Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there was only misery for Middlesbrough as their treble hopes went up in smoke with a 4–2 defeat at home to Portsmouth in their replay . |
| 2 | It was more than a legal victory for Taylor when the judge told the skinhead that it was only his brief 's eloquence that had saved him from prison . |
| 3 | When he reached 120 matches in January , Gray had played more first-class games for Wellington than anyone else for a NZ province , in a career which began in 1975–76 . |
| 4 | By 1917 Crawford was in camp , and so available to play for Wellington when interprovincial cricket began again . |
| 5 | For reasons as yet unexplained , genital warts proliferate markedly during pregnancy , and they can assume gigantic proportions if left untreated . |
| 6 | The alerce is now found only in remote mountain regions of the Andes and Chile 's coastal cordillera , where there are also extensive areas of dead trees , for reasons as yet unexplained . |
| 7 | ‘ They break the rules because Bawden cares less for rules than for the things he has to say about the feel of a summer morning , the watery sunshine of an April afternoon , or the flurry of a February snowstorm . ’ |
| 8 | Sadie would raid the bins for scraps when she could — perhaps her diet of rabbits needed to be supplemented . |
| 9 | If you physically vacate your home and let it for profit — perhaps because you have decided to live permanently with a friend — under tax law , the property would be treated as an investment and subject to certain exemptions would be assessed for CGT when it was sold . |
| 10 | If you leave your home to someone else who later decides to sell it , then he/she may be liable for CGT when the property is sold ( although only on the gain since the date of death ) . |
| 11 | the whole business looks like being a swings-and-roundabouts affair ; but the worst should be known by about March unless there are any further hold-ups . |
| 12 | When he was at school , but he used to go home for the Christmas holidays and nobody saw him again till about March cos he was , he could n't even get to Rothbury he was snowed in . |
| 13 | One can then say that the mean velocity gradient depends only on u τ and y , although one can not say the same for U because it is separated from its origin by a region in which v is important . |
| 14 | I would like to share with you a burden for prayer as I feel it is only right that all Christians should know about anything that would deny us total freedom . |
| 15 | yeah , he looks like he 's taken them for protection cos he 's like and no one will come near with them cos they 're like , really if they 'd see ya |
| 16 | The shin and instep pads are worn for protection when free sparring , and in competition . |
| 17 | erm people do look for protection when they 're when they 're buying the second purchase of their lives in most cases . |
| 18 | We fear that inadequate time will be available for Personnel if the Head of that sector is also managing campaigns . |
| 19 | ‘ She ought to have time for preparation before the police burst in on her . ’ |
| 20 | According to ancient custom it would be possible for Sarah as wife to claim the child as her own . |
| 21 | The same technique can be used for projections though this reintroduces some of the disadvantages — notably the bulk — of CRTs . |
| 22 | ‘ We have been able to put in double glazing and central heating , which makes things more comfortable for William as he does n't get out too much — just for a little bit of gardening when the weather 's better . ’ |
| 23 | Drinking it , I wonder what to do about Marianne since this is an all-male affair and I am reluctant to leave . |
| 24 | ‘ You go in for blackmail as well , Private Nobody ? ’ |
| 25 | I 'll not need anyone till about lunch-time so you have your sleep in , but I may ring you up after that . |
| 26 | The report then expressed the opinion that certain workmen should be eligible for re-employment if they sought it but not in any circumstances for election as shop stewards ; and that other workmen should not be offered re-employment . |
| 27 | Explain if it would have made any difference if the garage owner had said he would sell the car for £1,000 although no price was displayed . |
| 28 | It would have been far , far worse for Jason if Linford had not been present to counsel and comfort him . ’ |
| 29 | In fact it usually turns out to be owned by a used-car dealer and staffed by elderly women who used to work next door at the cake shop and who know as much about mountaineering as goldfish know about pre-Cambrian pottery . |
| 30 | Tell me about transport through Caldmore when you were a young man . |