Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | No matter how hard she tried to make the most of herself Sally had always been aware that she could not hope to rival Paula and the knowledge had damaged her self-confidence so that she always lived with the feeling that people on meeting her for the first time would exclaim behind after back : ‘ Paula 's sister ? |
| 32 | He reported after the Sixth Comintern Congress that ’ As a rule , when we tell our Latin American comrades , on meeting them for the first time , that the situation of their country is that of a semi-colony and consequently we must consider the problems concerning it from the viewpoint of our colonial or semi-colonial tactics , they are indignant at this notion and assert that their country is independent , that it is represented in the League of Nations , has its own diplomats , consulates , etc . ’ |
| 33 | I look forward to meeting you on the 8th . |
| 34 | I look forward to meeting you on the 21st . |
| 35 | First , how dare she assume that our main goal is to walk , without consulting us in the first place . |
| 36 | We came very close to doing it at the last election . |
| 37 | World champion , and well on the way to winning it for a second time . |
| 38 | This relationship is indicated by equating it with the first m of the oral plate is the second area . |
| 39 | Neil Kinnock has won a standing ovation from the Labour Party faithful at their conference in Blackpool , by presenting himself as the next Prime Minister . |
| 40 | Something between 60 and 100 MPs are eager to clip Mrs Thatcher 's wings by staging a show of disaffection or by forcing her into a second round when the first round votes are cast , on December 5 under the most likely timetable . |
| 41 | P'raps 'e knew 'e was in the wrong by provokin' me in the first place . |
| 42 | It took advantage of the country 's transferred preferential voting system by projecting itself as the second choice for the country 's growing number of Green voters . |
| 43 | Attempting to duck the consequences of hard decisions by leaving them to the last possible minute or by creating distance through solely informing parents by letter places the initiative in the hands of others . |