Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I wondered if you might have seen either of them or heard from them over the past few days . ’ |
| 2 | With his shorts flapping around his knees and his wispy , thinning hair he was almost a caricature of a footballer , but Wally could mesmerise his opposing full-back or swerve past him at a deceptive pace , before putting across an accurate , teasing centre . |
| 3 | ( 9 ) The number of shares offered for ( when aggregated with the existing holdings of shares and rights over shares of the buyer and persons acting by agreement or understanding with him within the meaning of the SARs ) must not amount to 30 per cent or more of the voting rights of the company . |
| 4 | Sixty-eight per cent of the population have read or looked at it in the past year . |
| 5 | It is not a sign of " malice " to refuse an apology , or to repeat the allegations prior to trial , or to persist in them at the trial : this is no more than steadfastness in the cause ( although if the allegations turn out to be false , such conduct may increase the damages . ) |
| 6 | ‘ At least 130 people have either rang or written to me in the last few weeks . |
| 7 | a capital sum may be paid directly to the settlor ; 2. a capital sum may be paid indirectly to the settlor ; 3. a capital sum may be deemed to have been paid to the settlor if a sum is paid to any third party at the settlor 's direction ; 4. a capital sum shall be deemed to be paid to the settlor if the sum is paid to any third party by virtue of an assignment by the settlor of his right to receive it ; and 5. a capital sum shall be deemed to have been paid to the settlor if it is otherwise paid or applied by them for the benefit of the settlor . |
| 8 | The point is that many an insect was saved by an exceedingly slight resemblance to a twig or a leaf or a fall of dung , on occasions when it was far away from a predator , or on occasions when the predator was looking at it at dusk , or looking at it through a fog , or looking at it while distracted by a receptive female . |
| 9 | ‘ shall be unenforceable against the other party [ i.e. the investor ] ; and that party shall be entitled to recover any money or other property paid or transferred by him under the agreement , together with compensation for any loss sustained by him as a result of having parted with it . |
| 10 | Watching it or listening to it on the |
| 11 | Sky T V so they were either watching it on their own or being very neighbourly with their neighbours or listening to it on the radio or as you say , up in Liverpool . |
| 12 | caravans , watercraft or hovercraft owned by the Insured Person or hired by him/her under a hire purchase agreement ; |
| 13 | In this guise , the computer 's role was to deliver machine-readable information that would supplement that normally found by students in printed form or received by them in the shape of lectures and seminars . |
| 14 | ‘ If you wish to sit up talking with Claudine , however , or walk with her in the moonlight … ’ |
| 15 | And I would rush to the window and look down and see you turning the corner to cross the square below , or walk round it to the hotel door . |
| 16 | We can not literally weigh religious truth-claims or look at them through a micro- scope . |
| 17 | Knowing as much , my friends , who sit or stand with me under the tree , stare out to sea in silence . |
| 18 | If land is given to an infant by will or conveyed to him on an intestacy the legal estate vests in the representatives of the deceased who hold it in trust for the infant . |
| 19 | Where the man was , gone or waiting for him behind the next tree , he had no idea . |
| 20 | Or to look at it from the social point of view — he 's just one man among many , the loss would be well within reason and convenience . |
| 21 | To win , you must throw your opponent , ideally on his back ; or dispose of him on the ground with an armlock , strangle or 30 second hold . |
| 22 | You probably do not — because of denial — but it would be helpful initially to do the following self-assessment or go through it with a counsellor : The " drugs " of addictive " family disease " are self-denial and caretaking . |
| 23 | The new emphasis was not universally approved of , purists objecting to what they saw as a tendency for accountants to look a project over and approve or disapprove of it from the beginning . |
| 24 | For further information on LCCI Retail awards please contact or write to her at the address below . |
| 25 | For further information on these awards contact or write to her at the address below . |
| 26 | For further details on this scheme including performance criteria , assessment requirements and how to register , please contact or write to him at the address below . |
| 27 | The accompaniment sounds very well when it is hummed , with perhaps a few words here and there while the solo part rests , or to join with it at a point of culmination . |
| 28 | And he said , Well what would you prefer , go to school quietly or come with me over the hedge to have a spanking . |
| 29 | So the simplest method of disconnecting the pipes is to saw through them or to cut through them with a pipe cutter . |
| 30 | One of the details of the New Festspielhaus in Salzburg that people like to gossip about was the fact that the orchestra pit could be raised or lowered by you at the touch of a button . |