Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1915 he was advising one commentator ‘ to treat my verse … as my essential writings , & my prose as my accidental ’ . |
| 2 | It is my attitude to women , or my conduct with them , which provides the rumours , the poison , the imprisonment in an icy room . |
| 3 | Erm I 've been off work in excess of five years now er add my income has been very very small and whatever award I get will never go ahead and compensate me or my wife for what I 've been through . |
| 4 | If he remembered our meeting in the subway or my relationship to my aunt , very correctly , he gave no sign . |
| 5 | These reports had at least a grounding in real events , or my memory of them . |
| 6 | I do n't know whether I 'm on my head or my feet with him , and it 's kind of hard to cope with . ’ |
| 7 | Like — if you said to an adman : use some real people , use me or my friends in your ad , they would say : it wo n't sell . |
| 8 | Not to save myself from your anger , or my body from whatever punishment you may choose to inflict on it . |
| 9 | You have made a covenant with a thing RARE in this DOMINION or any other , and I do not know if this death nearly upon me is my punishment or my reward for my agency in that . |
| 10 | Tyndale 's main problem for the rest of his life was to find a base on the Continent where there was a printing press , where its use by him would be tolerated by the authorities , and from which his translations and publications could be sent to England , either through sales at the great annual book fair at Frankfurt or by river and sea , hidden among the goods of friendly merchants . |
| 11 | The heroine in her scenario is , for example , ‘ often carried away by the anti-hero , but rescued either by her Father or the Hero — often reduced to support herself & her Father by her Talents & work for her Bread ; — continually cheated & defrauded of her hire , worn down to a Skeleton , & now & then starved to death ’ . |
| 12 | Read that and see whether you think it 's er accurate or which bits of it click and which bits of it do n't . |
| 13 | The latter , however , also benefit from the type of counselling which schools , usually together , wish to provide or which churches on their own or through dioceses and joint ministries are ready to fund . |
| 14 | British food , for example , may be unfamiliar or not uncommonly , unacceptable on religious grounds , but it is very easy to get diet right if catering staff ask individuals or their relatives about their dietary habits . |
| 15 | By March 1990 Navan Resources still had not told the islanders the extent of the gold find or their plans for it . |
| 16 | Quite apart from the obvious undesirability of verbal agreements for the sale or purchase of land , no transfer of land can be validly achieved in France other than by an acte de vente , which is a notarial document prepared by a Notary and signed by all parties or their Attorneys before him … |
| 17 | Men who ca n't keep their minds on their job , or their hands to themselves . ’ |
| 18 | Local parties were not very representative of Unionist voters , but this did not affect their independence or their control over their candidates . |
| 19 | She made her way down the corridor that led off from the bar room , continually glancing over her shoulder , half expecting to see either her father or her uncle behind her . |
| 20 | Or her love for him ? |
| 21 | He was monstrous , violent , wrapped in some kind of vengeance that seemed to have nothing to do with her or her love for him or anything else in the world she knew . |
| 22 | no of course you would n't , I do n't suppose Mr would , but the whole purpose of a brochure like this , is not necessary a dishonourable purpose , it 's a hook the punter , to use Mr elegant word , he want to make it so simple to hook the punter and make him or her say to himself that 's where we want to live and set their heart on it , that 's all the purpose of this brochure in it ? or is the |
| 23 | Currently , the MCA is like any other tax allowance and allows a taxpayer to reduce his or her liability at his or her highest rate of tax . |
| 24 | This way , when you come to cut up the cake every child gets a piece with his or her name on it . |
| 25 | Using the fingers of your hand or even the heel of your palm , stop him or her moving towards you . |
| 26 | A solicitor 's ability to give impartial and disinterested advice is a fundamental element of his or her relationship with you , the client . |
| 27 | The process includes asking the originator to describe the idea , obtaining the reasons for his or her belief of its potential value to the company , and discussing the degree to which technical and marketing concerns have been addressed . |
| 28 | The person you depend on can lose his or her nerve about something which seems straightforward , like presenting a bunch of flowers or offering a cup of tea . |
| 29 | On some occasions family members will attempt to sabotage treatment saying that the primary sufferer is being brainwashed , ought to be at home , ought to learn to hold his or her alcohol like everybody else and ought to do all manner of things that have failed before and will fail again to help addictive disease . |
| 30 | If you understand the reason why the question is being asked you will feel less inclined to regard the interviewer as unduly poking his or her nose into your private business . |