Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People on legal aid will only be able to get the most inexperienced lawyers to work for them if a plan to set fixed hourly rates goes ahead , the Law Society warns . |
| 2 | " Look , " his mother had said , making him watch with her while a tide spent itself . |
| 3 | The grounds of the appeal were that ( 1 ) the judge misdirected himself in holding that the preliminary issue should be answered in the affirmative and/or in giving judgment on the preliminary issue for the plaintiff and ( 2 ) the defendants were not liable in negligence to the plaintiff for any injury , loss or damage suffered by him while a foetus and en ventre sa mère since he was born prior to the passing of the Congenital Diabilities ( Civil Liability ) Act 1976 and the common law did not recognise such a cause of action . |
| 4 | What does it mean to you when a man is n't thinking clearly ? ’ |
| 5 | Men from the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders berthed on the ship and on one occasion she had war scars inflicted on her when a bomb fell on Portland Place and debris rained down on the top deck gouging pieces out of the timbers . |
| 6 | The choice was taken from her when a gust of wind suddenly snatched the door from her fingers and slammed it tight shut . |
| 7 | They then endure buckets of water thrown at them while a member of Cullercoats Club sings the Grace Darling song ! |
| 8 | A fire was lit at the base of a broad crag , and they sat around it whilst a Hearthware took sentry and the night was blown in around them . |