Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They fear for their own livelihoods if it is closed . |
| 32 | We think he is so distressed that we fear for his own safety and are now very concerned for him . |
| 33 | There is increasing pressure on people to plan for their own old age , possibly using their assets to purchase suitable accommodation and personal care . |
| 34 | ‘ I had to sell my share in Moffat Engineering , which lost me my chance to drive for them that year … ’ |
| 35 | There are 23 raffle prizes and our MC goes through them all with full details of those donated them — a cool 30 minutes . |
| 36 | Her judgement of Alan Jones was both admiring and shrewd , and he asked about her own education , becoming aware that at least four other men were listening with great interest and that Catherine Crane was so used to this that she was unconscious of it . |
| 37 | It was a chilling thought that the very circumstances she was using for her own purpose accorded only too well with the Empress 's schemes . |
| 38 | DEC already has the incomplete version 1 of the OSF operating system out on its MIPS line , and it 's this that customers are using for their own early development work . |
| 39 | Initially at least , most of us find our thinking about Japan grounded in the differences we perceive between our own society and Asia 's New Giant . |
| 40 | Work in the vineyards continued , with women and children dying while servicing the vineyards that the soldiers on both sides manipulated for their own strategic purposes . |
| 41 | At best , it is a tour de force , a piece of self-conscious " theatre " manipulated for his own purpose . |
| 42 | Without wading through it all and things are moving on |
| 43 | The title ‘ Head of the Commonwealth ’ , against which from the government benches I registered a lone protest upon the second reading of the Royal Titles Bill in March 1953 , enshrines a paradox which thirty years ago two countries in particular conspired for their own purposes to ignore : India , in order to become a republic while forfeiting none of the privileges which allegiance had conferred , and Britain , in order to feed its delusion that the Empire was being transformed into something brighter and better still . |
| 44 | A package of booklets for recording asthma attacks linked to a distance learning programme ( accredited for one half day disease management of postgraduate educational allowance ) was developed and piloted . |
| 45 | Nevertheless , the ambiguities remain and contribute to the uncertainty with which the CMHT members go about and account for their own work . |
| 46 | The answer to that question , in essence at least , was provided nearly thirty years ago , by a perceptive schizophrenic introspecting about our own psychotic experience . |
| 47 | If he wins a subsequent bout also by disqualification , then he must be withdrawn for his own safety , since it is obvious that , in this tournament at least , he is not protecting himself adequately . |
| 48 | You have n't made up your mind yet , see how you feel you might decide to just , you 've got to hump through it all |
| 49 | Should comparison be undertaken for its own sake simply out of intrinsic interest or intellectual challenge , or should it be directed towards some more closely-defined objective ? |
| 50 | STYLISTICS , simply defined as the ( linguistic ) study of style , is rarely undertaken for its own sake , simply as an exercise in describing what use is made of language . |
| 51 | A related problem with copying other people 's arguments can be seen by comparing an excerpt from a plagiarised text ( a ) with the essay version derived from it ( b ) : ( a ) Stylistics , simply defined as the ( linguistic ) study of style , is rarely undertaken for its own sake , simply as an exercise in describing what use is made of language . |
| 52 | For example , many schools , colleges and environmental groups have spent time in remote islands , producing for their own use reports which contain botanical information which remains rather inaccessible . |
| 53 | On the Waterfront and Rebel without a Cause had appeared in 1954 and 1955 , starring Marlon Brando and James Dean respectively , and I had fallen for them both . |
| 54 | Twenty-one years later at Claiborne Farm in Kentucky , Sir Ivor can still laugh about it all . |
| 55 | Erm fact that you set up the scene for the introductions and you asked for it that you , you know , took and reduced those people to an image of which was good . |
| 56 | a sentence is not autonomous , it does not exist for its own sake but as part of a situation and part of a text . |
| 57 | But Ramsey had an alarming faculty for seeing through his own utterances . |
| 58 | He mentions two examples of work that he implies Clark tried to claim as his own . |
| 59 | Postmasters could , and did , ensure that priority was given to the letter advising of these developments which was intended for their own particular political friend in London , and that his enemies ' letters would be delayed until the next post . |
| 60 | In so far as there is surveillance of us , we tend to feel it is largely intended for our own good , to avoid us getting into difficult situations , etc … |