Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides this he needs to seek the help of the Holy Spirit , through whom Scripture was written , to illuminate its meaning . |
| 2 | Oh I was thinking Maureen what about them nursery teachers . |
| 3 | He knows all about them kind of things , I do n't well I knew where they come |
| 4 | ‘ I know nothing about them hedgerow heathens , ’ he snapped as he went on his way , ‘ an' if you take my advice you 'll watch your pockets . ’ |
| 5 | Some of the difficulty with words is probably due to pupils ' problems with the concepts involved and to questions about them being out of context . |
| 6 | Was Slater serious about them being some sort of childhood sweethearts , or even just close enough in age for their parents to think … ? |
| 7 | Do n't believe this crap about them being police . |
| 8 | You are not allowed to move the child from his/her home until the court has decided what is best for him/her child . |
| 9 | As I said , I did me shoulder in and it was really bad and me mam got some dikes off me gran who had arthritis and I felt great . |
| 10 | " Take off me hat and coat in the downstairs cloakroom . |
| 11 | Richly fulfilled will say Get off me bitch |
| 12 | At 47 years of age I ca n't see why I should have to live off me mother … to that extent . |
| 13 | We 're goin' to have to cut about six inches off them knicker legs . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ That Nancy , ’ said Linda , ‘ I do n't fink much of 'er as me sister . ’ |
| 15 | Some were corporation housing estates , reservations for thee rehabilitation of the working class . |
| 16 | For everyone energy is limited , a precious commodity . |
| 17 | Kevin D'Silva , 42 , is another professional manager for whom success this recession is second time around . |
| 18 | Initially it appears as an act of balance , with vigorous debate between those who think that censorship is never worth it , and those for whom pornography is so dangerous that censorship is not too high a price at all . |
| 19 | Other surveys have identified the walking problems of the handicapped , for whom accessibility to shops and services is so frequently a problem . |
| 20 | Nevertheless the proportion for whom payment was thought to have been something of a problem was 7 per cent of all those in old people 's homes ( 15 per cent for private ones , 6 per cent for others ) and 17 per cent of those in nursing homes — further differences which did not reach statistical significance . |
| 21 | The debates side-stepped into discussions of desire in some areas , maintaining some political divisions between women and creating new ones , while the strongest artworks which imaged women 's bodies came from those for whom visibility was still a fundamental issue , particularly black women . |
| 22 | They had a generally depressive effect on domestic rice prices , and threatened to undermine the prosperity of the majority of domestic farmers for whom rice was still a staple crop . |
| 23 | ONCE UPON a time The Face was the style bible not of gits in fake fur-trimmed parkas and yups looking for new big ties , but of crazy over-made-up early '80s youth , for whom mum 's old curtains and too much eye-liner signified SEX and REVOLUTION . |
| 24 | To those for whom law is a simple command , legal by virtue of the source from which it comes , it is not likely that such complexities as these will be popular . |
| 25 | There is , however , no need to look for metaphors in the struggles of labouring women , including Mary Leapor , for whom education was a barely attainable luxury . |
| 26 | The thinking of politicians for whom education is only important if it helps boost the national economy , and this is important because it helps people enjoy what they want , and this is important because it encourages consumption and thus industry , either goes round in a vicious circle or takes off on an interminable regress . |
| 27 | A two dimensional structure was proposed that analysed programmes according to : ( 1 ) the groups for whom education is provided ; and ( 2 ) different factors affecting changes in resource allocation . |
| 28 | For example , students , both at secondary school and university , for whom activism rather than strategic thinking has been the prime consideration in the struggle , have to be persuaded to co-operate . |
| 29 | Despite couchettes , electrification , high-speed trains , restaurant cars , and the arrival of the car and aeroplane , there are still travellers for whom rail journeys hold a particular magic , and places in the world where a journey by rail is almost as adventurous as Gladys Aylward 's . |
| 30 | He saw it as a struggle between the desires of the bourgeoisie , for whom sports were ‘ mere entertainment ’ and for whom play was merely a recuperative process following the real work of labour , and , the desires of the common people for whom games were ‘ an alternative life-activity in their own right ’ . |