Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun pl] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the moment you take the big glass off my hands you will have the sole responsibility for it . |
| 2 | Through my binoculars I could see the white wing bars and the slightly bizarre face pattern : two small blobs of white — like false eyes — on his forehead . |
| 3 | However , if males differ in their quality , it could pay females to be choosy about which males they will mate with . |
| 4 | If Nutty had known how Nails intended to get the money for her fees she would have been shocked . |
| 5 | Most dogs live for about 10 years on average , and during their lives they will come into contact with possibly hundreds of people and other dogs , as well as other animals such as cats and horses . |
| 6 | At the time of writing the National Union of Teachers is preparing guidelines for its members which will make clear recommendations regarding good practice for teachers in Compact schools . |
| 7 | If you are in any doubt about its contents you should consult your stockbroker , bank manager , accountant or other professional adviser , authorised under the Financial Services Act 1986 . |
| 8 | I have just found your September 92 issue , and having spent most of the day with my nose between its covers I shall put it on order with my local Smiths on Monday . |
| 9 | If it was n't for their guns you 'd laugh . |
| 10 | The Pope 's Vicar of Rome , Cardinal Ugo Poletti , has taken to scolding the Christian Democrats for their divisions which may bring victory for the secular parties and the Communists in city elections on 29 October . |
| 11 | In return for their addresses he would allow me to stop doing press-ups in the mud . |
| 12 | I 've done all that for you and if you follow any of my menus you should lose weight . |
| 13 | internal bleeding , right so the internal bleeding sometimes shows itself externally , for example if I had damage to my lungs or severe damage to the inside of my lungs I 'd cough up blood and that 's in , what do you think ? |
| 14 | I could name at least three of my friends who would have been prompt to offer this undeniably attractive young man a doss down on the sofa , and one of them who would have already been thinking of taking him upstairs for the night … |
| 15 | Mr Deputy Speaker I I 'm grateful to the honourable gentleman for posing the central question and I hope in the course of my remarks I will satisfy the house , if not all Labour members , that the settlement proposals are at is all to the good and delivered by councils throughout Wales and that they offer enough money er to avoid sacking essential staff , certainly the offer enough money to avoid sacking any teacher who is needed in the classroom . |
| 16 | Had we been at the house of my parents we would have shared the fate of the rest of the family … |
| 17 | ‘ Watch out , Inspector , if you can talk like that in response to one of my brainwaves we 'll have you working here . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If it concerns one of my clients you must appreciate my position is quite clear . ’ |
| 19 | To the end of my days I shall continue to defend this government and to attack the rabble opposite . |
| 20 | As a student about to graduate , I am saddened by the number of my colleagues who can see their future only in high-salaried financial management . |
| 21 | To her intense humiliation , Luke , Angel , Alejandro , three of Alejandro 's sons , and two of their friends who 'd come to lunch were playing on one pitch while Perdita had been put on another with Alejandro 's three younger sons and four of their cousins — none of them a day over twelve . |
| 22 | Movements for industrial democracy have been similarly discouraged , and even socialist governments , whether reformist or revolutionary , have shown little enthusiasm for a devolution of their powers which would permit a greater involvement of ordinary people in the direction of their everyday economic activities . |
| 23 | It would have been too sad to think about had she not met two apprehensive Wrens : Lucinda and Jane , kids hardly out of their gymslips who would need a bit of looking after . |
| 24 | Almost all polytheistic faiths possess family-trees of their gods which can figure in creation stories . |
| 25 | Ruth felt sure that but for the presence of their parents they would have stuck out their tongues . |
| 26 | One of the most frightening aspects of all intelligence agencies is the manner in which they create a totally false brand of patriotism in order to further a particular cause on the spurious grounds that only they understand what needs to be done and should not be asked to account or explain for any of their actions which must remain secret for all time . |
| 27 | If Hereford had made more of their chances they could have hit the headlines |
| 28 | Play can increase the extent to which people feel able to involve themselves with others and extend the parts of their personalities they can use . |
| 29 | Well I 'm not daunted I think , challenged I think is probably the word , but I think there is room in the market , I mean they have their Oxford English Dictionary say , which is one of their flagships you might say . |
| 30 | But I 've been surprised over the last erm few years of all these young men erm who have restored this museum who , although were not even born in those years , have taken a tremendous interest in what went on and erm well their results , some of their results you can see here today . |