Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However most of those for whom we had relevant information did feel strain , often considerable , and often very acute . |
| 2 | He could emulate neither the austere aristocracy of Pius XII , whom he revered and always defended , nor the comfortable geniality of John XXIII for whom he felt great affection ( dating back to 1925 ) . |
| 3 | He also ignored the extent to which the concrete policies of Derry Labour , as distinct from its rhetoric , were the common currency of all opponents of the Unionist Party , including the Nationalists , for whom he had boundless contempt . |
| 4 | Naturally , Eliot was pleased about my enthusiasm for Collingwood , for whom he had considerable regard ; but although he told me he liked the Essay on Philosophical Method , which had appeared in 1933 and concerning which I had attended Collingwood 's lecture-course in my first year , I could see that he was more interested in such works as A. E. Taylor 's Faith of a Moralist , or more directly theological works , such as those of Jacques Maritain . |
| 5 | This in turn brought him into contact with Owen Jones , the Superintendent of the Exhibition , for whom he wrote two introductions to Jones ' Grammar of Ornament , first published in 1856 . |
| 6 | Wing-half John was forced to retire from professional soccer with a back injury after a distinguished career with Luton , for whom he played 218 games from 1953–1962 , scoring 16 goals , and then Bournemouth . |
| 7 | Having entered the Merchant Navy at the age of fifteen , he had jumped ship into the US Navy and ended in the Royal Navy for whom he played seventeen seasons of rugby . |
| 8 | One of Roche 's most famous clients was the mighty CBS , for whom he undertook four CEO searches in the nine years between 1971 and 1980 . |
| 9 | Between them they commanded 120 seats in the 212-member Chamber of Representatives , but fell well short of the two-thirds majority required to approve any constitutional changes . |
| 10 | In 1835 she teamed up with two other pauper girls , Eliza Johnson and Ann Yerbury , and between them they occupied three tenements belonging to Thomas Edwards on Naish 's Street . |
| 11 | The constable was soon joined by his colleagues and between them they obtained detailed descriptions of the man who had dashed from the direction of the bakery . |
| 12 | Penny went shopping with Rowan , into one of those very expensive boutiques shops , yeah , and between them they bought this dress , and when they got it home , Rowan 's mother would n't let her have it because it was too revealing and so Penny was stuck with it and then her mother would n't let her have it either , but the shop would n't refund , it would only give them credit so she 's got all this money to spend in the shop . |
| 13 | I think these things were not common in those days and I was looking for someone who had great potential , and decided I 'd found it in David Bowie . |
| 14 | Even with his handiwork through me , I thought of the sadness inevitably awaiting the others ; yet I would have to pursue him , for someone who had three times seen murder as a solution to problems could n't be trusted never to try it again . |
| 15 | I supported it as someone who opposed armed intervention in Iraq . |
| 16 | Whites who did n't know him , yet condemned him with borrowed certainty as someone who had little interest in cricket beyond its utility as a stick to beat the apartheid policy with , were typical of the society I came from . |
| 17 | In this regard we wondered if he had opinions about certain taxonomic questions , after which we listed several problems that were currently being debated by the scientific community . |
| 18 | This led to imprisonment after which he sought greater freedom in America . |
| 19 | He was educated at the Royal High School and the University of Edinburgh , after which he spent two years learning commerce with a London agency house . |
| 20 | In 1868 he began a two-year novitiate at Manresa House , Roehampton , after which he spent three years as seminarian at St Mary 's , Stonyhurst . |
| 21 | Christina then became a self-employed economist-researcher after which she spent four years as the economics research officer for a major political party . |
| 22 | ‘ That half-hearted performance you put on back at the police station wo n't be enough to convince her , not after what she witnessed last night … all your near-hysterical ramblings ! ’ |
| 23 | After what you said last night … |
| 24 | Well there you go Mickey , did you have any money on this one — I bet you did n't after what you said last night ? |
| 25 | Their agreement was bought with concessions to certain aspects of sovereignty about which they had strong feelings . |
| 26 | This last statement should be noticed — he disliked assemblies and places where speeches were made at length and he did not enjoy being a chairman — but he made this single exception , the Convocation of York ; he always gave a presidential address , about which he took much trouble . |
| 27 | In 1891 Salt published a pamphlet on Humanitarianism , a subject on which he frequently lectured , since it embraced all those matters about which he held strong opinions . |
| 28 | In two days of talks in Belgrade on May 30-31 , during which they met federal leaders and all the presidents of the republics , Jacques Delors , President of the EC Commission , and Jacques Santer , the Luxembourg Prime Minister and current chair of the EC Council of Ministers , had confirmed that the EC was ready to help a democratized and reformed Yugoslavia , with unchanged internal and external borders . |
| 29 | It took many months during which they lost potential earnings ; afterwards they were still critical of the union . |
| 30 | Of course I did study quite a bit of Chopin in my early years , and there was a brief ‘ middle period ’ during which I played one recital in Vienna consisting entirely of Chopin Polonaises and Liszt Rhapsodies ! |