Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [prep] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now for me at least the light had been turned on . |
| 2 | Despite considerable pressure , much of it from outside the club , there was little chance of a decision being taken yesterday . |
| 3 | Despite considerable pressure , much of it from outside the club , there was little chance of any crucial decision being taken yesterday . |
| 4 | But ‘ belong ’ — she is fearful that for her at least the word may explode , may vanish in a puff of smoke as delicate as the smoke that trickles from Fenna 's nostrils when he is asleep ; as delicate as the fronds of smoke that drift mysteriously from the end of Phoebe 's cigarette when she gestures impatiently in conversation . |
| 5 | game so they can have an effect on the child so that the outcome is better if you just if you do n't get to them till there the child 's done the SATS and it 's over |
| 6 | ‘ Good-night , John , ’ she said , demurely , and walked up her front steps , turning to wave to him from inside the house . |
| 7 | He studied her warrant card intently , as though there might be some real doubt about her identity , and then returned it to her without even the glimmer of a smile . |
| 8 | There were very strong objections from one landowner and frontager and much pressure was brought to bear on him by both the company and the Rural District Council , who announced on 9 September that he had accepted their conditions . |