Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember at the conclusion of a church house-party , a man asking me for prayer to be filled with the Spirit . |
| 2 | Moreover , with so many potential members , it is easier for someone to free-ride without being noticed or subjected to any kind of social sanction by those who do join . |
| 3 | Well I du n no , I do n't know what we 'll do , it 's , there 's plenty of work to be done around , but I 've been out every night this week and I 'm in tonight thank goodness , I need to be in |
| 4 | I have to get plenty of sleep to be fresh for work . |
| 5 | There is plenty of produce to be gathered in the kitchen garden , but remember to order new fruit trees as well . |
| 6 | It provides an opportunity for the child to get plenty of attention for being good . |
| 7 | It is certainly an eclectic resort , with plenty of celebrity to be seen . |
| 8 | It gives you plenty of time to be certain about whether the food suits you or not without confusing the issue . |
| 9 | The staff were amiable , but there again they had plenty of time to be . |
| 10 | Her father had sat with her through the nights , holding her hands , comforting her , robbing himself of sleep to be with her and help her through the worst of it . |
| 11 | This is probably related to an increase in the exposure of the colonic epithelial cells to short chain fatty acids ( SCFA ) , which in addition to being a possible energy source for the cells , may also promote cellular proliferation . |
| 12 | The history of the royal succession shows time and again that a prince had to prove himself in order to be sure of inheriting a kingdom , and the process of building up a following and prestige was likely to cause some conflict . |
| 13 | The SPA , which elects a standing committee to represent it when not in session , also elects the President , who in addition to being head of state holds executive power and governs in conjunction with a Central People 's Committee and an appointed State Administrative Council ( Cabinet ) . |
| 14 | Today 's sport brought to you in association with 's new supermodel , the . |
| 15 | Thus if x is round-shaped , or metal , say , x is not necessarily related to anything outside itself in virtue of being round-shaped or metal . |
| 16 | There will be two alternative clauses - one calling for a ban on research and one for research to be allowed up to 14 days . |
| 17 | I felt the soap operas were raising issues about how you survived and coped in the late eighties that both addressed political issues and also involved me emotionally , whereas nothing about the formal election coverage got to me at all — apart from the Labour Party Political Broadcast , the first one in history to be repeated by popular demand ! |
| 18 | If you pull the chassis out , somewhere inside them will be a stamp saying ‘ Treble ’ or ‘ Bass ’ , and the one to look for is ‘ Treble ’ . |
| 19 | If this was a late addition , one that went into the quarto at the last minute , the printer may have lost four lines of type in the process — or even cut them in order to be able to finish Act 3 tidily on the last page of a quarto sheet : the very next page , as it happens , which left scarcely any room for manoeuvre . |
| 20 | He wears the promises of God underneath his battle dress , and puts them in danger of being hacked to pieces with his own body . |
| 21 | Les and the nuclear waste again Les , there has been no indication whatsoever in respect of being notified officially by the M O D , as to Rossythe being used as a nuclear dump none whatsoever . |
| 22 | Stick with that scenario , how , how would you anticipate , or how would you expect that strategic guidance to be given as to where development should be appropriately located to serve the needs of Greater York , what mechanism is there in place for being |
| 23 | A great adventure , a fitting enterprise for one who had known herself from infancy to be set apart for some rare destiny , and one that she had thought herself to have pursued courageously , successfully , with a redeeming love that had rescued even the anguished , complex , hostile Aaron , and had saved him from his wilder flights . |
| 24 | She 'd got into a lot of trouble over many little things , for instance , her clothes in the changing room were being thrown down in a pool of water , and was soaking wet , she had to take them to matron to be dried , matron was cross . |
| 25 | Unfortunately it never really delivered on the tantalising opening mention of Lee 's behind-the-scenes ‘ control ’ of black culture in NY and the unwillingness of critics to publicly diss him for fear of being shut out of the game . |
| 26 | This , Emecheta explains , is a very strong goddess of the Ibos , so strong that Hausa soldiers dare not attack her for fear of being made impotent . |
| 27 | Those of Canon John 's professional musical friends who took part in the concert came from far and wide and gave their services as a gift to him in gratitude for being the leading light in all the musical ventures for the Third World while he was parish priest of St Joseph 's , Sale . |
| 28 | It was as if he needed this quality of attention to be fixed upon him in order to be completely silent . |
| 29 | Even Jim could n't have fixed it for Gideon to be a military hero , or Moses a great leader , or Peter to be a rock-like dependable person , or Jeremiah a powerful preacher ; but God could and did . |
| 30 | But there 's no room for anyone of course to be complacent about the growing er demand of the needs of children er a subject of such importance here . |