Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb -s] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | On the other hand if someone dies of a heart attack it is just accepted that the cause is hereditary , ‘ He over-exerted himself once too often , ’ or most commonly , it was ‘ Just bad luck ’ . |
| 32 | If somebody goes on a drinking binge that 's the behaviour , the decision they make . |
| 33 | if somebody comes as a resident to one of the developments that you now presently run are they there normally for years or for months ? |
| 34 | Satisfied , she retraces her steps until she comes to a Ladies ' cloakroom . |
| 35 | She takes the lift to the seventh floor and walks along a carpeted corridor until she comes to a room whose door is slightly ajar . |
| 36 | If she moves into a council home of her own , her rent is paid direct through the unified housing benefit . |
| 37 | It 's daft , it says a girl 's always got to wear grey if she works behind a counter or in a business 'ouse or as an 'otel clerk . |
| 38 | If she works in a shop or office , she could take samples of her work to show her colleagues or she could offer to make a garment for a friend for just the price of the yarn . |
| 39 | If she comes from a family where she felt undermined by her own mother the effect upon her is compounded . |
| 40 | It is apparently most excusable to rape your wife if she has for a period refused sexual intercourse ‘ unjustifiably ’ or if she has refused sexual intercourse unless her housekeeping money were raised , or even , curiously , ‘ in order to win her back . ’ |
| 41 | It might seem surprising , then , that Chancellor Kohl should seem to have accepted the French position , until one reflects for a moment on the implications . |
| 42 | Even if one belongs to a group because of who one 's mother was and not because of who one 's father was , this in no ways implies that women have particularly high ( or low ) status in that group . |
| 43 | It is also conceivable that if one strays across a band because a property has been improved to the tune of approximately £10,000 , one will not have to pay much extra . |
| 44 | However , if one forgets for a moment the organizational structures of the two parties and considers their policies , one sees a relatively united unionist movement . |
| 45 | If one stops for a piss the rest might catch up and if they do they will either fall straight over him so that you finish with a ball of dogs that will take forever to unwind , or they will take lumps out of him . |
| 46 | If one starts with a podzol soil ( acid , anaerobic , and without worms ) the increase will e very slow as earthworms can not migrate quickly . |
| 47 | If one looks at a map of the line , bridge No 352 carried the country road from Rothley plain to Swithland village , beneath the line at Swithland sidings . |
| 48 | If one pays for a pint of beer , one should get a pint of beer . |
| 49 | One can never be defeated if one stands on a matter of morality . ’ |
| 50 | And now the former Champion Hurdler , trained by Toby Balding ( above ) , is almost certain to make a quick reappearance in the Racecall Hurdle at Ascot on Friday , provided he comes through a gallop tomorrow morning . |
| 51 | If you have a weapon , kill it quickly , else you must punch and kick it until it vanishes in a puff of smoke . |
| 52 | ‘ Julie ’ is a classy acoustic rumble until it breaks into a Highland swing midway through when Callum Williams adds the skirl of the pipes . |
| 53 | I just keep it spinning until it gets to a point where it 's not making more power and then shift gears . |
| 54 | The falling ice crystal is then sculpted by the varying temperature and humidity-lengthening here , a spiky branch pushing out there - until it grows into a shape as individual as a fingerprint . |
| 55 | Tigg deserts him to start trading in fraud on his own account , and Slyme disappears from the story until he reappears as a police officer ( having taken to working for his living in the hope of shaming his rich uncle ) , to arrest Jonas Chuzzlewit for murder . |
| 56 | It takes at least an hour to get the system clear and dry again , and is a very frustrating problem , particularly if it occurs in a competition . |
| 57 | I 've tried it sometimes , never long enough to know whether I did it successfully or not , but I found there is absolutely no way of telling because even if it changes in a way one can predict , what one can predict is the way oneself changes or the world changes at the same time . |
| 58 | This highly characteristic Fifties attitude makes Souza 's work look as if it belongs to a time rather than a place . |
| 59 | Top : The excitement of a new pond will quickly wane if it turns into a disaster area overnight . |
| 60 | ‘ If it gets to a crunch and there is a vote , I win , ’ is how he puts it . |