Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 That the BIS was a mixture of unconventional religion and radical politics was further underlined by the support of Garrison and his emissaries from the United States ; British India development as a way of undermining British dependence on American cotton was equally for them part of a package , which included association with ‘ moral force ’ Chartists and hostility to evangelical ‘ sectarianism ’ in antislavery in the form of the BFASS , a view they held despite Sturge 's middle-class political radicalism .
2 If you have a sweet tooth , it is much better to make them part of a meal .
3 Was there a secret reason that made them hanker for a new life in a new world ?
4 While he was at college , he got a Saturday job with Austin Reed , the men 's outfitters , ‘ which gave me experience of a real shop-floor environment — right at the front line of customer service .
5 He would refuse them permission for a play .
6 Swindle was too crude , for if the plan worked , no one would lose a penny ; all that would have happened was that a few banks would inadvertently have lent them money for an undefined period .
7 Her care of the pups was so haphazard that Buddie often fed them milk from a baby 's bottle to make sure they were getting enough nourishment .
8 I mean if one of them steps under a bus and you start valuing his estate for probate , Ullo , ullo , ullo , how much is a case of Russian grenades worth ? ’
9 You 're whippin' it round between me legs like a bloody Red Indian .
10 Although some bureaux can make access for disabled clients feasible , there are still many disabled clients for whom coming to a bureau may not be worthwhile even if their problem is pressing .
11 Digital watches work because a small sliver of quartz inside them pulses at a rhythmic and unchanging frequency , which is stimulated by energy from the battery .
12 This , though , is not why the game treasures the softly-spoken , bespectacled grandfather who served me tea in an Oxford Street flat the other week .
13 What is beyond dispute is that the portfolio valuations benefited on two counts : firstly through translation of foreign share holdings into sterling at more advantageous rates , and secondly through the appreciation of the shares of those companies whose large overseas involvement made them beneficiaries of a lower pound .
14 Do n't let the them ring for a bit .
15 They cite Germany 's Abitur , where school-leavers are graded in eight subjects , and where their grading wins them entry into an apprenticeship if they do not go to university .
16 All of that to me smacks of a lack of appreciation of the need to understand a business thoroughly , where you 're going to be involved in making major decisions .
17 In competition it is to my advantage to feel for others as little as possible , an advantage which outweighs my dread of a growing isolation .
18 ‘ After that I told Sir Alfred of my plans for a monocoque car for the next season , and got a sour letter back saying we had to win another grand prix before we talked about anything .
19 Fortunately their approach coincided with my plans for a charitable foundation to buy art for Britain .
20 So of course I said how much I 'd like to be able to play my guitar like a saxophone , and he said , ‘ Yeah — and vice versa . ’
21 ‘ And love of the man twisted my heart into a dry rope .
22 My free associations about wealth changed dramatically : ‘ Prosperity flows through my heart as a channel of pure light — the Light of the universe , which offers to me its vast abundance .
23 Lifting my heart with a strange .
24 And it 's been on my heart for a long time to save .
25 ‘ Roses , chocolates , jewellery , my heart on a platter — I gave Cherith everything except what she really wanted .
26 But I could not bear to be supplanted in a view that lay next to my heart by an old acquaintance .
27 I could not weep , though grief lay on my heart like a heavy stone .
28 Belting tales of outlaw attitude like the born-to-be-wild rocker ‘ Ride Into YOur Town ’ are juxtaposed to beautiful ballads , like the piano-accompanied ‘ How Does It Feel ’ ( ‘ … to ruthlessly steal my heart like a thief in the night ’ ) — .
29 And that knowledge is lodged in my heart like a splinter .
30 Belting tales of outlaw attitude like the born-to-be-wild rocker ‘ Ride Into YOur Town ’ are juxtaposed to beautiful ballads , like the piano-accompanied ‘ How Does It Feel ’ ( ‘ … to ruthlessly steal my heart like a thief in the night ’ ) — .
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