Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the former was impossible with the twins in tow and the latter unthinkable given the length of time he 'd have to wait for one on a Sunday . |
| 2 | It is a good idea to wait for one to three months , after coming off the Pill , to see what effect this has — for some women , the Pill itself is the unsuspected source of vague health problems , so the anti- Candida diet may be unnecessary . |
| 3 | Rhino penises can fetch as much as $700 on the open market , while powdered horn is prescribed for everything from high blood pressure to fevers , nose bleeds and insomnia . |
| 4 | No and like they 're , like Mr was like taking the piss yeah right , everyone was clapping and cheering about something in the class , yeah , and Mr opens the Mr opens the door and goes stop that clapping , and shuts the door . |
| 5 | ‘ You cared about none of us ! ’ |
| 6 | I no longer cared about anything but the sexual charge passing between us . |
| 7 | ‘ Thought about nothing but cars for the first twenty-five years of his life , now he thinks about nothing but polo . |
| 8 | Thinks about nothing but having a good time . ’ |
| 9 | The two countries would be fighting each other , on and off , for 22 years ; and there were those , like Benjamin Titford , born in 1786 , who lived through nothing but wars and rumours of wars from the day they were born to the day they died . |
| 10 | He telephoned the Forensic Science Laboratory and arranged for someone to be sent down . |
| 11 | Portillo it 's alleged then arranged for someone to , Blow the hell out of Mr Wilson . |
| 12 | We will be able to provide the equipment he needs to lead a normal life , and we know he 'll want for nothing in the future . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ So I went through my phrase-book to search for something like ‘ Shut up ’ . |
| 14 | Each subject key is restricted to three letters and a pupil searching for information on WATER might search under PHY and WAT for materials on WATER in relation to PHYSICS or under WAT to search for anything on WATER . |
| 15 | Born in Plymouth , Devon , to a poor stonemason , also called John and his wife Elizabeth , John Kitto was a sickly lad who cared for nothing but books . |
| 16 | But the moment the military dictatorship resorted to armed aggression against British subjects the radical student protester , who cared for nothing but his ideals and for justice , freedom and equality , unhesitatingly sided with the invaders and began to protest , not against them , but against his own government 's attempts to restore the freedom , democratic rights and civil liberty of those who had lost them ! |
| 17 | And look at her … turning soft with admiration for a man who cared for nothing but his ambition . |
| 18 | Indeed the Us/Them opposition itself , which Fipa perceive as one between Settlers and Strangers , is culturally ‘ played down ’ in favour of the continuing process , by which as a deliberate matter of social and State policy , outsiders are incorporated into the society . |
| 19 | In the 1950s Willie had watched Ben Hogan practising for the Open , and he had promised himself he was going to carry for someone like him . |
| 20 | Cos I mean for someone like me , I was saying that like , before I used to say to you I would n't eat all day , right ? |
| 21 | And catering for everything from carrot juice to champagne , open sandwiches to a 5 course meal . |
| 22 | Tetanus immunity should be checked for anyone with a cut or deep scratch . |
| 23 | A more healthy statistic is that British companies account for one in three of the firms selling programs for microcomputers in this country . |
| 24 | Tom O'Connor , Chairman of the CBI 's Smaller Firms Council , said : ‘ In manufacturing alone , smaller firms account for one in three jobs and a quarter of the total output . |
| 25 | We 'd been prepared to buy houses with flaws invisible to the naked eye , but now we 'd fallen for one with all its flaws only too obviously visible . |
| 26 | I had a fair idea as to who had done it , and I passed on my suspicions about so-and-so and so-and-so , and asked for something to be done about it . |
| 27 | At a function in Bucharest the British Ambassador asked for something from home . |
| 28 | We asked for nothing but a few gestures — |
| 29 | Being a child when the state was publicly engaged in making children healthy and literate was a support against my particular circumstances , its central benefit being that , unlike my mother , the state asked for nothing in return . |
| 30 | She seemed uncertain of her English , and asked for everything to be repeated . |