Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 More commonly , he will have been given power to make laws , subject only to the controlling authority of one or both Houses of Parliament to unmake them , or to withhold the endorsement necessary for them to continue to enjoy the force of law .
2 David Bailey er they 've all given prints for them to sell to help the funds out at the ce at the er Photo Gallery .
3 The monks ' cells , just visible through the windows of the women 's dormitories , lay 500 yards away , far enough for them to have required a telescope and searchlights if disturbance had been on their minds .
4 In the early periods player A's actions reveal a lot of information on its type , so it is quite credible for them to prefer to imitate the z = 0 type by reducing the absolute value of .
5 The fact that a majority did vote for them has shifted the balance of power back towards the reformers .
6 GMAG ( pronounced ‘ Geemag ’ ) and the HSE between them help to set the level of containment necessary , and give advice on how to design a safe process .
7 The low price of sugar before 1690 , the dangers of war after 1690 , the Company 's inadequate provision for depreciation , and the planters ' unwillingness to pay their debts , might between them have ruined the Company in any case , but the end of the monopoly must have contributed something to the collapse .
8 It is quite enough for me to try to grasp the way in which God has disclosed himself to us .
9 ‘ When I look at it logically , it would have been a bit selfish for me to have had a child .
10 It is n't a good idea to climb hills after eating at the Naked Man — ideally you should find a quiet corner and sleep it off like a boa constrictor does after it has swallowed a goat or two too many .
11 One l half of me wanted to hurt the people who had hurt me .
12 All of them died leaving a minor to succeed .
13 But although they both tried to smile still , neither of them failed to notice the past tense she had used for the word ‘ love ’ .
14 ‘ It 's horrible , truly horrible , ’ one of them said surveying the damage .
15 There is little theory-loading in any of these plates , and none of them attempt to catch the bird in motion as the ‘ field guides ’ of the twentieth century do .
16 Well , the two of them had made no bones about what they thought of her .
17 Indeed most of them had made a kind of negative progress .
18 Most of them had visited the invalid often during the past few months , marvelling at his gallant spirit and his unfailing good temper .
19 Neither of them had heard the door open , but suddenly Tom was there , and it was clear that he had heard Faye 's last words .
20 On Sunday all of them had attended a cousin 's wedding .
21 Indeed , if any one of them had killed a cat , even in these special circumstances , he would have been put to death for it .
22 If any of them had displayed a leaning towards the stage , Dinah would no doubt have encouraged it ; but they had neither the presence nor the voice , nor , she would think despairingly , looking round them all , the appearance ; every one was Paul over again .
23 During the month after her father 's death each of them had discovered the need to explore hitherto suppressed areas of feeling and half-knowledge that stood between them and a clearer knowledge of the selves they were now fully determined to offer to each other .
24 In the Septizonium , an ancient Roman temple at the south-east corner of the Palatine , which had long since been annexed for other uses , safe from outside interference and imperial troops , for it was still possible for emperors to attempt to interfere with elections , the election commenced after each cardinal had celebrated mass and all of them had exchanged the kiss of peace .
25 The men used matches to see around , one of them had lit a straw bail to get more light .
26 Fortunately most of them had seen the programme and were committed admirers of Hannah .
27 Michael Willis , the ancient Hawaiians , Victor Hugo , had all been affected by wave-fever ; all of them had abjured the text .
28 Mostly she quizzed me about the burglars and I said they 'd tried to get in through the bathroom window and one of them had put a foot through it , probably coming from the roof next door , and I generally made out that there was a whole gang of footpads up there lying in wait for Santa Claus .
29 Benny was the only one they knew without brothers and sisters , most of them had to share a Mam and a Dad with five or six others .
30 Driving back to Aubagne , Alex told me how the rest of them had spent the day throwing grapes at the old German and accusing him of being in the SS .
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