Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , and you proved to be a warm and funny companion , gentle and sweet , and I was intrigued to discover why someone like you would pursue a man . |
| 2 | Good heavens , is it really likely that someone like you could catch a man rich enough to own a house like this ? |
| 3 | Nursing agencies have often been the means to re-entry in the past , and they too are having to adapt to new forces at work which for them could represent a consumer boom . |
| 4 | First , is it inevitable that political parties , not voters , should rank candidates on their lists , and thus decide which of them will have the best chances of being elected ? |
| 5 | As the four-man squad loped , half-crouching , along the space station 's strangely-twisting corridors , Ace and Daak were squabbling about which of them should guard the other 's back . |
| 6 | ( If our motives had to be completely pure , which of us would pass the test ? ) |
| 7 | ‘ I can well imagine that somebody like you would strike a woman . |
| 8 | Where you might require specialist advice in what I might describe as ‘ stand alone ’ projects , which in themselves will generate a report , for example , the founder directors requiring a due diligence report on the target company or advice on establishing share option schemes or other suitable management incentives for the new company , I would expect , following a more detailed discussion to provide a separate terms of reference and fee estimate . |
| 9 | the privilege of , of them like you would have a shed in your garden |
| 10 | In theory , the shareholders have legal control of the company , but in practice this is most often exercised by the directors who between them may have a small minority of the shares with the acquiescence of the institutions which are the major shareholders . |
| 11 | It is salutary to be reminded that in many situations and many respects society is not simply divisible into two parts , the majority and the minority , but is in fact a conglomeration of minorities , none of which can have a democratic claim to dominate , and which must therefore learn to live with each other . |
| 12 | The inter-war era saw the birth of some great cars , none of which could match the elegance and speed of the Type 35 Bugatti which first appeared in 1924 , and was to be credited with more than 2000 wins during its life-time . |
| 13 | Normally that should present no problem to the team batting second , but none of them could dominate the bowling and the low total seemed to spur England to some brilliant fielding ; when Botham got Gomes and Richards in successive overs , the game moved England 's way , and the rest of the wickets drifted away for a total of just 148 . |
| 14 | However , none of us should forget the relief of misery and the ending of conflict which have come about through the changes in Ethiopia , in Angola and in Cambodia , and we should not forget the changes in Vietnam , in Mozambique and in the western Sahara . |
| 15 | Else none of us could keep an army together . ’ |
| 16 | Since our knowledge is finite , none of us can exclude the possibility of our being wrong . |
| 17 | ‘ What Elizabeth does n't grasp is that none of us can stand the fuss she makes . |
| 18 | None of us can doubt the economic plight of many of the countries where our mission partners work but the relationship of people is every bit as important and visits play a large part in that . |
| 19 | Oh , and Iggy Pop , David Byrne , Laurie Anderson and a load of mates are dong a benefit show in town for ‘ Rock For Choice ’ , but none of us can afford the $20 ticket price . |
| 20 | I 'm sorry to bother you with what must seem a difficulty of my own making , and enclose a S.A.E. for your reply . |
| 21 | She could n't say to him , if once I let you in you 'll take the whole thing over — and me as well . |
| 22 | ‘ Who among you will drive the dog away ? ’ |
| 23 | And as for Ronald Reagan , who among us can forget the words that so blew our minds on ‘ The Wit And Wisdom Of Ronald Reagan ’ album , a release which made Stiff 's Magic offshoot a legendary label overnight ? |
| 24 | If there are many siblings who must compete for the mother 's favours , and if no one of them can exclude the others , each will probably demand equality as the next best thing to preference , and most definitely as the best way of preventing the preference of others . |
| 25 | There are so many anomalies that of the 650 Members who make up this House of Commons , including Mr. Speaker himself , each one of us could present the Government with a list of the anomalies in the Bill the length of our arm . |
| 26 | But , by buying one of these new British Telecom Phonecards , each one of us will have the chance to speak on their behalf . |
| 27 | But , by buying one of these new British Telecom Phonecards , each one of us will have the chance to speak on their behalf . |
| 28 | Franchises were to be allocated on both channels by auction , giving them to whoever would pay the government the highest fee , subject to an abstract ‘ quality threshold ’ . |
| 29 | I have what to you may seem a small problem but one for which I can find no reason . |
| 30 | . An élève of your school , I do not wish to do anything but what will elucidate the truth … |