Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robert had been vague about them on an embarrassing number of occasions . |
| 2 | ‘ After the defeat at Bramall Lane they had the biggest hammering they 've had off me for a long time . |
| 3 | I was due to attend a meeting with several other women whom I knew and felt in sympathy with , and when I arrived there , the weight of my unhappiness just rolled off me like an unwanted burden . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They do n't pay me much , but I 'm looking about me for a good opportunity . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | grapes no not one twenty , yes , Keith goes through them like a hot mouth through butter . |
| 8 | I thought he 'd be thrown but he went through them like an express train . ’ |
| 9 | He sorted through them in a numb panic . |
| 10 | I have said I understand little ; at that moment I understood nothing , and that terrible lack ran through me like an electric shock . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A bond began to be formed when they asked Martin to place protection for them on an icy pitch just below the summit . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 17 | Duncan trotted back with him and , sure enough , Mother dinosaur was waiting for them with a big smile on her face . |
| 18 | Do you take responsibility for them as an active dad ? |
| 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 | The sellers owned 200,000 gallons of white spirit stored for them by an independent person , X , in his tanks . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Sloe eyes met aquamarine ones , so much passing between them without a single word being uttered . |
| 26 | And Marcus came to be walking between them to a partitioned corner of the changing room . |
| 27 | Tossed between them like a broken toy fit only for the dustbin . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | her used glass for me at a private view — |