Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems odd , in retrospect , to see governments delegating so passively their most important educational function , but there were two main reasons for it at the time . |
| 2 | Finally she made her choice and gave the reasons for it with the confidence she always brought to her work . |
| 3 | He was an astute purchase , for he came to us as a proven goalscorer and immediately lived up to his reputation by netting upon his debut against Millwall here at Selhurst Park ( 5–0 ) and going on to hit 19 League goals from 27 outings for us in the remainder of that season . |
| 4 | Archie usually performed as a combative left-half for the Palace , but he was also occasionally drafted into the front line , to play as a makeshift centre-forward to most useful effect , because his considerable height gave him a distinct advantage in that department and he scored on his first two outings for us in the number nine shirt . |
| 5 | She brings her notes about it to the meeting and reads them out . |
| 6 | You 're going to have the job of changing the ice-packs for me through the night , are n't you ? ’ |
| 7 | When the switch is closed , the full available current flows through it to the load but again no power is dissipated in the switch since the voltage across it is zero . |
| 8 | There would be programmes about him on the television . |
| 9 | If there are enough requests for them in the web , I 'll stick them in . |
| 10 | She is not working here this week but should be fielding calls for us after the election . ’ |
| 11 | After leaving Argentina illegally in 1940 , he flew Spitfires and Hurricanes for us during the war . |
| 12 | His economic measures bore fruit , but the constitution was overturned by Peisistratos , who made himself tyrant early in the second quarter and held power ( with interruptions ) and his sons after him till the expulsion of Hippias in 510 . |
| 13 | I could n't take my eyes off him at the office and five o'clock was such a wrench — all those hours before I would see him again . |
| 14 | ‘ And I never take my eyes off him during the show . |
| 15 | She had been in her mid-forties , a smart , efficient-looking woman who had hardly taken her eyes off him throughout the trial . |
| 16 | Look up such excellent works as J. Rachman and Clare Philips ' Psychology and Medicine ( Temple Smith ) or Richard Totman 's Social Causes of Illness ( Souvenir ) and you will find a total of 14 words between them on the subject . |
| 17 | There can hardly have been any business sector with so many strong contenders for it as the banking sector . |
| 18 | They ate well , but she got little thanks for it from the mistress of the hut . |
| 19 | Tony Asmar 's lined up a couple of people in Beirut to shoot some pictures for us near the airport . |
| 20 | Four strikers on the pitch had amassed 161 goals between them since the start of last season . |
| 21 | The woman floated down the steps towards them on the cloud of her gossamer gown . |
| 22 | Michael Heseltine had his own way at the Department of the Environment and will continue to do so at Trade and Industry , where supporters of his during the leadership contest have been given junior positions . |
| 23 | She says , ‘ Hello , Wyn ’ , as though they were friends , and steps past him into the yard . |
| 24 | All the pictures of us on the beach , with got all . |
| 25 | On 2 March 1988 the first defendant surrendered the lease in consideration of the plaintiff accepting goods listed in an inventory , which were later sold for £309 , in full and final settlement of all claims and demands against him under the lease . |
| 26 | Léonie left the Jews behind her in the room . |
| 27 | They were getting there the cheap way and combining adventure with the bonus of having their cars with them at the end . |
| 28 | They would spend the whole of the next four months with us during the time it took to turn us into legionnaires . |
| 29 | At the end of the case people would see a bit of film of the child sitting on the drawing-room sofa between his parents who never took their eyes from him during the interview . |
| 30 | Her eyes lifted from the books before her on the desk to the tall , powerful figure standing just a few feet away . |