Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [prep] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We asked for nothing but a few gestures — |
| 2 | No , we both like pizzas , but to dream about them at the same time , and he 's screaming out in his sleep , get me a pizza |
| 3 | The issue , the point I 'm trying to make is that in talking for all of the bodies , whether I 'm talking about for the council or whether I 'm talking about them at the same time or separately , one thing I 'm not doing is talking from my point of view . |
| 4 | Brussels sprouts , baked potatoes , grated cheese , the variation of vegetables in the summer , a tin of vegetarian steak pudding on Sundays and a piece of fruit afterwards is a monotonous but healthy diet , and I ca n't think of many cheaper ways to feed two children and feel you 're doing your best for them at the same time . |
| 5 | No um Michael Fraser Associates have now started a lobbying operation which is run for them by the former Chief Executive of the Tory Party in Scotland whose name I 've forgotten but he lives down at Tiningham in East Lothian ah , now if I could get him in if Fred does n't object and again if Fred did n't object and the other guy did n't object it might be worth getting a member of Parliament in |
| 6 | " I Charles Gillingham Hamilton M.A. of Stockport in the Borough of Stockport and County of Chester , Clerk , a Clergyman of the Church of England , in priest 's orders and a Graduate of the University of Dublin declare that I will discharge always to the best of my ability the duties of Headmaster of the Stockport Grammar and Free School , and that in case I shall he removed from my Office I will thereupon relinquish all claim to the Office and its future emoluments and I will deliver up possession of the School and my residence to the Trustees and that it shall be lawful for them in the same case without ejectment or other legal process to take possession of my residence and remove myself and my effects therefrom . " |
| 7 | He shepherded the twins aboard without losing either of them down the gap and found seats for them in the same row . |
| 8 | The implied criticism hung in the air between them for a few moments . |
| 9 | Silence fell between them for a few steps , then he said , his tone slightly different , ‘ I 've heard on the grapevine that you came to Glasgow from Heymouth , and that you were involved in the disaster there last August . ’ |
| 10 | Sister said she had no work for me for a few minutes , so I could direct traffic for her whilst she had a few words with Dr Jones . |
| 11 | Joe made room for me with the same amount of good grace he might have afforded an enemy invading his castle and we sat for a few minutes without speaking , inspecting the view . |
| 12 | Again in the 45–60 age group , noticeably higher proportions of unmarried women were caring for someone in the same household , were the main carers of their disabled relatives and friends , and were caring for over twenty hours a week than were either their married or male counterparts ( Green , 1988 , pp. 9–10 ) . |
| 13 | If the wife is unable to take a nap in the afternoon when the children are napping , then possibly there is someone who could look after them for a few hours at least one day a week for her to regain her strength . |
| 14 | Around 1.7 million of these were looking after someone in the same household ; 1.4 million were providing help or supervision for at least twenty hours a week ; and 3.7 million were carrying the main responsibility for providing that help ( Green , 1988 ) . |
| 15 | You could decide to work at a time when your partner or a friend is round to see the baby , or arrange for someone — a childminder or relative — to look after her for a few hours each week . |
| 16 | Snappy bounded after her for a few yards , then scampered away to follow his mistress . |
| 17 | My wife still knows a person born shortly after her at the same maternity hospital . |
| 18 | But I think there 's also the other end of the scale which is , which is what , you 've slightly amended this year , is the fact of elderly people erm , I know recently that myself have gone through the fact of my gran had er , was going through a very sick period , and if she 'd have come back home , it would have been very difficult for me to have had to look after her at the same time as trying to attend my council duties , and this would have been the same for my dad , and the additional income which this would have brought , to have paid someone to be able to look after her whilst we were at council meetings , and you can remember that these meetings sometimes go on , you can say well , this meeting should be over by one o'clock then it goes on till three o'clock or whatever , and then peop , the problems mount up for that person left on their own , and I think that those things have to be taken into consideration , and I believe that this is the first step forward in trying to recognise that people have responsibilities outside of the council chamber . |
| 19 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 20 | We stood and stared after him for a few seconds , then one of the mortar team behind me remarked . |
| 21 | Dora glared after him for a few seconds before turning away and striding across the garden towards the orchard . |
| 22 | Having quoted the opening of Gormenghast in 1.4 as an example of an opaque style , we shall now return to another passage which occurs shortly after it in the same novel . |
| 23 | I turned back to find Yvonne 's grinning face looking past me in the same direction . |
| 24 | I walked as in a nightmare , aware of nothing but the few yards of tarmac ahead and stopping every few yards . |
| 25 | His real advantage comes from being proficient in all of them at the same time , and this is a much rarer ability . |
| 26 | I said if yo if you think you know that you might be able to build a relationship I said then er you know , tell her so I said and do n't try and run the both of them at the same time I said |
| 27 | These shepherds live wild , most of them on the same mountain just outside Florence , in abandoned houses which often have no light or running water . |
| 28 | Many people , both men and women , take up kung fu , not all of them for the same reasons . |
| 29 | So , against Clark , it must be argued that it is misleading to claim that because animals , imbeciles , and normal infants are all weak , defenceless , and at our mercy , to treat any of them in the same way ( say by killing them for food or using them in research ) is ‘ in moral terms , the very same act ’ ( Clark 1978 : 149 ) . |
| 30 | ‘ We did a tour with Mitch and we also did a tour with Buddy Miles , but we 've never had the two of them in the same room together . |