Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had General Francis not had his two sticks propped against his chair as a tangible reminder of his condition , and had he not , as had now been explained to me , been making this social call to thank me for nursing his son after paying a second professional visit himself to Bernard Remington-Hart , his appearance and that Rolls outside would have frozen Margaret into a prissy caricature of her normal self . |
| 2 | Forgive me for assuming my role of dyke agony uncle once more , but really , lovey ! |
| 3 | Gown despised me for selling my soul to a shrill shallow shrew , town for being an old fart who could n't satisfy his frisky young mate . |
| 4 | Erm I told you about that chap Michael Bell who wrote to me about using my book as play , I 'll read you his letter some other week . |
| 5 | ‘ I was doubtful when you told me about sharing your house with two young vets , but now I think you were right . |
| 6 | Lawson Software Inc , Minneapolis , which despite dipping its toe into the Unix market has hitherto concentrated on the AS/400 as the platform for its financial and distribution software , is to launch its new ‘ Open Enterprise ’ range of software during the first week of February . |
| 7 | This was a lengthy business , and from December 1103 to April 1105 he contented himself with justifying his exile in the face of criticisms from his English friends . |
| 8 | Another superb serve led to no more than a defensive return from Sampras and Forget was so confident that the American would not be able to return his first volley that he only just stopped himself from throwing his racket into the air as he started to dance for joy along with the crowd . |
| 9 | Graham 's back arched agonizingly and he used every last ounce of inner strength to keep himself from wrenching his hand off the pad . |
| 10 | Fred stumbled and steadied himself by putting his hand on a York ham . |
| 11 | it will attempt to establish that there is one human history , with one truth and one intelligibility — not by considering the material content of this history , but by demonstrating that a practical multiplicity , whatever it may be , must unceasingly totalise itself through interiorizing its multiplicity at all levels . |
| 12 | I would like to thank you for helping my case by removing the names of my coauthors — Jim Bull and Robert Paxton — from the article ‘ Why some insects look pretty nasty ’ ( 6 January , p 26 ) . |
| 13 | Thank you for printing my request for readers ' ideas regarding the use of empty cones . |
| 14 | Thank you for sending your application for employment , dated October 19th . |
| 15 | Thank you for drawing my attention to your proposed exhibition , I did indeed receive your telephone message , but other pressures prevented me from responding to it before you had also handed in your portfolio . |
| 16 | You can also map almost anything to a key-combination on the keyboard — how does |
| 17 | I 'm reporting you for idling your time for two minutes . |
| 18 | We strongly advise you against reheating your meal at a later time . |
| 19 | Even if you are running Windows there is nothing stopping you from using your machine as if it was working under MS-DOS . |
| 20 | If you were considering ( either by yourself or with others ) taking over the Blue Parrot , what factors would influence you in deciding which form of business organization to select ? |
| 21 | If you were considering ( either by yourself or with others ) taking over the Blue Parrot , what factors would influence you in deciding which form of business organization to select ? |
| 22 | The Cheltenham Conservative Association must now address itself to recovering our council from the Liberal Democrats which dominate it , and on putting the John Taylor affair behind us . |
| 23 | As you 'd expect from the range that prides itself on keeping your garden in shape . |
| 24 | One way of ‘ stealing ’ another company 's loyal users is to tempt them into using your product by way of a massive discount . |
| 25 | ‘ Daddy was always trying to use the money as a stick to beat me into changing my way of life . |
| 26 | ‘ The IMF will not lend any money unless India shows it is doing something about putting its house in order , ’ he explained . |
| 27 | In principle , therefore , the legal interest should pass from transferor or transferee when the company is given notice of it , and that date , rather than the later date of actual registration , should be the relevant one in determining its priority over earlier unnotified transfers . |
| 28 | The House will wish to join me in expressing our sympathy with those who were injured and our hopes for their speedy recovery . |
| 29 | On the eve of the first anniversary of the Gulf war , will my right hon. Friend join me in expressing our gratitude to our armed forces , our commitment to the independence of Kuwait and our determination to ensure that Saddam Hussein and his generals comply with all international sanctions or suffer the consequences ? |
| 30 | You could then bring in Regional Authorities with less power for the North West , the North East and to Yorkshire and Humberside and I do hope you 'll actually join me in supporting our motion for an independent . |