Example sentences of "[prep] [indef pn] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The way I think of the band is kind of like puzzle pieces ; to me the secret of an effective arrangement is not for everyone to push towards the same kind of sound , but for everyone to play something that 's contrasting but interlocking , so that when you listen to the song , all the pieces fall into place around each other . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ It was an opportunity for everyone connected with the project , both BNFL staff and contractors , to bring in their families and explain what THORP is all about . |
| 3 | Its great for everyone connected with the club etc etc . |
| 4 | The whole chapter is ridiculous , for example when Alice asked to sit down she was told there was no room , by the characters already sitting there , yet there was plenty of room for everyone to move round the table several times before returning to their original places . |
| 5 | In many households it is conventional for everyone to retire at the same time , and to re-emerge simultaneously in the morning , with scant toleration being shown to individuals who do not conform . |
| 6 | O'Neill said : ‘ It 's bloody awful for everyone associated with the horse and it has n't really sunk in yet . |
| 7 | Once he had gone away Wickham gave instructions for someone to go to the address in Fleet Street . |
| 8 | Meantime , this urgent request for someone to go with a government family to North Africa |
| 9 | ( 3 ) What is it for someone to act with a view to his moral obligations ? |
| 10 | You should also arrange for someone to act as a receptionist . |
| 11 | But as the development officer said , ‘ there are also a lot of people in need , so it 's very easy for someone to fall through the net ’ . |
| 12 | Particularly away to Stuttgart when Leeds were desperate for someone to hold onto the ball to give the defence some respite . |
| 13 | A few complex cases are recorded with mixed or joined symbols ( e.g. , those of Nurgle and Tzeentch for someone killed by a disfiguring disease which caused the victim to be burnt as a mutant ) . |
| 14 | ‘ The Salvation Army are looking for someone to put in a training house they 've got there and — ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It 's lovely , ’ Carrie said , though she thought it a strange dress for someone to wear in the daytime . |
| 16 | ‘ It is despicable for someone to play on the fears of ordinary people in this way . |
| 17 | ‘ It is despicable for someone to play on the fears of ordinary people in this way . ’ |
| 18 | Billie was fast asleep ; it had been a long and boring trip for someone crammed in the back . |
| 19 | In view of the extra expense involved in caring , which is usually even more difficult for someone to afford on a pension , these discrepancies urgently need sorting out . |
| 20 | The humid heat of the New Guinea forest had probably proven too much for someone used to the dank climate of south Wales , they reassured Joan . |
| 21 | ‘ It is impossible for someone to marry into the Royal Family and have separate but equal status . |
| 22 | There did not seem to be a living soul left among the houses , except for someone banging on the door of the lock-up . |
| 23 | The second element was that I had just started working at the London School of Economics in October 1970 , which was exactly the same time as GLF started meeting there and LSE was in one of its periods of turmoil which involved me as someone working on the staff and excited me politically . |
| 24 | He did n't know what Lewis meant about someone looking after the house but no doubt he , Adam , had at the time concocted some tale to keep his father quiet , to keep him away even . |
| 25 | As Brown observes : ‘ 'What does he do ? ’ remains the most illuminating question to ask about someone met for the first time . ’ |
| 26 | I am talking not about someone working in an office for a couple of hours but about men working 3,000 ft underground in heat of up to 120 deg , who must swallow salt tablets to stop themselves fainting during their shifts . |
| 27 | it 's not so bad for somebody living on the south coast |
| 28 | I did n't think it was possible for somebody to stand in the middle of the fairway and say it 's an iron of any description . |
| 29 | It 's quite possible that there are one or two old gentlemen , but when one wants to find a new operative , one really is looking for somebody to come in the trade who will be with the firm , all being well , for a number of years . |
| 30 | As far as I can recall it was further away from the wall , there was a space for somebody to walk between the wall and the bed , it 's not as shown in that photograph . |