transporting them to and from home . |
| 21 | Plod could herd them all together into a group , march them to and from their destinations , depriving them along the way of all alcohol ( not to mention all civil rights ) and beat the living daylights out of any who still insisted on stepping out of line . |
| 22 | Jane and Bill could have driven them to and from the party . |
| 23 | He 's got to go and deal with the children , take them to and from work , then run a business . |
| 24 | Luckily a team of waiters offered a line of protection , though even they could do nothing about the way he was levelling those dark eyes at her as if with deliberate and enigmatic meaning . |
| 25 | Dorothy looked wildly around her as if for an escape — but nothing was restraining her . |
| 26 | The others had potential , but I bathed and groomed her as if for Crufts and made my way to the hospital . |
| 27 | And then he smiled at her as if for the first time , a smile that made her think that he had been touched by God . |
| 28 | For Lee everything was being spotlit and she was seeing the people around her as if for the first time . |
| 29 | She smiled again and reached for her handbag , sliding the diary free , laying it beside her as if for reference . |
| 30 | ‘ I know , ’ he said , and seemed to look at her as if to gauge how love looked in a person 's eyes . |