Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [pers pn] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wendy and I saved up two days ' leave for New Year , and we decided to spend it with my cousin , through whom we had the marriage connection . |
| 2 | However , many IMRO members do name the accounts for whom they want the firm to deal and these accounts can therefore qualify as indirect customers . |
| 3 | In his spare time he is an Assistant Secretary to the well known Premier League team , Hamilton Accies , for whom he writes the programme . |
| 4 | Fortunately for them they have the troops for the job . |
| 5 | For them he covered the war years in Ulster . |
| 6 | For them I hope the experience reinforces their movement away from fanaticism and fundamentalism . |
| 7 | Between them they reduced the number of officers and assigned specific duties to those that remained . |
| 8 | Between them they taught the girl from February until June 1989 . |
| 9 | Rather , these mini-biographies have been chosen because between them they cover the gamut of the life experiences of the user group as a whole . |
| 10 | She was soon back with a trolley and all the necessary requisites , and between them they washed the woman from top to toe , and dressed her in a white hospital gown . |
| 11 | Between them they transformed the Union from a social centre into a political cockpit . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , for me it lacked the warmth and character of something like a Marshall JMP-1 , a hybrid Crate or the American Carvin Quad-X , all available for around the same money . |
| 13 | Instead of building a case for ourselves we attack the opponent or his case . |
| 14 | Our last port of call on the mainland was Wick after which we crossed the Pentland Firth into Scapa Flow and the Orkney ports . |
| 15 | De Klerk visited the UK , the Netherlands and Morocco in October , and Foreign Minister Botha toured Eastern Europe in November , after which he noted the establishment of consular relations with Czechoslovakia and Romania . |
| 16 | The Treasurer was Joseph Barnard , who had established himself as a coal merchant in Bedford by 1773 , after which he founded the bank which bore his name . |
| 17 | First , blood and urine samples were taken ; then Elinor was X-rayed , after which she spent the rest of the day being wired up to various machines for tests . |
| 18 | After taking the measure from the child , Aggie refilled it and then she herself drained it , after which she put the lid on the brown jar and hung the can on a nail . |
| 19 | Ron then spoke about debt management and Bank deposits , after which I took the platform to talk about investment and pensions . |
| 20 | Before he reigned he had , by Doña Sancha his wife the Infanta Doña Urraca , his eldest daughter , who was a right excellent lady , and after her he had the Infante Don Sancho , his eldest son and heir ; and then the Infanta Doña Elvira , whom after the death of the King her father , her brother King Don Alfonso married to the Count Don Garcia de Cabra . |
| 21 | ‘ When the first bell went and I saw the way Lennox was going after him I told the guys watching with me that Ruddock had better watch for that left of Lewis 's or he 'd be counter-punched with the right and get himself knocked out — and that 's exactly what happened . ’ |
| 22 | A bout of feeding early in the morning is followed by a lie down during which they chew the cud . |
| 23 | In the third term of the second year all students have a period of placement , during which they have the opportunity to gain appropriate work experience . |
| 24 | Leeds tried to force their way back in a second-half during which they dominated the game but were unable to find a way through a Liverpool defence in which Mark Wright and Rob Jones were outstanding . |
| 25 | I have had a meeting with Craig McDevitt of the Student Advisory and Counselling Service , during which we discussed the Garden 's staffing structure , re-structuring , effects of economics , and other matters affecting staff morale . |
| 26 | The United States space shuttle Discovery landed safely on Oct. 10 after a flawless four-day mission during which it launched the Ulysses space craft , a joint project of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) and the European Space Agency ( ESA ) , on a US$750,000,000 five-year mission to investigate the Sun 's unexplored polar regions , its magnetic field and the solar wind . |
| 27 | Mahathir visited Thailand on March 24-25 , 1990 , during which he discussed the question of common refugee camps for Cambodian refugees . |
| 28 | But insiders close to Blundell confirmed the deal was agreed and says he is almost certain to return after one year out of competitive Formula One racing , during which he won the Le Mans 24-Hours classic alongside fellow Briton Derek Warwick . |
| 29 | Their use of the word ‘ consciousness ’ refers to the system of meaning through which we apprehend the world , as well as the ideas , opinions and beliefs which we are aware of holding . |
| 30 | The Committee considers that " true education " is most readily and completely available through the works of English literature , while also emphasizing its difference from mere " book learning " : " Books are not things in themselves , they are merely the instruments through which we hear the voices of those who have known life better than ourselves " . |