Example sentences of "[prep] [indef pn] [conj] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The honours system developed in medieval Britain as a means of maintaining the strict hierarchy necessary for monarchical rule : a place for everyone and everyone in their place . |
| 2 | Westwards from Schiehallion , at the very heart of Scotland , lies Rannoch Moor , a desolate wilderness , 1,000 feet above sea level ; and across the moor , from west to east , like a silver scar , are a series of lochs and rivers offering excellent game fishing ; plenty of space for everyone and plenty of fine wild brown trout . |
| 3 | Wengen 's skiing is extensive , but for piste skiers is mostly easy ; Murren is very limited , with one spectacular descent from the famous Schilthorn ; Zermatt has something for everyone and lots for experts , but to reach its full potential needs better snow than it often receives ; Saas Fee has an excellent glacier , but again needs abundant snow to provide much more than that — in particular , to satisfy better skiers . |
| 4 | In an extended piece of discourse , a common procedure , known as anaphora , is for the identity of someone or something to be given once at the beginning , and thereafter referred to as she or he or it . |
| 5 | At an adjoining table , Sharon Dudley and David Wilson described themselves as consultant marketists — they sell discount cards on the basis that ‘ it gives people the stuff they want for three-quarters of the normal price and the shops would rather get 75 per cent of something than nothing in recessionary times ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ Oliver Craddock said last year , ‘ There will be a removal of something or someone around May 25th . ’ |
| 7 | I like to use a strand of fine polyester thread with my light yarns and have been very pleased to find a new supplier of lots and lots of colours and yes , they will send small quantities by mail order . |
| 8 | And there wo n't be a complete developing embryo unless there is a whole program of chemical and cellular events , under the influence of lots and lots of other genes , and lots and lots of other , non-genetic , causal influences . |
| 9 | Sometimes the tears come for no reason ( by which phrase we mean that someone is not crying for a particular reason , for something or someone in particular , but that they are crying for everything ) . |
| 10 | The urge to order the natural world appears to be an innate characteristic of human beings : ‘ a place for everything and everything in its place ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ A place for everything and everything in its place ’ is my motto |
| 12 | Her woollen hat was lying on a chair : she was a tidy woman , over-tidy ; there was a place for everything and everything in its place , was her motto . |
| 13 | Cleanliness may be the basic aim , with untidiness tolerated ; or there may be an attitude of ‘ a place for everything and everything in its place ’ while the dust under the beds and the dirt hidden in crevices pass relatively unnoticed . |
| 14 | In an ideal world , and the NMS , there 's a place for everything and everything in its place . |
| 15 | On the morning of his departure Mr Slipper wandered about the school shaking hands with everyone and everything in sight . |
| 16 | He 's just so odd that boy , he just flirts with everything and everyone in sight , do n't you reckon ? |
| 17 | I speak on behalf of Playback not as Playback itself , but as Playback being part of the Regional Council that can a bit , now I was at a meeting this morning where I , I sort of absolutely had to read the riot act about Playback because they do not have a set budget whether you know this or not , they do n't have a standard budget as they should have , we 've fought for this for years , what we do is , we survive through crisis to crisis , now some money has been extracted from the Playback budget and whilst I have to share two bits of Playback , you know , the , the actual Playback charitable , voluntary bit , and the Regional Council , I mean they , I , I can say that they do not have a backing of money that they can fall back on , too many backs there , but I mean really I would say that I would be concerned if it was Christmas before we were ready , I , I ca n't help but think if we could and I mean , very , very happy to work with , with anybody and everybody on this to try and get these things pulled up quite quickly , I mean if it 's forms to be filled in then |
| 18 | So if they all come along with lots and lots of money they 'll all have fifteen years . |
| 19 | Then you have go with lots and lots of people and have a big party . |
| 20 | Now , we 've got a busy studio this evening , with lots and lots of people in . |
| 21 | Now confidence has manifested in lots and lots of ways and its appealing to that confidence as much as the insecurity , er that makes the advertiser 's and the manufacturer 's of all manner of products er , their huge profits , now I guess we all spend money on , on various products and er , do you , do you worry about how much you spend on the body beautiful or just the body ? , do you or , I mean does any , I wonder if you think you spend too much on it ? , let me ask you that , do you spend too much money on your body ? , er button one for yes and button two for no . |
| 22 | His eyes were fixed on someone or something at the room 's edge and Lucille , turning to see what had caught his astonished attention , saw the golden girl returning d'Alembord 's gaze with what seemed to be pure poison . |
| 23 | It would be nice to have been able to offload your worries on to someone or something like that . |
| 24 | ‘ I get so excited I 'm oblivious to everything and everyone around me . |
| 25 | Loyalty to him , Richard knew , meant that she had never complained so far to anyone but himself about this business of living , instead of in a nice house , in a boat in the middle of London . |
| 26 | These days no appearance in a theatre can go ahead without lots and lots of electricity . |
| 27 | We need that , we 'd need that little extra line on lots and lots of procedures |
| 28 | It 's also been said that Prince , who writes songs for anyone and everyone from Sheena Easton to The Bangles , has written a song specifically for her called ‘ Do Me Baby ’ . |
| 29 | Still cheering , the passengers had started a mad rush towards the gangway , shoving and pushing at anything and anybody in the way . |
| 30 | It is winter evenings at Eton that I remember most vividly : talking and arguing about anything and everything with friends in front of a coal fire ; sitting in my armchair with my feet up , reading a story by Buchan , Kipling or Conrad , or something by one of the African big-game hunters whose books I was already collecting . |