Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [pron] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her arms crept around his neck , her lips softened and parted beneath his and she slid into a world of sensation so subtle and exquisite that it was almost too much to bear . |
| 2 | After you calmly tell me that I walked through a fucking wall ! ’ |
| 3 | It is certainly no sadness for me that I live in a house that is open to the public . |
| 4 | Luke told me that she died in a car accident some time ago . |
| 5 | The solution is which if we substitute for a , b , c and d from the matrix ( Figure 7.3 ) reduce to p = W÷D . |
| 6 | For a time he believed he had a vocation to be a priest himself but he reverted to a previous plan to save sufficient money to go to university . |
| 7 | If you take all of the money that has been spent since the policy was established in nineteen eighty eight , it still does not amount to twenty pence per child which as I said in a previous erm question , answer to a previous question , is bare would barely buy a pencil for each child . |
| 8 | Newspapers remain expensive propositions and the cost of running them until they turn in a profit is immense . |
| 9 | ‘ Stan called me and we met for a chat at his home . |
| 10 | I mean I think it 's the class thing as well really , because I can remember when I was erm leaving school erm and I went to the careers erm teacher for my interview and I said I 'd like to be a journalist and she looked at me and I came from a very poor working class background in Tottenham , and she said ‘ I 'm sure you could be a secretary or a shorthand typist if you really tried ’ . |
| 11 | He explained everything to me and I went across a big courtyard , through a door into a large hall , then up some stairs and along a landing turning left towards an outside terrace down to the lawns at the rear of the Palace . |
| 12 | Yes dear I went to erm , er the er holiday camp in October to erm , er with the Red Cross and I went with the , Charlie took me and I went in a car with a friend of mine we went to the Red Cross holiday in Patefield , but it poured of rain every day every day it poured of rain did n't October it was terrible , ever so cold , but we were well looked after you know and I enjoyed it and we had the wheelchairs to go around in on for the dancing , it was really great I thoroughly enjoyed it , I have n't been for two years I had n't , but I went like in October , cos you 're only allowed really every two years to go , that 's all you 're allowed really , but I thoroughly enjoyed it you know , it was nice |
| 13 | They tell me if I walk in a certain direction for an hour I 'll come across a road and by the time I set my watch and compass they 've vanished over the dunes . |
| 14 | So gradually I am claiming my philosophical estate and already believe in myself ; it would n't even surprise me if I turned into a poet . |
| 15 | Willie closed it carefully behind them and they walked into a wild and unkempt garden . |
| 16 | He searched for a resting place for them and they lashed in a helplessness before finding a firm ledge out in the grey darkness beyond his vision . |
| 17 | I 'm always blowing the little ducks up they go , they 're going like that and you shoot them and they turn into a It 's really good . |
| 18 | That over I can remember nothing until I awoke in a pleasant ward with three other mothers who had already seen their offspring . |
| 19 | It 's alright for you to lie to us as many times as you want but when we 'd asked you once you get in a mood and walk off and do n't talk to us . |
| 20 | Evan loved to tell you that it began with a minor domestic row . |
| 21 | to Stokesley , who if she screamed through a bloody bullhorn would n't be heard by anybody ? |
| 22 | you if anything happens to a central defender dun n it ? |
| 23 | The new flexi-age retirement provision is unlikely to help you if you move to a new job , since it only applies to employees of 20 years ' standing . |
| 24 | ‘ If that were the only stumbling-block , I 'd put all my weight behind you if it came to a showdown with the pater . |
| 25 | That way a car can not stop unnoticed behind you and anyone lurking in a doorway will have further to come to reach you . |
| 26 | Althusser has all along promised an escape through scientific practice , an escape that may be brief and ineffective in itself but which leads to a transformation of other practices — especially political practice . |
| 27 | Wittgenstein says ( 332 ) : ‘ Do not believe that you have the concept of colour within you because you look at a coloured object — however you look ’ and ( 659 ) ‘ But when I say ‘ It tastes exactly like sugar ’ , in an important sense no remembering takes place . |
| 28 | The scent of jasmine greets you as you walk through a creepered archway into the wide lawn . |
| 29 | This could be I do n't think acid spends itself as it sits in a bottle does it ? |
| 30 | A teacher came after me but I climbed through a hedge and sat tight for an hour or so . |