Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's about everyone having their own Everest to climb . |
| 2 | The result was that in spite of some misgivings about the script and the incessantly repetitive dialogue about them doing their own thing , reviewers spoke glowingly of ‘ an actor named Jack Nicholson … is magnificent ’ and ‘ he gave a brilliantly witty performance ’ . |
| 3 | In a small school it is possible for everyone to start their different distances together . |
| 4 | Obligingly it had allowed time for everyone to note its zig-zag back stripe ending with the V on its head . |
| 5 | What do you think about me wearing my red jacket on Saturday ? |
| 6 | They are designed not only to keep out black people but to try and intimidate black workers already in Britain and make it harder for them to claim their basic human rights . |
| 7 | Young girls are taught the skills from an early age , and it is customary in most tribes for them to display their first solo works as proof of their eligibility for marriage and elevation to the status of womanhood . |
| 8 | Firms are less likely to set profit-maximising prices for their products when faced with rising raw material prices and labour costs as it is more difficult for them to estimate their expected revenues and costs . |
| 9 | for them to give you this kind of service ! |
| 10 | The Inner London Education Authority expressed anxiety about the ability of the polytechnics to reconcile the DES pressure for them to retain their sub-degree work and the CNAA search for an academic environment appropriate to degree-level work . |
| 11 | You have to be straight and up front with children to let them know that it is OK for them to use their own words and explain their concerns in their won way , ’ says Brown . |
| 12 | There would therefore be ample time for them to deploy their mobile radiation monitoring teams , for the police to tour the area , knocking on doors and warning people living nearby , for the protective potassium iodate pills to be issued and for a decision to be made on whether the public should stay indoors until the cloud had passed — or evacuate to a safer place . |
| 13 | There was n't any chance really , well there was nothing which we could call there was no encouragement for girls to achieve anything academically or really encouragement for them to do anything much with their lives after they left school , aside from in the home , except for perhaps being domestic servants , something like that , which is after all the category of employment which absorbed most women until quite late on . |
| 14 | Parliament has placed the primary responsibility for their enforcement on local authorities and it is for them to decide their own course of action . |
| 15 | In addition their mottled leaves significantly extend the season of interest , so be quite sure to allow enough space for them to reach their full potential glory . |
| 16 | But these resources are not sufficient for them to reach their migratory goal and it is assumed that they die before the journey is complete . |
| 17 | It 's better for them to see their loved ones as they remember them . ’ |
| 18 | It does n't necessarily mean that they 're unscrupulous in the way that they get their own way ; they just have very clear ideas and it 's impossible for them to see it any other way . ’ |
| 19 | Separate households might briefly establish a privileged position within the commune and rent land from the nobility on their own behalf , but it remained extremely difficult for them to consolidate their scattered strips of land or to introduce new methods and seeds . |
| 20 | I do not think that any one of us expects our children to walk out of the place ‘ normal ’ , but we do know that it is the best place in the world for them to achieve their fullest potential . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've had enough of hunting down Humans for them to play their grisly games with ! |
| 22 | When someone first joins an organisation , it 's much easier for them to ascertain their new colleagues ' overt status than it is to understand their active status . |
| 23 | If I could just come in here , there are many opportunities for them to express their individual talents . |
| 24 | That is an analysis by the officers of what additional funds they felt was needed for them to fulfil their statutory duties . |
| 25 | From the point of view of the buyer , general exclusion clauses are obviously less popular , and , in general he sees little need for them to protect his own position . |
| 26 | There are other treats in store for the employer who ‘ streamlines ’ production and uses outworkers apart from the fact that it is not uncommon for them to supply their own machinery , they also carry all the overheads of power , lighting , and heating , and the maintenance and cleaning of premises . |
| 27 | ‘ True , but we need a second Geiger counter and there is n't time to wait for them to send us another one . ’ |
| 28 | It 's totally impractical for them to enter their own national leagues , we all know that . |
| 29 | Not only had Cora-Beth been incredibly patient and understanding about his reluctance to become engaged these past two years , but during that period of his life she had somehow made it possible for them to renew their old easy friendship . |
| 30 | The club was just the right kind of venue for them to cut their professional teeth on , and she was glad to give them the opportunity . |