Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every penny he was paying he was having grant for it from the government Aye . |
| 2 | It seems odd , in retrospect , to see governments delegating so passively their most important educational function , but there were two main reasons for it at the time . |
| 3 | Finally she made her choice and gave the reasons for it with the confidence she always brought to her work . |
| 4 | But she did n't find out he had made no provision for her in the event of his death until Elizabeth could no longer withhold her sentiments . |
| 5 | A theatrical gentleman approached me after one of the performances , said he was impressed by my singing , and that he could obtain a part for me with the Schikenader Company in Vienna . |
| 6 | I later found out that the school had enquired at the house after the girl 's continued absence and been given some plausible excuse for it by the father . |
| 7 | He was an astute purchase , for he came to us as a proven goalscorer and immediately lived up to his reputation by netting upon his debut against Millwall here at Selhurst Park ( 5–0 ) and going on to hit 19 League goals from 27 outings for us in the remainder of that season . |
| 8 | Archie usually performed as a combative left-half for the Palace , but he was also occasionally drafted into the front line , to play as a makeshift centre-forward to most useful effect , because his considerable height gave him a distinct advantage in that department and he scored on his first two outings for us in the number nine shirt . |
| 9 | I think there might be a parcel for you at the door is it ? |
| 10 | driver for me on the phone , so he calls me up , oh we 've got load of them he said |
| 11 | She brings her notes about it to the meeting and reads them out . |
| 12 | Rufus took her £40 off her by the reception desk , having set in train the arrangements by which she would be admitted to a fashionable West End clinic , with Rufus , her surgery and her hospitalization ultimately paid for by some provident association to which she and her husband subscribed . |
| 13 | You 're going to have the job of changing the ice-packs for me through the night , are n't you ? ’ |
| 14 | As he peered through the binoculars he felt a tremor of excitement course through him at the prospect of seeing the printed images come to life . |
| 15 | He sat up immediately on his cot , feeling a surge of pleasurable anticipation course through him at the prospect of one more day stalking the great game animals of southern Asia through the beautiful tropical forest where he now felt almost at home . |
| 16 | When the switch is closed , the full available current flows through it to the load but again no power is dissipated in the switch since the voltage across it is zero . |
| 17 | There would be programmes about him on the television . |
| 18 | Mr Forsyth 's support for student loans has ensured little support for him on the campus but , that apart , the student vote seems to be as divided as it is in the wider constituency . |
| 19 | While Mr David Waddington does not intend to use his office to promote capital punishment , and will maintain the tradition of a free vote for MPs , his intervention in a renewed debate would provide the most passionate support for it from the Government front bench since it was abolished in 1965 . |
| 20 | And the secular armies which established her hegemony for her on the Continent were in no position to undertake a full-scale military campaign against Ireland . |
| 21 | Well I 'll go and have a look for us at the bus stop in n it ? |
| 22 | Although it felt like a miraculous coincidence for us at the time , it was more that we were all ready to grapple with this issue in our lives . |
| 23 | If there are enough requests for them in the web , I 'll stick them in . |
| 24 | Rather than reveal qualitative differences among the banks and draw the public 's attention to the bad-debt mess ( not to mention the responsibility for it of the finance ministry , which regulates banks ) , officials are doing everything they can to help banks sweep their problems under the carpet . |
| 25 | He had no idea where he was , except that it must be somewhere in the wilds of Wales , well hidden from any possibility of rescue ; and he took his first unwilling look about him in the conviction that captivity could mean nothing better than solitude , close confinement and squalor . |
| 26 | She is not working here this week but should be fielding calls for us after the election . ’ |
| 27 | money for him across the road ? |
| 28 | I am raising money for him at the moment . |
| 29 | To see if I can get the money for it before the end of the month . |
| 30 | The island is named after a daughter of King Bela IV who pledged to build a Dominican convent for her on the island if the Mongols could be defeated . |