Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mm , I 'm not sure about them you 'll have the headmaster turning up say I recognize everyone here |
| 2 | Their approach was to run a business similar to a small City firm of solicitors , maintaining close relationships with a few senior people for whom they would provide a personal service and gain good repeat business . |
| 3 | The plan turned out to be North 's own favoured ‘ final act ’ for the contras : that if Congress did not approve any more money for them they would seize a piece of Nicaragua , establish a provisional government and there make a last stand , while the American Navy blockaded the rest of the country . |
| 4 | If there is trouble for them they will find a way of paying me back for revealing their names . |
| 5 | When should the caseworker say , " this is too complex for me I must pass the case on ! " ? |
| 6 | Not only am I not prepared to have a semi-detached marriage , but I 'm convinced that if you really cared for me you would have no hesitation about placing my interests first , ’ had been his parting shot as he had left the apartment , slamming the front door loudly behind him . |
| 7 | For someone who can give an object as plain and manageable as a book all the symmetry and neatness of a loosely wrapped food blender , the prospect of getting cumbersome gardening tools into a parcel terrifies me . |
| 8 | My relationship with the director is therefore rather different from most producers ; I am looking not for someone to watch and admire but for someone who can deliver the result . |
| 9 | I always regret that as a youth it never occurred to me to ask why they chose Easingwold and how they knew of a vacancy for someone who could combine the saddlery trade with being the landlord of the Jolly Farmers pub . |
| 10 | ‘ He wanted to set out his stall as someone who would balance the books and create a firm financial situation , ’ said Professor Sherer . |
| 11 | But he can see from their eyes that they look upon him now as someone who will transcend the collective and desert it . |
| 12 | They see the tiny , vivacious Chicana poetess as someone who can give a voice to their experiences of LA . |
| 13 | Another of his innovations was inviting students to Sunday lunch , after which they would join the family in the garden and give ‘ much valuable help ’ . |
| 14 | Julie decided to top up her Californian suntan until Kitty Summerville called lunch , after which she would take a casual stroll to another of her favourite haunts as a child , the old summer house on the river bank . |
| 15 | For a new patient this whole process may take upwards of an hour , after which she will see the doctor again and , if anything has been found , will be started on appropriate treatment . |
| 16 | Mr Bernard Staite , boss of the consortium who operate the loco , commented : ‘ From November No 4472 will embark on a year long tour of private railways after which she will have a major overhaul . |
| 17 | There are far fewer areas in the simulated map about which one would risk a definitive statement than in the map from the unsimulated process . |
| 18 | ( a ) Where there has been oppressive , arbitrary or unconstitutional action by the servants of the government , or ( b ) Where the defendant 's conduct has been calculated by him to make a profit for himself which might exceed the compensation otherwise payable . |
| 19 | For himself he will take a handful of the pencils they always leave out for you … |
| 20 | ‘ My pupils accompanied me here for a fortnight 's holiday during which they would acquire the art of fish cookery . ’ |
| 21 | As soon as it is over and both males are exhausted they have a brief opportunity during which they can launch an attack and win the harem from both of them , and this has been seen to happen . |
| 22 | They will give the theatre back to us for the opening and then we will give it back to them for the Summer during which they should solve the problem . ’ |
| 23 | The truth is that I kept on having mental lapses , during which I could hear every word that was being spoken , understand the meaning of each word and even of some phrases , but could n't make these disparate utterances add up to anything that made sense . |
| 24 | The room itself is an object , with all its elements , carpets and hangings included , constituting an authentic whole , through which we can give a lesson in the development of style and taste . |
| 25 | Nor did he raise one word about the history of his own great movement , about the fact that the working people of this country were urged to organise and to use their vote , through which they could change the policies under which they lived . |
| 26 | State administrative agencies thus feed off the results of interest-group pressure , and interest groups find in the administration multiple points of access through which they can influence the formulation of government policy . |
| 27 | It is useful to point out that when using such materials choreographers must know their vocabulary very thoroughly and select movements through which they can emphasise the moment when disaster strikes . |
| 28 | Having chosen the story , theme or music , choreographers must consider the available living material through which they can mould the particular style of dance appropriate to their ideas . |
| 29 | There was frequently a hair-tidy of the same design on the dressing-table , a little dish with a lid , and a hole through which one could push the hair that came out on the comb . |
| 30 | At the end was an opening , now almost closed by the crowding trees and bushes , through which one could see the glimmer of the sea and the northernmost hill of the broch islet . |