Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] the [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Villeneuve and Scheckter managed to score just eight points between them during the 1980 season and the reigning world champion failed even to qualify for one race . |
| 2 | ‘ I shall do nothing for the simple reason that — knowing Doreen — it would be a waste of time and effort . |
| 3 | Too often businessmen through reticence or unawareness neglect the resources available to them through the local banks and the purpose of this short article is to draw their attention to the servies and assistance available . |
| 4 | These are n't my lecture notes they I cribbed them off the social psychologist and made copies last night . |
| 5 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 6 | It hit me for the first time that the bands and comedians were going to be performing here for free , for John , for us . |
| 7 | When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more . |
| 8 | Well that 's what everybody sings to me when them and they meet me for the first time or get introduced to me . |
| 9 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 10 | Bessie kissed me for the last time as I held tightly to her . |
| 11 | The point is that the inference which you give to it is that they 're not quite fit to be Governors , by comparison with others , and I 'd like to defend that because I can assure you that I have never ever nominated a Governor for a school who I have not thought would be advantageous to that Board of Governors to have as a member and that he will be he or she will be a contributor to that particular school , and I 've done it time and time and time again and indeed on occasions have had headmasters coming to me and thanking me for the particular person that I put in . |
| 12 | Everyone loves me for the very things that you want me to cover up ! |
| 13 | It means giving the report to someone who knows little or nothing about the actual subject and asking them to say what they do n't understand about it , right down to individual words and sentences . |
| 14 | Mr H knew nothing about the new law when he arrived in the UK . |
| 15 | Mr Noyes will claim the MoD said nothing about the alleged landing because it wanted to save any embarrassment . |
| 16 | Ruth kept her distance from him but she could do nothing about the wretched aura that surrounded him . |
| 17 | I said earlier that we want to involve all aspects of the educational system , and for example we have already written to every local authority in the country , telling them about the general themes that we have identified as important , asking for their comments , for their suggestions of other matters that we should perhaps look into , and also asking for their help and involvement . |
| 18 | ICI Pharmaceuticals had also written to doctors telling them about the serious reactions and deaths . |
| 19 | Since some people regard them as the ultimate madness and evil they deem it to be their moral right to break laws , mostly in a non-violent manner , as a form of protest . |
| 20 | Thus , in the context of consensual sexual activity with a girl under the age of 16 , it states : ‘ Most of us think that acts such as oral sex are extremely serious ( perhaps more likely to disturb a young girl meeting them for the first time than sexual intercourse ) . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Millions of people travel to the region every year many of them for the first time and we want to make sure that the lasting impression they take with them is a good one . ’ |
| 22 | Towards the end of the second year some major or joint students of History undertake a six-week period of placement or work experience in a record office , museum or folk park ; others follow a specially-designed short course which prepares them for the final year and for the world of work . |
| 23 | ‘ So , given that I have a political opportunity , I tend to become an enthusiast harnessing the forces that are at work , trying to get the best out of them , trying to use them for the political purposes that I believe in . |
| 24 | Nothing in the three villagers ' long but sheltered past could have prepared them for the horrendous sight that met their eyes . |
| 25 | I sold them for the same price that I had paid myself . |
| 26 | I know people get tired of appeals , but I urge them to organise fundraising for the echo-cardiograph equipment as undoubtedly a great number of people will follow me through the coronary unit and the machine will surely be of great help to them . |
| 27 | As he led me through the back door and on to the waste ground he used as an unofficial parking lot , he said : ‘ Good runner , only thirty thousand on the clock . ’ |
| 28 | But they refreshed me , sustained me through the subsequent days and weeks , like water in a camel 's hump . |
| 29 | He spent half a day teaching me about the various policies and endowments , the way to figure cash surrender values , the matter of group insurance , and the various approaches to a prospect by the insurance salesman . |
| 30 | Someone should have told me about the local MIND and the National Schizophrenia Fellowship and what they could offer . |