Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one level , as in all picturings of God 's rule and man 's free will , there is nothing for Porfiry to do ; he just has to sit and wait , which he is good at . |
| 2 | The Liberal Democrat spokesman on trade , industry and employment , Malcolm Bruce , attacked the Chancellor 's statement as a Budget of despair and disappointment which provided a little relief for the unemployed and nothing for those attempting to counter the effects of the recession . |
| 3 | Well you took them off that did n't you ? |
| 4 | The CF 1 is for those who prefer a closed face reel — personally I only use one on canals when squatt fishing , but I know a lot of good anglers prefer them for all float fishing . |
| 5 | I was sorry about the kites , and I knew that I 'd have to give up flying them for good to keep the act looking realistic , but it was worth it . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , he does n't sound like anyone I know , ’ I said , ‘ unless he 's a caddie who happened to be passing nearby and wanted to quiz me about any work available . ’ |
| 7 | She only had two days left , and the thought of nothing after that made her shiver with dread . |
| 8 | Whether it was the wishes of the archdiocese ; or whether it was the inarticulate growls of air-marshals ; or whether it was the judgement that someone of 73 carries too many years to move to big new work ; or whether someone among Eden 's advisers thought scholarship important for some bishops — Eden rejected Fisher 's preference that Ramsey should go to London . |
| 9 | There are plenty of people who have super-efficient secretaries , but the majority of us can only dream of having someone like that to put our working lives in order . |
| 10 | Snobbish Rufus had not thought it possible for someone like that to live there , but why not , after all ? |
| 11 | You do n't want to run the risk of someone like that getting at you , so steer right away from any of the sorts of activities listed above . |
| 12 | It cost pounds in 1946 , but when I at last got it , I could write underwater . |
| 13 | I have meant to write to you a hundred times during the last three weeks but at all hours of the day I have been busied with teaching and beating and supervising footballings until when at last after all the animals were caged up and I at last had some peace , I have been too sad & too weary to write anything . |
| 14 | After I 'd kissed her goodbye I felt pretty happy because not only had I at last had an extremely enjoyable sexual experience , but I 'd also been able to give enjoyment . |
| 15 | Only as the cloverleaf began to appear as a grey shape in the otherwise black wall did I at last fall into a dream-wracked sleep . |
| 16 | Last year someone at last cracked the tide mystery . |
| 17 | Thousands of homes and businesses were cut off by two fires at exchanges in Liverpool and Sheffield last month depriving them of all telephone services , including emergency 999 calls . |
| 18 | But nothing of that survives at all . |
| 19 | But tonight her face seemed frozen into its gracious expression , like royalty in a traffic jam , and if she wished to herself that Hilda would make the odd concession so that civil conversation with her could be easier , nothing of this appeared in her manner . |
| 20 | When he played the old rustic Arthur Fallowfield , radio audiences all over Britain — to say nothing of those listening to the BBC 's various overseas services — sat up waiting for the virtually immortal words , ‘ the answer lies in the soil ’ . |
| 21 | The me of 1989 exists and can gain money from the shares . |
| 22 | The me of 1999 does n't yet exist . |
| 23 | The self-image of older people is closely linked with morale , which for many has sunk so low that they often do not wish to continue living . |
| 24 | These events were organised by the present controlling committee of IAWA which for 1992–3 has consisted of President Eva Ursprung ( from Eva and Co ) ; Lotte Hendrick , acting secretary ; with supportive assistance from Reni Hofmuller and from Eva & Co . |
| 25 | That Shelford has a few doubters to disprove is cold comfort to Cardiff , who have had an unconvincing start to the season and whose main hope is to catch the tourists either cold or rusty after a lay-off which for most has lasted all of a fortnight . |
| 26 | Standing there , surveying the hall , so pleasant now ( though she knew that really she ought to get carpet foam and do over the carpet which after all had been folded up in the dust of the skip ) , she saw that Philip had mended the little cupboard under the stairs that the policeman had kicked in . |
| 27 | I honestly think that it 's time the English got off this notion , which after all has nothing to do with the original meaning of the word ‘ amateur ’ , which means having a passion for something , erm got off this notion that the amateur , the gentleman , as Geoffrey said , is necessarily more truly engaged with the activity than somebody else . |
| 28 | Because Proust saw involuntary memory , which after all causes the past to coalesce with the present , he saw involuntary memory as a means of abolishing time , however provisionally , however briefly , and in this way the artist takes on a God-like role , since through his art he can free the individual from time , and to this extent confer immortality on that individual . |
| 29 | And among a minority of the non-Jewish population , though a growing one which after 1933 came to occupy positions of power , dislike of Jews became vicious and violent hatred . |
| 30 | Another idea , suggested by Nic Picot , is that you say that you are going to predict under which of five cups the audience is going to leave a coin . |