Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is time he responded and paid compensation to those farmers , and allowed them to get on with earning their livelihood , instead of telling them that there is nothing for them from the Ministry of Agriculture . |
| 2 | Work hard , get in more business but there will be nothing for you at the end . |
| 3 | She knew nothing about him beyond the fact that he was immensely wealthy , the owner of the London-based Silver Star Navigation who for some strange reason had branched out into the fashion industry . |
| 4 | He would not have liked to guess her age , had never seen her in anything other than half-light , and knew nothing about her beyond the fact that she came from a village to the north which she had told him , stood in the shadow of the pyramid of Saqqara . |
| 5 | " They know nothing about you at the Lab . |
| 6 | There had been nothing about it on the television news since the day the car was found . |
| 7 | There 's nothing about it in the manifesto . |
| 8 | There suddenly seemed to be nothing between them except the hatred flaring in Ursula 's eyes . |
| 9 | Mum had found them for me in the house at Lochgair . |
| 10 | ‘ He reminded me about it in the dressing room before the game , and if it 's said you 're not playing with enough desire you 've just got to swallow it and do the best you can . |
| 11 | Southerners are apt to fantasize on the phone , usually about someone with them at the time , often a work colleague . |
| 12 | The naan bread was big ; we 'd both stuffed ourselves with it during the meal but it was still big . |
| 13 | Very well , convey my congratulations to General Froebe — I 'm sure he 'll be anxious to convey his to me for the sake of protocol . ’ |
| 14 | He thought nothing of it at the time . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought nothing of it at the time , because my knee has straightened after five minutes in the past . |
| 16 | Almighty God , our heavenly Father , infinite in wisdom , love and power : have compassion on those for whom we pray ; and help us to use all suffering in the cause of your kingdom , through him who gave himself for us on the cross , Jesus Christ , Your Son and our Lord , |
| 17 | I should save the trip until the weekend , when we can all go , besides , she 'll be bored with all your old historical studies , she 'll want to be with other people of her own age , other Americans , perhaps — I mean , there are plenty of them about the place , goodness knows , and that shirt should really go in the wash straight away . ’ |
| 18 | He was paving the way to amusing himself with me in the future when Mme Chaillot was out of town . |
| 19 | Sally sat down hard on them , forcing her legs together , but as usual in the end he won and she retrieved the panties from the floor , pushing them behind her on the seat before they were trampled underfoot . |
| 20 | There had been nothing like it since the heyday of Northcliffe in the early years of the century . |
| 21 | Dr John Curtis , Keeper of the Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities at the British Museum , said yesterday that there was nothing like it in the world . |
| 22 | A description of the new house was lavish in its praise — ‘ There is nothing like it in the colony . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm not going to tell you about it over the phone . |
| 24 | I 'll tell you about it at the end . |
| 25 | I 'll tell you about it in the morning . ’ |
| 26 | on the training course or guide you through it on the training course . |
| 27 | Much of this music has no other recording — and none of it on the harp , and King plays it with rare strength , sensitivity and the conviction of one who is also inventing it as the same time — and is delighted by his own trouvailles . |
| 28 | Was the Council willing to embark on a major new undertaking in a field in which it had only limited experience , none of it in the validation of teacher education itself ? |
| 29 | None of us at the moment is prepared to spend — probably waste — our time trying to find out . |
| 30 | Grand Slam committee administrator Bill Babcock said : ‘ None of us like the situation , but there is undue pressure on him , and we have decided to exempt him from the rule on press conferences for this match , and only this match . ’ |