Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [pers pn] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He quotes the view of Aristo , who produces two arguments : first , that by analogy with relegatio dotis and the stipulatio emptae hereditatis the word ‘ sums ’ should be held to include objects as well as money ; second , that intention is particularly important in trusts , and it appears to be the testator 's intention in first speaking generally of ‘ sums ’ and then mentioning certain objects to include them in the expression too . |
| 2 | Part of the process of gaining control over our lives involves us in resisting their attempts to box us in the pigeonhole of ‘ client ’ — and to expose their self-styled , self-seeking efforts to elevate their second-hand knowledge about disability into a ‘ profession ’ . |
| 3 | And there are no collectable power-ups to help you in the battle to shoot first and ask questions of the flaming wreckage later . |
| 4 | Although there is much in these three books to put them in the category of Ruritanian adventure , Scott may be a stronger influence . |
| 5 | They return in delight but with sadness too , for even the memory fades because there is nothing in the rational mind with which the ideas may be linked and there are no images to fix them in the memory . |
| 6 | I talk to them about the choices they 've made which led them to offend , and help them to find strategies to avoid it in the future , ’ she explains . |
| 7 | We dragged the man free and Warren drove the car at the dogs to box them in the alleyway so they could not escape . |
| 8 | Er , it 's very difficult , yes you all laughed when I asked a question last year from over there to get a capital P in Pearson because you all laughed it took twenty weeks to get it in The Times , do you remember ? |
| 9 | General Elio offered the support of his troops to maintain him in the fullness of his rights ; at the same time the Manifesto of the Persians , signed by 96 ‘ servile ’ deputies , reached the king at Valencia . |
| 10 | Next time a stranger tries to stop you in the street , perhaps you should think twice about looking at the pavement and brushing past . |
| 11 | An oilman offered me fifty petrodollars to blow him in the lift . " |
| 12 | They had had accountants to help them in the past but , as a group , Laura never trusted them . |
| 13 | The meeting was held as advertised and Kinloch addressed it in a wordy speech in which , after pleading with his audience to keep the peace , he criticized the government for excessive taxation , and declaimed : ‘ In short , the whole of our misfortune as a nation , the whole of our misery , the whole of our distress , can be clearly traced to the circumstances of the people being deprived of their share of the British Constitution by not having a voice in the election of persons to represent them in the House of Commons . ’ |
| 14 | Here are 10 New Year resolutions to get you in the mood . |
| 15 | Powell has earned , the hard way , the respect that prompted a dozen jockeys to telephone him in the week before the race . |
| 16 | For younger children , play the same game but this time they can hit the ball with their hands to keep it in the air . |
| 17 | ‘ If a guitarist smokes a couple of weeds to get him in the mood to play no-one bats an eyelid because he 's a public entertainer . |
| 18 | Each of these six departments had two or three clerks or junior clerks to assist them in the work . |
| 19 | On 26th May , Hunt came to see him and said that he was taking over the purchase negotiations for the Downing Street scheme , and particularly upset Pennethorne by producing one of Pennethorne 's drawings to assist him in the work . |
| 20 | They undertook exhaustive consultation with Aboriginal people and others to involve them in the policy formulation . |
| 21 | ‘ There are no plans to show it in the UK at the moment , ’ a spokeswoman from Coca-Cola said yesterday . |
| 22 | ‘ The national interest ’ was also a rebuff to congressmen , who could not afford to be critical of it , even when they already knew it as grounds to keep them in the dark . |
| 23 | Both of them took turns to kick him in the mouth and eyes . |
| 24 | The Government could only be brought down if sufficient Conservatives were prepared to vote with Labour and Liberal MPs to defeat it in the House of Commons , forcing a new election or opening the way to a reconstituted anti-fascist National Government . |
| 25 | That master craftsman would then himself employ helpers to assist him in the completion of that contract . |