Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt for Mary , in fact , the fine contempt due to someone or to an institution that has given way too easily . |
| 2 | All the same , despite his intelligence and charm , Diderot is perhaps less interesting in himself than as a symptom and influence . |
| 3 | Therefore when , in 1926 , the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry ( largely at the instigation of William Beveridge , one of its members ) recommended the introduction of a system of children 's allowances financed by the mining industry itself but with a hint that it might be accompanied by a reduction in wage rates , the Miners ' Federation was only prepared to accept the proposal if financed out of general taxation . |
| 4 | The casualty team worked extremely hard to save them but after an hour and a half we had to abandon |
| 5 | The man stopped a foot away from him and for a moment or two William stopped struggling . |
| 6 | It was shortly after this that her mother approached her and in a voice that she rarely used to her , she said , ‘ Agnes , I … |
| 7 | That , along with the kicks and punches shown , has to be practised , and there is no better place to do it than in a kick-boxing or Thai boxing class . |
| 8 | The kusimanse , a dwarf mongoose from West Africa , confronted with a chicken 's egg , will put its fore-legs over it and with a vigour that would not disgrace an American footballer , hurl it backwards through its splayed hind legs . |
| 9 | We drove across it and through an arch where a conscript in a shabby uniform saluted the car as it passed . |