Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [conj] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A well-known example is the micro gallery at the National Gallery 's new Sainsbury Wing , where visitors can see high quality reproductions of the pictures , learn more about them and plan a route through the rooms . |
| 2 | A powerful electric current would pass through me and launch a surge of excitement : something wonderful awaited me . |
| 3 | In this case the plaintiffs , a firm of estate agents , were employed by the defendants to find for them and to negotiate a lease of office and shop accommodation . |
| 4 | I 'll keep an eye out for them and have a word with them . |
| 5 | I then decided to set up a separate tank for them and to buy a pH test kit to make sure the pH was similar . |
| 6 | Ask friends what 's worked for them or buy a paperback that offers a realistic diet and know you can keep to . |
| 7 | Visitors can not enter the docks without a permit , but Cross Bank Road passes between them and offers a glimpse of their warehouse buildings and activity . |
| 8 | And to a large extent the subsequent history of theology has been determined by the struggle to find the balance between them and to chart a course which will take proper cognisance both of the demands of the inner human self and of the need to hear and recognise the voice that speaks to us from beyond ourselves . |
| 9 | But Sam , taking advantage of the momentary silence , leaped between them and grabbed a hand of each . |
| 10 | Why is n't there somebody there to bag them for me and create a service ? |
| 11 | ‘ At the moment she enjoys flying around the world after me and having a child would make that more difficult . |
| 12 | If you discover some wonderful patterns or general algebraic relationships hidden in the structure of the problem it can be very tempting to steer pupils towards them and generate a feeling of disappointment if they do not get there . |
| 13 | They were trying more to come one place ahead of me than to win a medal . |
| 14 | First , the details of the synaptic connections from other neurons on to the dendrites determine what a neuron responds to ; think of them as forming a lock which is only opened by a key in the form of a particular pattern of activity in the neurons which make contact with it . |
| 15 | Conceptually this mistake can be pointed out by indicating that unless the rules in question had important relevance to central areas of human concern we would not think of them as constituting a system of law . |
| 16 | Place a plate on top of them and put a weight on the plate . |
| 17 | Do n't put beds or chests in front of them and fit a safety catch so that they 'll only open a little way . |
| 18 | A white-haired man limped ahead of them and opened a door at the rear of the room . |
| 19 | This is no exaggeration : though primarily a moralist , Arnold was almost equally a political reformer , and he thought of himself as performing a service to the state . |
| 20 | Griffith had come to the movies quite late in life and he came as a man whose varied experiences and whose accumulated opinions , myths , and prejudices had given him a sense of America and of himself as having a place in it . |
| 21 | If the shares are those if a listed company this anomalous position can be ended rapidly because , unless the shares are not fully paid , there will not be any restrictions on transferability and the personal representative will either obtain registration of himself or execute a transfer to a purchaser or to the beneficiaries . |
| 22 | Satisfied that her friend was happy , Sarah sat opposite her and took a quarter bottle of Black and White whisky from the mantelpiece . |
| 23 | ‘ Why did n't you do something ? ’ she charged , walking towards him and halting a foot away . |
| 24 | Artemis saw her father turn his horse towards her and raise a hand . |
| 25 | When she had written to Mark Heathwood and to George Wilson , asking whether he had managed to find out whether Raffaella had any chance of getting permission to live in England , Julia pulled a new sheet of writing paper towards her and wrote a chatty , cheerful letter to her mother . |
| 26 | And he bent towards her and extracted a kiss from her reluctant lips the way he might have taken the pit from an apricot . |
| 27 | I got hold of him and got a punch in the face as well . |
| 28 | I got hold of him and got a punch in the face as well … ’ |
| 29 | Robinson nudged the man in front of him and nodded a greeting as the man turned . |
| 30 | I did a hop , skip and a bit of a jump to get in front of him and put a hand against his chest . |