Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | as if the police , or anyone else , will think there must be something wrong with them for them to have got such letters in the first place . ’ |
2 | They are distributed along the shorelines in innumerable enclaves ( sensu Crisp , 1 978 ) * many of which must have been isolated for long enough ( since the sea level rose to its present height after the retreat of the last ice sheet ) for them to have evolved local forms to suit the particular selective influences of their habitats . |
3 | Johnny Cooper thought it almost impossible that three men carrying only sixty small bombs between them had created such havoc and destruction . |
4 | But at least he had released her from that disturbing contact with his wide , strong chest and firm encircling arms , and the physical contact between them had brought one thing home to her very clearly — such a thing must definitely not happen again , or these next months would be utterly impossible . |
5 | In New York alone Christie 's and Sotheby 's between them have mustered eleven oil paintings , thirteen drawings , two bronzes , seventeen prints , six illustrated books , two watercolours and a collage . |
6 | Absolutely now I mean i i it 's interesting for women because I suppose in Australia I was a Republican and here I suppose I thought I saw about two erm now for me to have used that word thirty years ago I would possibly have been locked in the garden shed and left without food and drink |
7 | After what had happened last time , he 'd need to earn her trust before he could assume it . |
8 | Two patients were taking antihypertensive drugs ( one captopril and frusemide and the other methyldopa ) , one of whom had impaired renal function and had required laser therapy for retinopathy . |
9 | This group comprised 25 patients ( 12 men and 13 women ) with a mean age of 51 years ( range 30–74 ) , all of whom had documented chronic liver disease ( clinical , biochemical , and histological criteria ) with patient portal vein as shown radiologically . |
10 | This ‘ literary ’ slant to the drama 's content is an important contrast with all previous pioneers , most of whom had given little attention to content . |
11 | These great Quaker figures , both of whom had played leading roles in the anti-slavery movement , founded the Aborigines Protection Society in the early 1830 . |
12 | Twelve patients with ulcerative colitis ( eight pancolitis and four left sided colitis ; age 22–70 years ; five were on sulphasalazine and two on prednisolone 10 and 30 mg ) and 15 patients with Crohn 's disease ( one of whom had undergone ileal resection ) ( six ileal and pancolitis , one left sided colitis , six ileal and two small intestinal ; age 18–70 years ; 13 were on no treatment , one on 10 mg prednisolone and one on sulphasalazine ) were studied . |
13 | Six priests took part in the Mass all of whom had had close links with him during his ministry . |
14 | Closed as a church in 1970 , it had passed through several owners , all of whom had had different plans for the building , the final one being to open it as a World War II museum . |
15 | Stellenbosch Farmers may sound like some sort of village team but they are an invitation XI , most of whom have played representative cricket in South Africa or abroad . |
16 | Brigadier Scott is taken to the Sergeants ' Mess to meet the Mess members , all of Whom have played vital parts either as instructors or in the administrative support of the recruits ' training , prior to lunching in the Officers ' Mess . |
17 | One of several players to have come into the Armagh side of late to join the more experienced brigade , Mark is following in the footsteps of two of Killeavey 's most distinguished players , Gareth and Padraig O'Neill , both of whom have given great service to the county . |
18 | He will appoint a combination team of baby boomers and the old guard , some of whom have waited 12 years for another crack at running the country . |
19 | In general practice the type of psychologist most used is the chartered clinical psychologist , many of whom have had specific training in psychotherapy . |
20 | This form of acquired dyslexia is sometimes called pure alexia or alexia without agraphia , the reason being that , as a rule , these patients have no impairment of writing or spelling , and so they contrast with patients having other kinds of acquired dyslexia , all of whom have had impaired writing and spelling as well as impaired reading . |
21 | They are usually quite a mixed group , some of whom have had bad experiences at school or have been long term truants . |
22 | Special Branch , which works closely with MI5 , has its own computer system which keeps records on many millions of people none of whom have committed any offence ( if they had they would be on the Police National Computer ) split into 27 different groups such as ‘ interesting ’ , ‘ controversial ’ and ‘ subversive ’ . |
23 | [ That this House calls upon the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Minister of State for Overseas Development to grant Aid Trade Provision Cover and ECGD cover over three years from 1992 to enable Communication Supplies Ltd. to continue to export further System X telephone exchanges and ancillary equipment to Kenya , which they have done successfully for the past seven years ; and furthermore notes that the Kenyan Government considers this project as top of their list of priorities for trade with the United Kingdom , and the project will save and provide many thousands of jobs throughout the United Kingdom and will lead to repeat business for many years to come , and that if funding is not forthcoming the contract will be lost to the United Kingdom and awarded to either Japanese , French or Italian companies , all of whom have shown open interest . ] |
24 | Of the teachers we spoke to , two-fifths reported that they had rearranged their furniture , and well over nine-tenths of them had made some kind of change to their classrooms as a direct consequence of suggestions or recommendations made to them as part of the Primary Needs Programme . |
25 | The sentences of many of them had expired 17 years ago . |
26 | By 1811 only some rural parishes were without any provision , while most of them had registered some improvement over the seventeenth century . |
27 | At first they had sat directly opposite him , but as the train travelled through the subterranean tunnel one of them had moved three seats to his left . |
28 | Neither of them had breakfasted that morning . |
29 | A survey of Aberdeen University students conducted by Peter McKellar showed that about two thirds of them had experienced these sensations , which were slightly more often auditory sensations than visual ones . |
30 | At the end of that time , each one of them had experienced unpleasant symptoms ; some became hostile and argumentative ; some had panic attacks and nightmares ; all of them found their attention span had grown shorter and they were finding it more difficult to remember things . |