Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [pron] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Marshal knew that the guard would be putting hand-cuffs and chains back on the prisoners and lighting cigarettes for them which they would smoke with both hands . |
| 2 | She realised that there would be no light-hearted understanding in Cramer of actions for which she herself could find no easily articulated justification . |
| 3 | I thought , oh if we could hold of some of them what we could do with them . |
| 4 | Right , now I must n't be seen to be indicating in any way that er you do n't have to bother with it all , because they too put all out some excellent er booklets , brochures I 've got two thick pads of them which I 'll let you circulate . |
| 5 | These men should have gone off duty at twelve but he was able to dismiss only two of them whom he could replace with experienced men from the afternoon shift . |
| 6 | Some of them you you might do in your head , like you think , Well I know twenty percent is one fifth , so I 'll just divide that by five and that 's seven pounds . |
| 7 | ( Of which we something might advance ) |
| 8 | Interestingly enough in the interval there 's a couple of interesting observations been made by by various of you which I 'd like to mention before we actually get back on to the handout as it were . |
| 9 | " Your aunt has also expressed a wish that various of her friends should have some personal memento of her which they can choose from her jewellery , her books or the Chinese room . |
| 10 | In the same way it is essential that we await the results of that questionnaire and that we discuss with the District Council the long term redevelopment of that airfield and so I think it would be more helpful in expressing our concern of course about the decision and version of it which I will admit came as a shock because my understanding was they would be there for two , three , or four years yet . |
| 11 | Hereford United next and what they would do for a cup run … come to think of it what they would do for a win … on Saturday United lost out again in the third division … two-one at Cardiff City |
| 12 | Consider the different impression of yourself which you would give if you wrote : |
| 13 | Erm we are not going any further than that erm we the debate this morning erm we were looking at the differences between ourselves and then for example Selby District of what what they would like to see which was er certainly more than growth oriented the County Council 's proposals are . |
| 14 | Perhaps they are carried eastwards by the Gulf Stream in spite of anything they themselves may do . |
| 15 | Conversation with Alexei had been limited for the past day to standard matters of duty , and since he had not been able to think of anything which he could say to change his son 's attitude , he had allowed himself to accept that the state of affairs which existed between them was likely to be permanent . |
| 16 | Linnet had attended the wedding , of course , looking exquisite in dove-grey velvet with a swansdown hat and muff , her face calm and remote , betraying not the least flicker of anything which anyone could call unbecoming , even when she saw the bride , thin as a stick and hideously sallow , led to the altar dripping pearls and diamonds and a London-made gown with a train half a cathedral-aisle long . |
| 17 | I have great things in store for you which I will tell you about when I come back from America . ’ |
| 18 | She helped me as well and when I saw you were ill I did for you what she would have wanted me to do . ’ |
| 19 | And there will come amongst you one who will pop down to the local for a pint with the lads . |
| 20 | Er I would appreciate it very very much indeed Mike if er you know you could recommend me to one or two people you know , open minded like yourself who I can sit with , take a couple of er half an hour of their time like I 've done with you , show them what the services are . |
| 21 | When faced with a request for a garden seat , similar to the one on a recent DIY front cover , I searched high and low for one which I could buy , rather than make myself . |
| 22 | And the corridor down and kitch two or three kitchens that were we we went er I asked one of th the attendants I got a I grabbed the another chap with me we we 'd come across together . |
| 23 | I just want to exchange one or two ideas with them which they may find to be of benefit . |
| 24 | The RAF took into its care a lot of youngsters and instilled some qualities into them which we 'd like to see in the youth of today |
| 25 | In fact it seems more likely that Picasso felt that the Demoiselles as he decided to accept or leave it represented a truly astonishing challenge with which he himself must come to terms ; obviously if he had been dissatisfied with the look of the painting he would not have left it as it is , and it has been argued that the stylistic discrepancies within the painting are essential to its iconography , to the message which it is intended to convey . |
| 26 | How likely is it that the other staff would volunteer information , especially about practices in which they themselves might have been involved ? |
| 27 | And he wanted to make similar remarks about our initial belief that though we use the same language and agree on the words with which to describe the colours of the objects around us , still we might for all we know see the objects completely differently ; an object that causes in me what I call a sensation of red may cause in you what I would call a sensation of blue , though we can never know this since we will continue to agree on what to say and on how to act in our differently coloured environments ( we will all stop at a red traffic light , for instance ) . |
| 28 | of ‘ only put in yourself what you 'd put in your mouth . ’ |
| 29 | In another way , Ulysses is at least partly an autotelic novel , its hugely extended parodies raising as much interest in its own means of representation — and in the linguistic resources of fiction generally — as in anything which they may represent . |
| 30 | In an effort to distract him , Sister Cooney had encouraged Doctor Staples to draw up a new and exacting regimen of exercises for him which she would supervise herself . |