Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] a [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He guided them through a broad passageway flanked with heavy half-columns surmounted with lotus blooms , and protected by the couched forms of rams , Amun 's beast , in sculptures larger than life . |
| 2 | And then , before she could prepare herself , Luke swung them through a wide gateway buried deeply in the trees . |
| 3 | I 'll take the little one home with me for a few days to give you a break . |
| 4 | There is nothing about a general right to follow the property over which the trust exists ; the question is purely quantitative . |
| 5 | On the contrary , the light rail systems found in experimental services throughout much of this century , but maturing only recently with the use of modern technology , could have a very bright future if Governments come to regard them as a necessary investment to meet an increasing transport need . |
| 6 | Many of them so often quite rightly describe what has happened to them as a deep wound resulting from the blow they have received . |
| 7 | The geological availability of these is used by geographers and historians as a strong argument for why settlements are sited near them when engaged in mining them , or when a particular industry which uses them as a raw material has to be nearby . |
| 8 | Erm you can phone them up and ask them for a Yellow Pages listing and they and they 'll give at random a listing from the Yellow Pages in whatever area you ask for . |
| 9 | I found myself constantly making a connection between what new families were saying to me about what they found most helpful from a social worker and what I as a social worker find most helpful from a team leader . |
| 10 | This is the point at which I as a mathematical physicist begin to splutter and go red in the face . |
| 11 | And that goes back to what I said earlier , in that we just do n't see ourselves working internally , in meetings , in negotiations and report binding , with erm , with other officer 's , we see ourselves as a vocal point to get in information out , to , to people , erm and working with people , erm , and that 's erm again a major part of the work we do and just as an example of something that we provide , this is erm , this is the hidden divide , the bulletin of Harlow 's Anti Poverty Strategy Group , this is the latest edition , and it 's just an update on erm impact of eh living in Britain in nineteen ninety one today , the people who are on low income , but we , we 've produced that quarterly , erm , but there , we produce loads of leaflets , were always producing leaflets , and basically if there 's a major piece of legislation there be , there be something worth getting use on it . |
| 12 | Recognizing his potential ability — not as a dancer , but someone with a great deal to offer to theatre — I obtained permission from the Senate and the Dean of the Faculty of Music ( of which the ballet school was a part ) for John to be a registered student on the three-year Ballet Certificate course . |
| 13 | Lynda always accepted the importance of having someone with a strong concept controlling the design outflow and never found Laura 's unspoken guidelines stultifying . |
| 14 | If that is true , why does someone with a lavish lifestyle have a right to have that maintained while families who have defaulted on £20,000 mortgages have their homes repossessed ? |
| 15 | I have decided to step down to allow someone with a fresh approach to take charge in the hope that Irish rugby may achieve the success it needs . ’ |
| 16 | It angered her that anyone 's work should be treated cavalierly because someone with a little authority regarded a newsroom as a draughts board . |
| 17 | In a desperate attempt at humour someone in a neighbouring bed muttered half out loud : ‘ The suspense is killing me . ’ |
| 18 | Someone in a white coat came up to them . |
| 19 | IMAGINE the reaction if , say , Ladbroke came to its shareholders and said : ‘ The Government have decreed that we will have to rebid for our betting licence in 1992 , and to put ourselves in a better position to win it we are taking on borrowings equal to our equity and giving our managers around 15 per cent of the company . ’ |
| 20 | Someone claimed to have heard him on the radio from Darwin — but it was always someone at a third hand remove ; someone who had heard it from someone who had heard it from someone . |
| 21 | The reader in men and masculinity from Bradford University conjured up images for me of a muscular man walking in with a few four-packs of larger under his arms ready to address BASW delegates . |
| 22 | The battlegroup have already warned me of a third tank needing a new pack and the Commanding Officer wants everything fit for his final exercise tomorrow . |
| 23 | Loud , the Crunch channel reminded me of a tranny amp struggling to produce a good lead sound , while the lead channel lost its lush sustain and clear harmonics . |
| 24 | Dad was also being magnanimous today ; he reminded me of a smooth politician visiting a shabby constituency , smiling , kissing babies , shaking hands with relish — and departing as soon as he decently could . |
| 25 | Now as everyone of a decent age knows bands should always have brass in them . |
| 26 | However , it is also evident that much greater co-operation is required between western European countries , which for a long time have been concerned about the environment , and the countries of eastern and central Europe . |
| 27 | In the 1970s , Ecuador enjoyed an oil boom , which for a few years gave a boost to the economy as a whole , though the gains were felt mostly in the urban sector . |
| 28 | I pictured this Somebody as a kindly woman sitting on the other side of a roaring log fire knitting a thick brown woollen sweater and listening to me with rapt attention . |
| 29 | Mr Branson has no intention of being a Classic FM , which as a classical-music channel has limited appeal . |
| 30 | The scientific observer conceives of himself as a rational mind looking out through a plate-glass window on to an inaccessible " nature " . |