Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We used to sit in the garden for hours going over her various plans to get married . |
| 2 | Derek and I kind of study them for we for hours do n't we ? |
| 3 | For helices to entwine together they must be of the same handedness , like the strands of a rope . |
| 4 | Strategies , in this sense , are preprogrammed rules for action , so it was appropriate for contestants to send in their entries in computer language . |
| 5 | Do n't lie awake for ages wondering why you are not sleeping . |
| 6 | It 's been for sale for ages has n't it ? |
| 7 | Well it 's been gone , it 's been built for a year er er er er it 's been up for ages has n't it ? |
| 8 | Mhm cos they 've been there for ages have n't they Mary do n't you think ? |
| 9 | and things for and bits for hats do n't they ? |
| 10 | Even between operators carrying out what is ostensibly the same task there will be discrepancies , particularly if the discussion extends from what is required to the way these requirements are met . |
| 11 | We followed him in silence up a flight of stairs to a corridor too dark for eyes to pick out its furthest point . |
| 12 | For ears treated surgically there was no significant advantage of adenoidectomy alone over the baseline category of tube insertion alone . |
| 13 | and I 've only just started , still got two people outstanding so I 've got that forty pound and I put that into the building society and use that forty pounds for months see so it kind of like saved it for me , I 've managed , had to do without it |
| 14 | That 's er cars , stands for cars do n't it ? |
| 15 | She somehow had to fumble for words to keep up her own façade of blithe sophistication . |
| 16 | All children have fads at different times which resolve as quickly as they arrive and so it can be difficult for parents to determine where they should start to draw the line . |
| 17 | You said the child may not be developing in the way the parent expects the child to develop , and I think that it 's very important for parents to check out their expectations . |
| 18 | You said the child may not be developing in the way the parent expects the child to develop , and I think that it 's very important for parents to check out their expectations . |
| 19 | The same is true of the Marques de Pombal , who for over a quarter of a century ( 1750–77 ) was virtual ruler of Portugal as all-powerful chief minister of King Joseph I. His efforts to revive the country 's economic life and challenge the dominance which British merchants had for decades wielded over its foreign trade , his ferocious repression of noble opposition , his brutal expulsion of the Jesuits in 1767 ( see p. 454 ) , show a far more truly radical attitude to tradition and established interests than Frederick II displayed . |
| 20 | It was made easier for companies to set up their own schemes and for the first time everyone would be given the right of a personal pension of their own . |
| 21 | Sounds great for guitarists does n't it ? |
| 22 | The major implications of these sales of rural council houses will be an eventual reduction in the ability of authorities to meet even their statutory obligations , let alone to use housing as a tool of social policy ( Phillips and Williams 1981 ) . |
| 23 | She heard the drone of some bees in the garden and the angry chatter of birds disputing over their seeds . |
| 24 | I think he is security cos he 's been in a couple of times has n't he ? |
| 25 | We 've won it a couple of times have n't we ? |
| 26 | Oh I 'd forgotten about that , right I had to go back a couple of times did n't I Bev ? |
| 27 | In this novel , he argues , the particular pattern of frequencies sets up its own expectancies , and the consequence is that we can generalize beyond the text , and judge whether a particular non-occurring sentence would be appropriate to its " language " or not . |
| 28 | Similarly , when the functions of institutions alter radically we may expect to see corresponding structural changes . |
| 29 | According to Whiting , much of this initial conformity was occasioned either by a fear of and respect for authority , or by the reluctance of testators to throw away their assets on objects and practices which were now proscribed . |
| 30 | Mercifully , another cacophony of groans drowned out whatever it was Sir Michael was looking forward to . |