Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His quest for glory has caused him to stretch his energies to the absolute limit . |
| 2 | Now he acknowledged to himself that his admiration for Sarah had caused him to overlook young Martha 's attractions . |
| 3 | In passing I have reflected its natural selection and our God had not created the fruit fly , it would have been necessary for biologists to have invented it . |
| 4 | Dr. Tomlin has written a letter to Mr Gorbachev explaining about his hunger strike , and asking for support to help make him a Czech national again . |
| 5 | For housewives trying to do their best for their families , for whom every mid-Victorian penny counted , of course the dividend was what mattered . |
| 6 | Gloria said , ‘ If you want to use the Smiths ' swimming pool , ’ — for Nutty had told her quite plainly that she did — ‘ friday night is your night . |
| 7 | The actual title of the course matters a lot less than the content , but a word of caution is necessary here to help you differentiate between programmes designed to prepare you for re-entry to the profession , and those which may be open to nurses currently practising , namely ‘ refresher courses ’ . |
| 8 | Access courses for Namibians WUS(UK) has run two special scholarship programmes in the United Kingdom for Namibians forced to leave their country before independence and take refuge in the front-line states . |
| 9 | THE only Football Supporters candidate ever to stand for Parliament has issued his touchline manifesto to the North-East 's election candidates . |
| 10 | The nature of the marketing process may have to vary with customer size ; paint manufacturers will for instance have to get themselves onto a list of approved contractors before they can even bid for orders to major customers such as the railways or car manufacturers . |
| 11 | His schemes for interiors and furniture were stylized , exquisitely coloured in pale greens and mauves , but often too far-fetched for clients to dare to execute them . |
| 12 | And I always find it extremely amusing that the government of this country screams about Brussels wanting to centralize everything when they of course , are the most centralizing British government , the present conservatives , that we 've ever known . |
| 13 | As Gittins has put it , ‘ The commonsense notion that all families in the past were much more solidaristic and stable institutions can not be borne out — death saw to that ’ ( Gittins , 1985 , p. 9 ) . |
| 14 | And then when we went for wheel balancing told us to take it back for balancing and tracking , they turned round and says we 're not doing it . |
| 15 | The other alleged threat to democracy has been a threat to local democracy , as LEAs have lost their power to control the secular curriculum in their schools . |
| 16 | Local authorities whose members believe that their particular ideologies should be furthered through schools have added their own ingredients . |
| 17 | I did n't know about all this , about Therese trying to get you out of the company and … and everything . ’ |
| 18 | Meantime Berndt gushed with the oil of social graces , pouring her a glass of wine she had no intention of drinking , ( she remembered the Tjerssens as Friend had shown her them , smiling as they gave you ruby venom ) , pouting when she refused his macaroons . |
| 19 | LOSERS : The Financial Times , which was slow off the mark in exposing Labour 's tax plans and by declaring for Labour has shown itself to be as pink as its paper . |
| 20 | Mrs Singh expressed a worry about Balbinder refusing to dress himself and ordering her to get him ready for school when he could do this perfectly well if he wanted to . |
| 21 | The hedges were as Antony had described them . |
| 22 | The storm lasted five days , and to ride over Orkney after that was like riding through a great field the day after beggars had left it . |
| 23 | Oh no not after Mr had said you see . |
| 24 | However , as the now-famous story purports , the evening after Nation had instructed his agent to say no to the Doctor Who offer , he and Tony Hancock had a serious disagreement , resulting in the writer catching the first train back to London the following morning , with no work , and a central heating system in his flat to pay for . |
| 25 | Time a week or so after christmas has come you 're you 're glad to get them down and out the way . |
| 26 | Although at least 80 per cent of patients referred to the general hospital in Oxford after self-injury have cut themselves superficially , it seems likely that many more episodes of deliberate self-cutting occur than are identified through general hospital records . |
| 27 | All the doctors , psychiatrists and groups I 'd been to so far for help had made me feel worse than ever : could she be any different ? |
| 28 | It could be suggested that the workmen who had made the trinkets and votive objects for visitors continued to use their technical skill for profit , or that a new land-owner was exploiting the commercial potential of the local labour . |
| 29 | HERE is another of Martica Heaner 's tips for home exercises to get you in shape . |
| 30 | Eva went off home to finish unpacking her suitcases . |