Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thanks to improved fragrance technology , perfumers are now able to offer us subtly differing strengths of the same scent for different moments during the day : eau de parfum ( freshest of all ) eau de toilette , parfum de toilette , esprit de parfum , parfum — or even , for some famous names , parfum extra , ideal for knocking 'em dead at several paces . |
| 2 | At that time the young ferrets are being handled regularly and this process of getting them accustomed to human touch and handling continues through every cleaning-out stage . |
| 3 | Old Wolsey loved to lead people by the nose , in particular his nephew and myself , and relished his little games of sending us unarmed into darkened chambers full of assassins . |
| 4 | I had never imagined the usefulness of teaching him English for this particular trade . |
| 5 | Now you were doing it a very neat way , a quick way , of doing it all in one go , were n't you ? |
| 6 | I imagine they 'll be keen to start work as soon as possible in the hope of having it ready for next season , and with their resources you can be sure — ’ |
| 7 | Looking down carries the further risk of making him unaware of other dangers around him . |
| 8 | In an effort to sharpen the ‘ business nose ’ , Heath has been shunted sideways , to become deputy chairman , while Don Seymour , a businessman , has been installed at the head of the company with the intention of making it profitable by 1984 . |
| 9 | For example , the decision in Paris v. Stepney BC , in which it was decided that the employer of a one-eyed motor mechanic had a special duty of care to provide him with goggles to protect his good eye , may have had the perhaps unexpected and certainly undesired consequence of making it harder for disabled workers to get jobs in which they need special protection . |
| 10 | Now Jean was pleased because I do sequence dancing which I learnt with my husband , and so now this coming September when we start back again , once a month I 'm going to teach some sequence dancing in the hope that some young ones would , will hear of it and , and join because then once you can sort of get them involved with one thing you may sort of get good numbers . |
| 11 | The crucial factor in the development of bureaucracy in communist states has been the impossibility of democratizing administration , of throwing it open to literate lay people as Lenin wanted . |
| 12 | Yet he is required to hand over his children 's future to the ‘ non-ideological ’ market forces he thinks are largely responsible for getting us all into this mess in the first place . |
| 13 | This success also gave City their first League double of the season , but it was a little ironical that in a game where the respective goalkeepers played a prominent part in keeping it goalless for 70 minutes , an error by the Halesowen custodian should have produced the match winning goal . |
| 14 | Discrimination between individuals consists in making it easier for some than for others to realize their ideals of the good . |
| 15 | Furthermore , this is probably one of those cases where social psychoanalysis can succeed in telling us more about this primitive superego-structure than can the clinical analysis of modern individuals unaided by cultural insights . |
| 16 | This hangar was all closed up apart from one door , so he drove in in the semi-dark and reversed rapidly into what he thought was an empty corner without checking it first for parked vehicles . |
| 17 | And I I really do n't think they have any business without consulting you and me , as the peoples that they represent , because I 'm I 'm a voter in North Yorkshire too , so I do n't think they have any business actually doing this without consulting us first of all . |
| 18 | Unfortunately a boss , child or loving partner seems intent on running you ragged with one job after another . |
| 19 | But Moira says no it 's paperbacks only , insisted on lending us some of those Virgo Books and Woman 's Press and that , you know ‘ I Stand Here Ironing ’ and so on , could n't be bothered to try and make sense of them . |
| 20 | All the research has consisted of work towards the design and production of catalogue systems which satisfy the following criteria : they must be usable at sight without any appreciable need for learning or relearning , and this must be achieved without sacrificing effectiveness and without making them tedious for experienced users . |
| 21 | Hence the current emphasis on sustainable development ( meeting our needs without making it impossible for future generations to meet their needs ) , which is what the Earth Summit is meant to be giving some practical expression to . |
| 22 | I can thank the lovely lady from the nightclub for putting me wise to that one ! ’ |
| 23 | Thus , for the Piaroa , ‘ hunting ’ includes all capabilities for acquiring animal meat and for making it edible for human consumption . |
| 24 | You do n't wan na give him any of that , throw it all over him yeah , this is what your going to wear today , yep er oh I did n't bring any socks did I ? |
| 25 | If you wan na give them half of that . |
| 26 | and I was gon na give you some of this wine that time , and I was on the way out |
| 27 | He said that a man who 's gon na build a , build something , let's put it in a modern setting , the man who 's gon na , a man and woman , a couple are gon na put an extension on their house , they do n't just go down and buy a few dozen bricks , er , and a bag cement and start , they work out how much it 's gon na cost them first of all . |
| 28 | I 'm gon na get him one of those machines that gives condoms when you put a pound in yeah . |
| 29 | I will never , ever forgive him , for leaving me alone with two small girls in this enormous house . |
| 30 | The F-Plan 's extra filling power can most help you by getting you right to slim-weight target . |