Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [coord] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bright Yorkshire prospect Adil Ditta scored 58 for Middlesbrough but they too had to fight hard for runs and were into the last over before they achieved their win by a four wicket margin . |
| 2 | Abundant evidence suggests that the landlord is a rugby buff his son plays for Waterloo and he also keeps 60 or 70 malt whiskies , on a shelf with the sub-title ‘ Medicine for men . ’ |
| 3 | But she did not forget ‘ sitting on me grandad 's rocking chair combing his hair and I can always remember him sat there and me stood up behind him : I 'd comb his hair for hours and he just sat there and let me . ’ |
| 4 | you could sit and play with your teddies for ages and you never complained . ’ |
| 5 | That if you work in the big city you might only have seven miles between calls but it still takes you three quarters of an hour . |
| 6 | It 's a factor in assessing value for money and we also need to have some idea of how the material will fit into our normal teaching pattern . |
| 7 | ‘ Keith felt very , very sorry for David and he always made me feel that I was a real bastard . |
| 8 | We deliver parcels , all parcels for Grattans and we also deliver for the Next Directory as well . |
| 9 | ‘ We 've been refusing that man a cheque book for months but he just went inside and someone from senior management , who has n't been behind a counter for years , just hands one over without a thought . ’ |
| 10 | A leading Loch Lomondside farmer , John Maxwell of Cashel Farm , said : ‘ It 's been a dreadful winter — one of the worst I can ever remember — with rain day after day and it just proves how wrong the Government were to cut back the HLCAs for hill use . ’ |
| 11 | He phoned her after Seville but she never called him back because almost immediately she found she was pregnant . |
| 12 | I never inquired after Jean-Claude and I never heard from him . |
| 13 | ‘ Apart from that he went out every Sunday after breakfast and he usually came back late . |
| 14 | Er no I mean normally when most organizations when they call members together for a seminar , or a training course provide subsistence for lunch and we usually have tea and coffee do n't we ? |
| 15 | I have n't a lot of time for Rodney but I really do feel sorry for Eleanor , ’ Melissa went on thoughtfully , remembering the afternoon 's encounter . |
| 16 | Well , to clarify , I have a season ticket for Ibrox and I also ‘ support ’ leeds united , but since I see Rangers play every week , I would probably class them as my number one team — this does not mean I do nt like Leeds — its all a matter of prioritising the teams . |
| 17 | He was my room-mate in the days when your school was used as a sort of summer camp for magicians and he actually did disappear one day and we all thought he must have gone home . |
| 18 | This practice is said to suit them better since it is probable that they will marry and leave off work and they hardly like to spend seven years out of their wage-earning life in being trained . " " |
| 19 | He bought a country estate at Knowle , Warwickshire , for £10,000 and he twice served as mayor of Warwick , in 1713–14 and 1728–9 . |
| 20 | There were no facilities for sport and we never played football or cricket . |
| 21 | ( We 'd learned in science about Galvin and his electrically operated frogs ' legs ; if they could do it , why not relics ? ) |
| 22 | All this may be done for the best of reasons but it only ensures that children bottle up their feelings as well as their tears , which , as we have seen in previous chapters , can have far-reaching effects . |
| 23 | Despite the efforts of Rowlinson and his undoubtedly substantial contribution to the growth of the UK business over the last few years , Korn/Ferry has not yet adapted to the British corporate scene quite as successfully as Egon Zehnder or fellow members of the Big Four . |
| 24 | ‘ Our backs were disappointing in some respects against Monaghan , ’ he chides , ‘ We gave away two goals within a couple of minutes and you simply can not do that and expect to win championship matches — it 's not just on . ’ |
| 25 | Oh they used to be ever so funny houses you know and in them days and The er you never used to see in the oh a lot of houses and you never used to see big windows like these . |
| 26 | He claimed to have been consulted by more than one European government about his knowledge of espionage and he certainly made the most of his sense of melodrama , during his later years always carrying a revolver . |
| 27 | There needs to be a long term education of cyclists and I sincerely apologise to those walkers who have had any bad experiences . |
| 28 | They do n't always dress up of course but I soon got in the habit by trying on a Tommy Cooper-styled fez . |
| 29 | But he was alright you know what I mean with the , I never never really knew want , there were lots of things that I wanted and never got of course but I never really , I could never say I wanted , and I never went hungry , not even at any time , you know . |
| 30 | She did n't really want him , of course but she simply had to prove to herself that he would prefer her to Sally , given the choice . |