Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah I 'd leave some for them instead of a tree . |
| 2 | ‘ We lost some very promising dogs because owners asked for them back after a fortnight , ’ explained the spokesman . |
| 3 | You do n't want to be thinking about someone else at a time like this . |
| 4 | Having heard the stories , the author decided to investigate them for himself together with a friend . |
| 5 | With the exceptions of Teddy Taylor and John Biffen , of whom more in a moment , each one , because of the strength of his views , has had to eschew a ministerial career , although each would without doubt have made a distinguished holder of office . |
| 6 | She washed a Cos lettuce , leaf by leaf , then patted each of them carefully with a tea towel . |
| 7 | He showed me photographs of them together in a boat there , on a beach , in a restaurant . |
| 8 | Allowing for parliamentary recesses , that adds up to between forty and forty-five Cabinet meetings a year — not a particularly significant statistic if more business is being taken in committees , of which more in a moment . |
| 9 | and , and if she 's already scared of his temper and they 've not even lived together , well they have lived together for quite a while actually so I mean it 's not like they do n't know each other but once they 're married and they 've been married for a couple of years I reckon , and he starts thinking of her more as a possession sort of thing I can , I can really imagine |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't show yet , at any rate , ’ she said , ‘ but I ca n't have the likes of you here with a brat . |
| 11 | I only hope that you will never have to read this letter — not because my life is worth anything to me but because it breaks my heart to think of you alone in a world which I have found to be so harsh and unforgiving . |
| 12 | And any ‘ green shoots of recovery ’ may well be choked by the tares of something close to a world slump . |
| 13 | We feel we are very fortunate to have known Shanti 's mother , for we were able to tell her what her mother looked like , and speak of her lovingly as a person , not as the ‘ brown paper parcel ’ referred to before . |
| 14 | The gentleman thought of him only as a person , no more than one step up from a peasant . |
| 15 | She sat very still , eyes closed , as he examined the wound , willing herself to remain immune to his nearness , to think of him only as a doctor . |
| 16 | And then , then , I will restore him what I denied him , and graciously accept the proffer of it again as a tribute to me , so that for ever afterwards he shall know who is master between us two friends . |
| 17 | You 'll think of it again in a minute . |
| 18 | Some of it , notably the spa buildings and the generous park that goes with them , is down on the floor of the valley , the rest of it up on a terrace to the west , so that from the little square in the middle of the upper town you get quite large views of the mountains . |
| 19 | Henry thought of it more as a shrine . |
| 20 | I think of it more as a diving into still water . |
| 21 | I think of it more as a novelist might think of a bookshop . |
| 22 | Although we think of it now as a packaging material and the ubiquitous polythene bag appears to be a major support of modern life , its primary contribution was in the impetus it gave to the plastic moulding industry and the first development of plastic buckets , sink bowls and so on . |
| 23 | I think better of myself today as a matter of fact , I am more of a confident fighter than I ever have been . |
| 24 | I think better of myself today as a matter of fact , I 'm more of a confident fighter than I ever have been . |
| 25 | ‘ You know , Morse , ’ panted Max as he eased his overweight frame into his car , ‘ I 've always thought of myself more as a Renaissance man , actually . ’ |
| 26 | Celebrating the start of our once in a lifetime holiday in style by sipping rum punches on the open deck we watched the sun beginning to set before being escorted to our cabin . |
| 27 | I copied it for you out of a book . ’ |
| 28 | I 'd have done anything for you once upon a time . |
| 29 | It 's like something out of a fairy story . |
| 30 | it 's very beautiful in the glen , like something out of a fairy tale , and there 's a picturesque waterfall which is a major tourist attraction . |