Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drew the attention of the soldier-in-charge and explained about his position in the club . |
| 2 | When you are ready , gently come back to the room and write down what the exercise revealed about your way-of-seeing the world . |
| 3 | He must have been out with his bike probably come in got off his bike went straight inside at least I brought my drink with me Well you wo n't offer me a drink . |
| 4 | In hospital I never got off my bed for six weeks . |
| 5 | Are you , er , this year was the most I got off my grandma and that as well . |
| 6 | Oh , I 'm going to go off my head . |
| 7 | She followed him up the room , repeating her sympathy and when that did not hold his attention , she began to apologize for her lateness in coming to speak to him about the tragedy . |
| 8 | It seemed that Cathy had a lot to lose through her uncle 's death . |
| 9 | They could feel angry , embarrassed and even guilty because of the comments of over-anxious parents who keep hinting about their longing for grandchildren , or make it clear that they think there should be no more . |
| 10 | The commercial , scientific and industrial world of capitalism ( or socialism ) does not need religion in order to go about its business . |
| 11 | In Bajaur agency , the top opium and heroin producer in Pakistan , the government controls less than 36per cent of the district , leaving traffickers to go about their business peacefully and unimpeded . |
| 12 | Moreover , Zuwaya and Magharba thought that their larger groupings were temporary : activated to demand compensation , they then relapsed into the noumenon , leaving households to go about their business ; revenues from taxes were not kept in a fisc , but allocated to household budgets — and so on . |
| 13 | ( Even if the activities do present curbs on the rights of the general public to go about their business , street action might still be justified where , for example , it brings to public consciousness some injustice that would not otherwise receive a public hearing . ) |
| 14 | It is as if , once they had found an effective way of surviving and reproducing , and a relatively stable environment in which to go about their business , there was little pressure to change their way of life . |
| 15 | Against the need for a society in which persons are free to go about their business unmolested might be weighed other considerations such as the importance to be placed on freedoms of speech and assembly . |
| 16 | The point is , we 've cleared up the area and it 's safe for children to play and people to go about their business . |
| 17 | Paging from Vodapage gives busy people like you the freedom to go about your business and get the message . |
| 18 | The smart-money crowd is saying that the revised scoring — with every race counting for title points — is tailor-made for this French Ferrari driver , who now has a more-than-willing helper in Jean Alesi to look after the business of returning the Ferrari compliment to Senna and allowing Prost to go about his business unencumbered by Brazilians wishing to use his piece of road . |
| 19 | And as if that were not enough , the church bell is also , by ancient repute , therapeutic : place inside it if you can whatever part of your body is troubling you , get the bell ringer to go about his business and you will , with luck , be cured . |
| 20 | I tried to forget about it and to go about my routine day as usual . |
| 21 | He fastened the beads round his neck , arranging the knife so that it rested hidden between his shoulder blades . |
| 22 | 5.5 Title to the goods comprised in each consignment shall not pass to the Purchaser until the Purchaser has paid their price to the Seller , but , even though title has not passed , the Seller shall be entitled to sue for their price once its payment has become due . |
| 23 | It is unlikely , but some creditors may yet have to sue for their money . |
| 24 | Whatever you may have read or heard about their relationship still can not prepare you for her own account . |
| 25 | But I think I knew about her and her mother long before I looked them both in the face , or heard about their existence ; knew that the half-understood adult conversations around me , the quarrels about " her " , the litany of " she " , " she " , " she " from behind closed doors made the figure in the New Look coat , hurrying away , wearing the clothes my mother wanted to wear , angry with me yet nervously inviting me to follow , caught finally in the revolving door . |
| 26 | because erm they have n't heard about their extension |
| 27 | Had he heard about her romance with Ian White , the junior registrar ? |
| 28 | Herbert was abroad , on business for Clarrikers , and there would have been nobody to look after me , if Joe had not heard about my illness and come to London to nurse me . |
| 29 | I suppose that many of you will have heard about my motoring experience a few weeks ago as I was travelling from Winfrith to Harwell . |
| 30 | When , after that , we used to hear controversy about Dr Paisley and later heard about his imprisonment in 1966 , because of that afternoon when we heard the gospel preached with power and conviction , we found ourselves tending to take his side in the controversy . |