Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within our provision for grants for voluntary organizations , we hold an unallocated figure , because we do n't automatically erm , add inflation to grants to voluntary bodies , and in fact we wait for them to come forward and justify the increases of grants we 're giving . |
| 2 | Parents ' main interest was seen as the opportunity to influence the quality of their children 's education … the view was expressed that the APM should be seen as the climax to a continuous relationship between various parties and an opportunity for them to come together and ask questions about what had happened over the course of the previous 12 months . |
| 3 | So it 's easy for me to sit here and say , we think we 're doing a good job on the environment , because we 're not threatened , we do have to find ways round existing chemicals , we may have to pay , pay a higher price , but we 're not threatened in terms of the the core of our bottom line . |
| 4 | out , he says to me you 'll kill yourself , you always want to do something , but to be honest it 's worse for me to sit there and watch that , it 's more tiring because by the end of the night I 'm not tired or I 've been asleep all evening I , I 'm better to go out , I know it sounds awful but I do n't like being trapped , I do n't like being in because somebody seems to think I should be in |
| 5 | I took this as his Imprimateur , his permission if you like for me to go away and write aqbout what Toad really got up to next rather than being annoyingly good as he is at the end of Wind in the Willows |
| 6 | And I know it 's very easy for me to stand here and say you know try to keep calm and polite and reasonable . |
| 7 | Archbishop Fisher and Archbishop Garbett of York started to look around for scholarly clergymen and hovered over various names , ail of whom taught then or had taught in universities . |
| 8 | It was a relief to both of them to reach home and find Helen and Anne waiting for them in Magdalen Street , with a hot meal prepared and a warm welcome from them and Moira . |
| 9 | But Pau survived , and in the late 1860s was at its most popular with British and , by this time , some American winterers , with up to I , 500 of them registered yearly as staying or living there . |
| 10 | In Sweden , five ponds were selected , four of them 60–100m apart and connected by a stream , and another 1.9km away . |
| 11 | A dozen of them sat there and terrified me , although several were later to become my friends . |
| 12 | Mrs Patient of Bracknell , Berks , said : ‘ I could n't believe that it took four of them to stand there and say they could n't do the work until after the New Year . |
| 13 | Some of them leaned forward and tried to see what it was . |
| 14 | The wartime commentator 's jingoistic jangle was this time replaced by a solemn voice , and we were confronted with pictures of moving skeletons , some of them smiling weakly and making slow gestures . |
| 15 | As you looked at her more and more insects swarmed on to her ; then , as the weight grew too much for the insects underneath to cling to her smooth skin , great black cakes of them flaked away and fell fizzing to the ground . |
| 16 | Moreover , the Stewart kings ' lamentable habit of dying young had two consequences , both of which enhanced rather than diminished the strength and prestige of Scottish kingship . |
| 17 | ‘ I would hate for any of you to go away and say the first quarter is an indication and multiply that by four , ’ Reuter quotes finance director Dudley Eustace as saying . |
| 18 | Do n't forget it 's in my best interests that the two of you get together and make it legal ! |
| 19 | ‘ But how cruel of you to run away and keep silent for four years , and never think of me ! ’ |
| 20 | It 's it 's not worth a marriage no more because the C S A and because of people like them sat there that think they know it all . |
| 21 | The man behind me leant forward and whispered in my ear , ‘ Tell that guy to quit yapping will you ? |
| 22 | I found that they were engaged in retailing rather heavy jokes ; and there came a point when Eliot , feeling perhaps that he ought to contribute , embarked upon a rather long story about George V. It ran somewhat as follows . |
| 23 | But he was determined to learn from what happened there and put it behind him . |
| 24 | McHale revealed : ‘ Basically , it 's down to them to come here and impress . |
| 25 | The combs hang vertically with the hexagonal cells on them facing outwards and tilted slightly upwards from the horizontal so that the honey , before it is capped off , does not run out . |
| 26 | Indeed , this latter aspect of femininity is emphasized by some recent writers on masculinity who protest that men do not have such a wonderful deal in the world , since the social pressures on them to contain rather than express their emotions are oppressive and restrictive , stunting their full emotional development . |
| 27 | ‘ It is , but even the most hard-pressed executive owes it to himself to relax occasionally and give himself some space . ’ |
| 28 | 6 After ½ mile turn left on path at T-junction through wood to rejoin old railway , on which turn left and follow for short distance , crossing small river by low walled bridge . |
| 29 | Erm I know it 's easier said than done sometimes but er it has to be your decision because even if you went ahead and were confirmed , we were tal talking about the idea of sometimes parents bring pressure on them on you to go ahead and do it and be confirmed , erm when perhaps you 're not do n't feel ready for it and it takes a lot of courage to stand up and say No I 'm not ready . |
| 30 | It will be up to you to write constantly and make contacts everywhere and you will largely be responsible for yourself . |