Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His sleep , he knew at once , must have been unusually deep , for he had no clear idea how long it had lasted nor where for that matter he was . |
| 2 | In 1858–9 he was in the service of the Admiralty , before returning to south Wales , where for ten years he was engineer-in-chief and general manager of the Sirhowy Tramroad , which he converted into a standard railway . |
| 3 | In 1923 he obtained two consultant posts as children 's physician , one at the Queen 's Hospital for Children , where for ten years he was in charge of the London county council rheumatic and heart clinic , and the other at Paddington Green Children 's Hospital , where he continued to work for nearly forty years . |
| 4 | erm it is n't a problem just for Hereford or for this country it 's an international problem which has evoked interest over the whole world . |
| 5 | " Here are the Maplin Sands , off Foulness Island , where at one time we were going to have a great new airport complex , " he said . |
| 6 | His knowledge of these people and his influence with them , was due to his own efforts — or at any rate they were nothing to do with these employers . |
| 7 | Head of Department : ‘ I 've achieved , or at any rate I 'm likely to , a position of authority . |
| 8 | They enclose all pastures ; they throw down houses ; they pluck down towns , and leaving nothing standing but only the church to be made into a sheep-house … the husbandmen be thrust out of their own , or else by covin and fraud or by violent oppression they be put besides it , or by wrongs and injuries they be so wearied , that they be compelled to sell all . |
| 9 | This meant that for long periods they were uncomfortably silent because they could think of nothing to say . |
| 10 | This meant that for six weeks he was on a special bed that could be turned so that he spent some hours on his back and some on his front , never getting off the bed at all . |
| 11 | As my vouchers are used up in about four months each year this means that for eight months I 'm out of pocket using our stores for the weekly shop . |
| 12 | Used as I am , of course , to drinking from glittering crystal , I admit that for everyday use it is more likely to be the ordinary glass you buy from Woolies or Habitat — sensible , cheap , and reasonably designed . |
| 13 | Also I could hear irony in his tone and I thought that for some reason he was very annoyed indeed . |
| 14 | She knew that for some reason it was important for Jasper to have it from her . |
| 15 | ‘ So her father must have been a canon , ’ said Mark , though he felt that for some reason it was the canon 's widow who cut more ice here . |
| 16 | That may change and as we move out of the recession hopefully , er the er erm position will improve , but it does mean that for next year we are not in a position to er achieve the level of income that the , the current year 's budget er required us to and which er on a normal knock-on basis as this element of the budget moves on from year to year , we would n't er have very much hope I would er put to you of actually meeting the level of income that would allow us to operate er a standstill budget in , in this area . |
| 17 | It is not common sense , and the fact that for most people it is one of the fundamental taken-forgranted assumptions of daily life is a measure of the tremendous success and power of the capitalist global system project . |
| 18 | He applied himself enthusiastically to his studies , to the extent that during one term he was attending night classes after completing his normal day classes at Queensbury Highter Elementary School in Stoke-on-Trent . |
| 19 | He stated that during this period he was interrogated and beaten on a daily basis . |
| 20 | This is because those who are inside the system recognize that as potential sharers they are not equal . |
| 21 | Released from the Vickers factory at Brooklands on September 25 , 1953 , Varsity T.1 WL679 spent most of its life at Farnborough , although for several years it was based at Pershore . |
| 22 | The actor is no different , although for some reason it is often thought that you are somehow ready to act , magically , the moment you enter a stage door . |
| 23 | Labour 's simple , single theme is that after 13 years it is time for a change . |
| 24 | ‘ I get so fed up on a train that after five minutes I 'm howling with boredom . |
| 25 | ‘ Did n't you realise that after five years it is n't possible to claim on someone 's estate ? ’ |
| 26 | One of the first complaints was made by three members of CND who were told on 7 July 1986 by the Tribunal ‘ that after careful investigation it was satisfied no contravention of the [ statutory ] criteria had occurred ’ . |
| 27 | This research has been expounded at some length here to demonstrate that despite some limitations it is informed by a relatively subtle and complex analysis . |
| 28 | After lunch in a sheltered spot in the garden she 'd vetoed the idea of going sailing , despite Rune 's assurance that like many Danes he was a competent sportsman on the water , enjoying water-skiing and sailboarding as well as yachting . |
| 29 | ‘ It seems to us that like great ships you are in fact approaching the end of the storm . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It seems to us that like great ships you are in fact approaching the end of the storm . ’ |