Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Visits of inspection to the cookhouses and latrines had a squalor about them that scarcely repaid even average keeness . |
| 2 | Later , some fifty superior houses were purchased for them and expensively furnished . |
| 3 | The show was flexible and he could slot his best troupes in and out , thus ensuring a regular wage for them and constantly rehearsed lines for him , all ready at a moment 's notice to go to South Africa , the continent or the best halls in London . |
| 4 | Despite her criticism of their dancing they knew she cared for them and always stepped in in any family crisis : |
| 5 | You made a fool of me and thoroughly enjoyed doing it ! |
| 6 | ( 2 ) A continuance of the business by the partners or such of them as habitually acted therein during the term , without any settlement or liquidation of the partnership affairs , is presumed to be a continuance of the partnership . |
| 7 | It would be a mistake to think of them as exactly tied options . |
| 8 | After the two pictures for Leone , Van Cleef stayed in Europe to make pale imitations of them and only returned to Hollywood in 1970 for El Condor which unwisely made him a sympathetic character . |
| 9 | But even if this had not been the case ( and there was a part of her that still believed that he 'd come that second time to explain , or apologize ) she would have found an excuse for returning to England , just to be out of Marlin 's company . |
| 10 | She was twelve years younger than my father , and for years now I had called her Margaret , but until that moment I had always thought of her as firmly fixed in the older generation . |
| 11 | When he did , shouting and screaming , they tried to grab hold of him but only succeeded in ripping off his jacket sleeve as he bounced back over the wall . |
| 12 | Assistant general manager Tony Vulcan had told the tribunal : ‘ Ken ran at John with his arms flailing , he got hold of him and even managed to rip his T-shirt off . ’ |
| 13 | He got hold of him and even managed to rip his T-shirt off . ’ |
| 14 | Minton , though very definitely a part of the circle , was also contemptuous of it and never lost an opportunity to poke fun at it . |
| 15 | Lyn was up 7–1 ( ! ) to Brann away and looked to have saved themselves with three minutes to go — but they relaxed to early and got two late , late goals against them and thus won 7–3 , a goal to little and was relegated . |
| 16 | They both glanced behind them and then moved into the coloured shadows of the necromancer 's storeroom . |
| 17 | The shopkeeper slammed the door behind them and quickly pulled down a blind with the word CLOSED on it . |
| 18 | Well , if you are typical of your birth sign , you will have already made up your mind and taken your leave around August 6th , when it became apparent that certain associates had sided against you or even gone so far as to hatch some kind of plot . |
| 19 | He became aware that men were scheming against him and therefore summoned a council of gods . |
| 20 | and it was in quite a big space , I could off got in behind him and then changed if I 'd reversed in but when I saw this other chap sat in his car and then he indicated he wanted to pull out , so I let him go |
| 21 | He left nothing of the kind with me and never made any reference to such a document . |
| 22 | She continued to exhibit most of her work with them and also held frequent one-woman shows at the Lefevre Gallery from 1930 onwards . |
| 23 | He would dearly have loved to be with them and greatly regretted that age precluded any such thing . |
| 24 | The shopkeeper had not realised the boy was connected with her and immediately offered congratulations . |
| 25 | 4 Patient accompanied to theatre by a familiar ward nurse who may remain with him until fully anaesthetized . |
| 26 | Mr Lopez brought seven GM executives with him and allegedly attempted to poach a further 40 . |
| 27 | He had respected her lack of interest in what others might have called sexual morality , had respected the fact that she had slept with him and neither offered nor expected anything in return . |
| 28 | Her huge blue eyes pleaded with him and then darkened at the flagrant desire in his expression . |
| 29 | I traversed delicately into it and then swung into a frighteningly wide bridge . |
| 30 | You really feel that we 've really put into it and really done well have n't we ? |