Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pays tribute to his treatment at Gartree prison , he apologises to the bomb victims ' families that they have had to keep reminding them of their loss : ‘ But we had to fight for our freedom . ’ |
| 2 | Each such pupil also receives a personalised letter reminding them of their entitlement to education and training , and guaranteeing them both an interview with an officer of the Careers Service and an offer of a place on a training scheme , in a job or in continued education . |
| 3 | Perhaps one day an Ayrshire school or other organisation will pursue the theme and bring the peoples of the old and new worlds closer to each other by reminding them of their common bonds . |
| 4 | Efforts were made to send Jewish teachers with Jewish evacuees ( British and refugee ) , and a letter went out to all RCM children who had been uprooted reminding them of their faith and upbringing . |
| 5 | They would appear from time to time and taunt the old couple , reminding them of their past lives and the failures or mistakes which had brought them to the castle ( though never detailing them — neither Quiss nor Ajayi knew what the other had done to justify sending them here . |
| 6 | but the unflappable soul gradually argues its way in past Peter , Thomas , Paul and finally God , nonplussing the saints by reminding them of their faults in life , but making a moral and liturgical claim on God 's final grace . |
| 7 | The ever-cautious Margaret Beckett is no longer on the left by any definition but her own , but she knows that she can not win the votes of a majority of MPs , let alone constituency members , without reminding them of her leftwing roots . |
| 8 | There seems nothing at all strange about the Church , which paid the salaries of these men and expected them to serve it , considering the question of whether or not they should be able to engage in an activity which , no matter how acceptable , would have diverted them from their main task . |
| 9 | The women who waited to greet them outside their huts wore bracelets of tin on their wrists and ankles , but otherwise their only other garment was a long dark cloth wrapped round the hips , which left their jutting , dark-nippled breasts uncovered . |
| 10 | Oh God they 'd look macha I 'd have to strap them under my arms ! |
| 11 | I had to strap them to my bicycle , which is why they look a bit battered . ’ |
| 12 | that was taught me by my grandmother , Annie Scanlon . |
| 13 | The humour inheres not just in the daffy selection of cultural allusions ( their native French accordion , some flamenco guitar , a few African horns ) but also in the way they take stiff , formal tempi ( waltzes and tangos ) and mockingly squeeze them for their stateliness . |
| 14 | The Abbey is now planning a fifth mailshot to alert them to their windfalls . |
| 15 | One day soon , Dr Kepepwe would do the trick — with luck before the war-damaged moved in to supplant me in her attentions . |
| 16 | ‘ Then let me tell you that you have no right to include me in your sordid games . |
| 17 | Almost to a man they were against the new phenomenon of the movies and they made no effort to include them in their ‘ night-time ’ world . |
| 18 | The horns , though they properly belong to the brass group , are so frequently used as part of the woodwind ensemble that we feel bound to include them in our consideration of this orchestral group . |
| 19 | It is said that Adolf Sax tried to persuade Wagner to include them in his orchestral apparatus but Wagner perceived that they would not blend well with either woodwind or brass ( still less , strings ) and never used them . |
| 20 | We get quite used to our domestic dog actually bringing us sticks and balls so that we may throw them for our four-legged companion to retrieve . |
| 21 | Even then , she 'd probably manage to mug me with her walking frame . |
| 22 | He offers them to his friends . |
| 23 | Instead of seeing money — or love , time , success or joy — as in short supply , we will come to see them as our natural birthright , letting them flow through our lives with great ease . |
| 24 | And the protesters ' anger was heightened when Environment Secretary Michael Howard refused to see them about their fears . |
| 25 | To see them at their best , keep a small shoal , although in an aquarium of your size , two should be quite happy . |
| 26 | Jonna was not slow to remind them that he and Maisie hoped to see them at their wedding , due in a few weeks ' time at Easter . |
| 27 | It is quite possible to keep a lone specimen but to see them at their best a group is preferable . |
| 28 | To see them at their best , keep a small shoal . |
| 29 | This is not , in fact , the best time of year to see them in their full glory , but you will appreciate , sir , that with the arrival of spring , we will see a change — a very special sort of change — in these surroundings . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I have loved elephants since I was a child and it will be fantastic to see them in their natural environment . ’ |