Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case of the chartered accountant who has just been found guilty of a serious reckless driving offence only came to the Institute 's attention by chance , when an Investigation Committee member heard about it on the radio . |
| 2 | Some of you might have heard about it in the press . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm surprised I have n't heard about you on the grapevine . |
| 4 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 5 | I grinned wickedly back and told Benjamin to wait for me in the street outside . |
| 6 | But , Father , I never meant to kill , when I slipped out alone , and went to wait for him on the path by which I knew he must return . |
| 7 | When he goes out there to wait for her in the evening , I sometimes think : It is n't Rosa . |
| 8 | A had no proprietary interest in the farm but had transmitted earlier offers for it to the bank who were trustees of it . |
| 9 | They argued about it for the rest of the afternoon , he becoming sullen and sorry , she remaining dispassionate , untouched-She was impressed by his sudden remorse . |
| 10 | But we got through it in the end and their happy , and I 'm happy ! |
| 11 | After attempting to speak to his ex-girl friend on the telephone and finding she was out he decided to have another drink , and then started to think about taking some tablets which his GP had prescribed for him at the time when his girl friend had left him . |
| 12 | When the post of Missioner at Warrington became vacant , he applied for it at the age of 38 , and he remained at Warrington until his retirement thirty years later . |
| 13 | At rehearsals , Les Cox agreed it would be wiser not to practise falling down the stairs as it was a skill which took months to acquire — better just to go for it on the night . |
| 14 | He had a picture in his mind of the layout of passage , stairs and landing , a picture unwittingly painted for him by the man who had retrieved his wallet . |
| 15 | Now , as she crossed into Farringdon Street and saw familiar landmarks , she stopped and put down her bag , gazing about her with the pleasure of someone who has come home after a long absence . |
| 16 | At last , when he thought he could wait no longer , he glimpsed Benedicta slip silently up the nave to join the other two members of his congregation , kneeling between them at the entrance to the rood screen . |
| 17 | Russian into business.Market stalls might not hold that much interest for the average Briton , but for Ekaterina Likhoda from Nizhni Tagil in the Russian Urals , ( see below , far right with South Wales Society president Paul Marshall — also pictured on the far left are Ekaterina 's interpreter , Olga Lewis , and Michelle Thomson , owner of the fruit stall ) it was all part of an unusual business-study trip arranged for her by the Institute 's General Practitioner Board . |
| 18 | He feared that another show , arranged for him through the Lefevre Gallery , at Durlacher Bros , 11 East 57th Street , New York , would also have to be delayed as by the end of the summer he had not done enough work . |
| 19 | Buildings insurance is essential and therefore usually arranged for you by the Society . |
| 20 | She knew he cared , he showed it , but he would n't say the things she wanted to hear — that he cared for her to the exclusion of all others , and wanted her in his life to the exclusion of all others . |
| 21 | Later it was found that its policies in relation to Polish territorial claims had been formulated for it by the Comintern as a way of weakening Poland . |
| 22 | He looks and the bear 's hanging off it at the side , grrr ! on the window and the man goes aargh ! and the man runs off and he gets on he gets on an aeroplane the aeroplane and he 's safe . |
| 23 | I asked for it at the suggestion of my cousin Sarah , who was slightly older than me and whom I greatly admired . |
| 24 | It means living with the perspective that we are in touch with the Lord Whose Son died so that we might enjoy the sort of life that He planned for us at the beginning of Genesis , and living with that perspective and privilege . |
| 25 | She paused , surprised by the wave of pain and nostalgia that passed through her at the mention of the name , leaving her weak and trembling ; as if the sights , sounds , smells , tastes , feelings , sufferings of years could be experienced again in a single spasm of sickening intensity : the cold cubicle , the rustle of habits and the squeaking of boots as the nuns filed into the chapel , the stink of stew in the refectory ; her first lesson , the children shaking their up-stretched hands , eager to please the new sister ; Hilda , dew-fresh in her white blouse and neatly-pressed gym-slip , shy and ardent in the back row ; Hilda and herself together in the copse , in the chapel , in the cloisters , praying , talking , joking , sharing secrets , confidences … |
| 26 | She had to perform for them with the spotlight on her and she knew that no trick would be good enough . |
| 27 | He said he 'd think about it over the weekend , and let Paul know on the Monday . |
| 28 | No that was that was the Friday and as it says th well I do n't know if it says there or not , but they said what would happen , they 'd think about it over the weekend and they 'd contact me the Monday afternoon erm to make a final decision . |
| 29 | I 'll think about it on the way home . ’ |
| 30 | Something made for him in the darkness and struck him a violent blow just under the knee . |