Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We asked for nothing but a few gestures — |
| 2 | ‘ After the defeat at Bramall Lane they had the biggest hammering they 've had off me for a long time . |
| 3 | For it seemed to her then that he was aware that her thoughts were troubled and , when he had no need whatsoever to put himself out , he had decided to take her mind off them for a brief while . |
| 4 | Having dedicated so much energy to his love of Shakespeare , Berlioz wrote his adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing with a careful sense of how much speech should surround the musical numbers . |
| 5 | As socialists we would demand decent and secure housing for everyone at a reasonable cost , but the difficulty arises when we consider what we can demand specifically as women without simply constructing an alternative women 's culture or further reinforcing women 's place in the home . |
| 6 | These would provide accident and emergency service for everyone at a given sum per year and meet certain quality criteria . |
| 7 | They do n't pay me much , but I 'm looking about me for a good opportunity . |
| 8 | Similarly , all the forms of human culture — art , law , religion and so on-are objectifications of the human spirit by which it projects itself externally in order then to move on through them to a higher self-realisation . |
| 9 | Spatz looked up at Ellis and took the files from him , sorting through them with a great show of self-importance , before finally setting them aside and looking across at Kim . |
| 10 | grapes no not one twenty , yes , Keith goes through them like a hot mouth through butter . |
| 11 | He sorted through them in a numb panic . |
| 12 | Ankhu and Nebamun would have it easier , but for the majority of privileged men work was a nominal activity as they laboured more or less intelligently in the upper ranks of the army , the civil service and the priesthood ; most of the graft was done for them at a humbler level . |
| 13 | It was the Guga Hunters who had chartered Viking to land the men and supplies ' on Sula Sgeir and return for them at a specified date . |
| 14 | The take or place booking means that the client will be offered a room if there has been a ‘ no show ’ or cancellation , and failing that accommodation will be found for them at a comparable hotel , usually within the same chain of hotels . |
| 15 | A number of organisations to which we spoke provided ( paid ) training for people filling such positions , despite the fact that they would only be working for them on a casual basis and might even use the skills they acquired working for other organisations . |
| 16 | It seems that they can be market counterparties even if the firm acts only as their agent and , indeed , even if the firm is acting for them on a discretionary basis . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , what if I purchased two lots which added up to less than fifty pounds , could I pay for them with a personal cheque , assuming , of course , that I had a valid cheque card ? ’ |
| 18 | Duncan trotted back with him and , sure enough , Mother dinosaur was waiting for them with a big smile on her face . |
| 19 | They were given tea and biscuits , invited to watch a favourite soap opera on the television , then made to listen to current hits from the charts played for them by a young man called Danny on his ghetto-blaster . |
| 20 | The common law provides quite an armoury of such principles , and new applications can be found for them by a bold judge . |
| 21 | Along with many a public body that felt pushed around by the Tories , the BBC must have gone to bed on April 8 with dreams of a quieter life on the night ; already swinging , as it were , in the hammock slung for them by a hung parliament . |
| 22 | Residential workers have the difficult task of finding a balance between guiding young people forward , perhaps before they are ready , and caring for them in a personal way which does not threaten loyalty to their parents . |
| 23 | And so a strong tradition has grown up that teachers must know their pupils , care for them in a general way , interest themselves in their moral development , and give them as many educational opportunities as possible outside the class-room as well as in it . |
| 24 | Sloe eyes met aquamarine ones , so much passing between them without a single word being uttered . |
| 25 | And Marcus came to be walking between them to a partitioned corner of the changing room . |
| 26 | The implied criticism hung in the air between them for a few moments . |
| 27 | Silence fell between them for a few steps , then he said , his tone slightly different , ‘ I 've heard on the grapevine that you came to Glasgow from Heymouth , and that you were involved in the disaster there last August . ’ |
| 28 | Tossed between them like a broken toy fit only for the dustbin . |
| 29 | This must have been a joke , as he laughed , or perhaps any mention of marriage was a joke to Gordon , who walked past Nenna and settled himself between them in a small chair , actually a nursing chair , surviving from some earlier larger family home and much too low for him , so that he had to try crossing his legs in several positions . |
| 30 | We assembled laser sculptures of " the subtle anatomy of man " , with the acupuncture points hanging in space and the lines of " qi " energy flowing between them in a shimmering web . |