Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] and [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Incidentally , much of the success of direct mail lies in the fact that , apart from bills , most of the population get no mail at all and people are delighted to get a letter that expresses interest in them , concern about them and opens the door for further contact and involvement . |
| 2 | I would have loved to have swung the sodding bag and hit him straight in the balls but the old tight-fist snatched it off me and threw the gold on to the hall floor so he could watch his courtiers scramble . |
| 3 | It was nothing for him to take the ball off them and stick the knife in it to burst it . ’ |
| 4 | An annual employee profile is issued to each employee showing the information held about him/her and giving the employee the opportunity to make known any inaccuracies . |
| 5 | So I think for the time being , if you allow us , we will find out which tables we want and then we will fund raise for them and get the money for them , okay . |
| 6 | The Girls were most impressed when Mary bought a Daimler and employed a chauffeur so they in turn bought a car between them and shared the running costs . |
| 7 | Only Rodrigo now stood between them and prevented the whole of Moslem Spain from reverting to independent Moorish rule . |
| 8 | However , to elucidate the differences between them and to indicate the potential for increased co-operation and co-ordination it is useful to define these terms which are often used imprecisely and interchangeably . |
| 9 | When he had recovered , he picked up a pencil and ruler , drew two straight lines , wrote ‘ Beech' in between them and handed the pencil to Willie . |
| 10 | Dear Boy , It must be very difficult for you sometimes I expect not having anyone and having to do all the shopping and cooking for yourself I know that when I was working I certainly could not have managed on my own , coming home tired and then making dinner your own dinner and then going upstairs to do some more work , what sort of life is that , though I know all about that because of course I did do that for three years almost , and I know how much happier I was when I knew there was someone waiting for me and having the dinner ready and keeping the house clean and all those things , or perhaps you people do n't think those things are important . |
| 11 | Harriet waited until the door had closed after her and flicked the button , feeling oddly apprehensive . |
| 12 | Closed it after him and pushed the bolt . |
| 13 | Then she flew after him and snatched the box away . |
| 14 | Some of the men climbed in after us and put the cover down on the back , so no one could see us . |
| 15 | He was about to skip past me and hit the bomb with the piece of wood — he had already raised it above his head and made the lunge — when I reached out and caught him round the waist . |
| 16 | There 's other associates who like to know beforehand roughly how much they can provide for people by way of life cover and living assurance , so that they can give the people some idea , or maybe want to sit in front of them and use the rate book to give them some idea . |
| 17 | The stone steps were narrow , and she did n't like stone steps , they were greasy when wet , but she made the bottom of them and inserted the key in the lock . |
| 18 | Molassi scowled at all three of them and sheathed the knife He strutted angrily and aimlessly off . |
| 19 | Sometimes he felt that he was the person he was because of them and acted the way he did because of their effects . |
| 20 | All of these fish have appeared only recently in any numbers and some of them are still extremely rare and pricey but if you do see any of them and have the money , I would recommend you buy them . |
| 21 | The management would put up a screen in front of them and provide the audience with bad eggs and moldy tomatoes to pelt them with . ’ |
| 22 | However , my wife has become concerned about the health of one of them and refused the invitation . |
| 23 | Then hold the yarn down and towards you and push the carriage further along the needlebed ( in the same direction as the last row was knitted ) until the weaving yarn is free . |
| 24 | When on a close reach , hook in by pulling the rig sharply towards you and letting the line swing up to meet your hook . |
| 25 | If you feel any resistance turn the wheel slightly towards you and move the card slightly , then again start turning the wheel away from you . |
| 26 | Farrell took a step towards him and swung the butt of the .45 hard , catching him across the forehead . |
| 27 | ‘ The point is this , Bob , ’ said Mounce , leaning across the bar towards him and swilling the whisky round in his glass , ‘ I 'm away a lot , as you know . |
| 28 | ‘ I know , ’ said Vic , striding past her and shutting the door of Prendergast 's room behind him . |
| 29 | The question was answered almost immediately because the man , who had followed Jean along the passage , now pushed past her and entered the kitchen . |
| 30 | Eb brushed past her and entered the back-kitchen . |