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Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pers pn] [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	But if there was no advantage for him he would n't come . ’
2	Had she not taken her weight off them they would simply have given way .
3	On the right side of them you 'd never guess
4	And with an east wind behind them they could not abruptly halt .
5	After nine years association with him he can still move me to tears , and other people in the Labour Party who might be more cynical than I am . ’
6	If your friends really cared about their friendship with you they would n't mock your beliefs .
7	And certainly after Sam and Anna 's kindness to me I would n't want to seem ungracious . ’
8	But I thought when he puts his mind to it he can really try ca n't he ?
9	If a stranger could have such an effect on her she should never have agreed to wear Paul 's ring .
10	Frodo perceives the colours of Cerin Amroth accordingly as at once ‘ fresh ’ and familiar , with a light on them he can not identify : ‘ On the land of Lórien there was no stain . ’
11	Designing clothes for Carnega was all very well and I made a good living at it I wo n't deny but I wanted to be free to do my own thing — and to have my own name on the labels .
12	No matter who she met in the future , that walk in the lemon-scented night with him would be one part of her she would never share with anyone .
13	By the look of him he might well have left a genuine World War Two leather bomber jacket in the bedroom .
14	Once the idea took hold of me I could n't rid myself of it . ’
15	But I 'll make , I 've got to make the other half of it , so when I make the other half of it he can probably have , er have a couple of jam ones
16	When a puppy is settled in the home with you it will soon indicate its willingness to play even though you may not approve of the choice of toy .
17	If she had Léonie with her it would n't be so bad .
18	that help without it they would n't .
19	Beneath it there 's a Sun cartoon of a chap being polled on his doorstep : ‘ I think Kinnock is marvellous , ’ he says , ‘ it 's that windbag husband of hers I ca n't stand . ’ )
20	this to a and you 're totally in charge of it you wo n't really get to grips and get .
21	Now I 'm not quite sure whether it 's because we 've known , like Naomi , we 've we know periods of barrenness and leanness that his blessing seems so much more , I do n't know if that 's what it is , or whether it is just because his blessings are so bountiful , but she is overwhelmed by God 's goodness and by God 's blessing to her they could now experience God 's blessing .
22	If he had not drawn her attention to it she would never have noticed the little glass cubicle , tucked away high up under the roof in one corner of the arcade .
23	I was told I should lend that classroom to them I ca n't ge really get out first and that should be my turn to be out first today .
24	If you 've left that contract with them you 'd never see it again .
25	With one huff it took in things about me I 'll never know .
26	" Come on till we see did it come — you could n't trust Hanlon 's man — late today again — and left half the stuff after him I would n't wonder … "
27	No , I ca n't , it 'll , if you do n't take the head of it I ca n't eat it , I could n't even , I have prawn cocktail and you have a prawn , they put , they put a prawn on top whole , I could n't eat that , I could have peeled it , I looked at it and I thought about it , no , I can eat them when there done
28	Provided your ferrets are trained and have been handled well and you have developed a good relationship with them they will not bite you .
29	And I still feel that you 're to blame for this : if you had been a wife to him he would certainly not have had to seek comfort elsewhere .
30	He prided himself that he never dropped people — he was too chivalrous for that — on the other hand , if he poked fun at her she would probably drop him .