Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun pl] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sorry I have n't written since then , but I 've felt very confused about some things that happened with us and you did n't seem to want to say any more . |
| 2 | But we had to tell them about some modifications that needed to be done . |
| 3 | It is not always clear , though , what it is about some events that leads to severe and prolonged distress . |
| 4 | we 'll go through go through some papers and start cutting out things |
| 5 | For example , during its mad dash his plunging horse had burst through some bushes and disturbed a she-bear with her cubs , but had gone on before the bear could react . |
| 6 | Then she stoops for some pebbles and warns that I 'd better come in now . |
| 7 | Exchange control was introduced in 1930 and has been in force ever since , but subject to the provisions of exchange control it was a basic tenet of pre-communist Hungarian law that foreigners had the same rights as Hungarians in all respects ( but for some professions and performing public functions Hungarian citizenship was necessary ) . |
| 8 | Requirements concerning the degree of processing or working were made more flexible by doubling the tolerance of non-originating components to 10 per cent , abolishing the double threshold rule for some products and lowering the percentage of added value required for others , and reducing the threshold for obtaining derogations ( that is , waiving of the rules-of-origin requirements ) from 60 per cent to 45 per cent of local added value in finished products . |
| 9 | He may be mute for some minutes and have difficulty in naming objects and carrying out commands for a little while thereafter . |
| 10 | I slow down for some cows and greet many people but I do n't usually have to stop now , even for elders . |
| 11 | This approach has paid dividends for some indies and has helped to establish the following companies as real market forces : Mute with Depeche Mode , Rough Trade with the Smiths , stiff with Madness , and more recently silvertone with the stone Roses . |
| 12 | The consequences for some nations or subgroups in a population of being without access to environmental data or the tools for analysing them while others have such access are potentially profound — as the European Commission has recognized in issuing a directive on public access to environmental data ( CEC 1990d ) — yet space limitations have also precluded their discussion . |
| 13 | I realised that I had n't visited her for some weeks and agreed to go to her house after school . |
| 14 | I was on a local council for some years that thought it was well run , but we still found it possible to get rid of a tier of management . |
| 15 | Emily Driver worked in dictionary publishing for some years whilst campaigning on the subject of child abuse . |
| 16 | ‘ Your father should go back home for some years and take you with him . |
| 17 | Having lived in Australia for some years and witnessed forest fires , leaping from tree to tree and running along the thin covering of bush and grass , I could enter imaginatively into the prophet 's experience . |
| 18 | However , the Court of Apothecaries took the view that Miller had been paying the increased rent for some years and declined to sanction the proposed allowance . |
| 19 | The EGBT have been in existence for some years and have proved themselves a respectable and reliable organisation with several completed projects to their credit . |
| 20 | Narrower strips , perhaps 50 m wide have been suggested as appropriate in Amazonia , such strips being gardened for some years and replanted with trees as well ; seed and mycorrhizae sources are close by . |
| 21 | I have been using it for some years and encourage my junior staff to do the same . |
| 22 | So in 1972 a new secretary was appointed for the task , Anthony Gray , who worked away for some years and helped set it on its feet again . |
| 23 | Whereas Nigeria followed the classic pattern of building large plants with the latest equipment , and then suffering from overcapacity , Togo has been operating a mini-mill profitably for some years and has begun to export to neighbouring countries , even those with large , underused plants of their own . |
| 24 | She has been working out in Sierra Leone for some years and has been taking children off the streets and teaching them the basics of domestic skills and education . ’ |
| 25 | This may well be appropriate for some patients but falls short of securing treatment for others whose relapses may be abrupt and catastrophic . |
| 26 | James Smith from Leeds recently purchased a copy of the legendary Elite , and is after some tips that work . |
| 27 | Of course , it can not be that simple — after all drugs that work on the same neurotransmitter may vary in their addictiveness . |
| 28 | Behind both we may , if we wish ( and many do ) , suggest causal relationships between such ideas and changing social and economic conditions and the supposed needs of dominant social classes . |
| 29 | One in six will get a longer form asking 59 questions about such things as housing loans , commuting patterns and job history . |
| 30 | We also had to settle in at the new apartment , which I 'm very impressed by ( and only hope it 's a long let , but I 'm scatterbrained about such things and leave all that to Tod ) . |