Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | , Current editions of the UK half-million ICAO Aeronautical Charts have scattered across them pairs of numbers printed in blue , one large figure followed by a smaller one , thus : for example . |
| 2 | One 's just been handed to me here , Christine from Derby says I 've kept cats for twenty years and taught them loads of tricks . |
| 3 | Through a local human rights group , to whom copies of appeals had been sent , he got hold of photocopies of all the letters from around the world that had been written on his behalf . |
| 4 | That catches the familiar dictum that science explains particular events by generalizing and by making them cases of laws at work . |
| 5 | Three women two of them housewives with children have already joined the ranks of the firefighters in Cheshire . |
| 6 | Shaun confessed to me loads of times that he wanted to leave the band because it was n't a good living and he did n't enjoy it that much . |
| 7 | It 's given me loads of ideas , Luke — especially that ‘ office plant-care ’ thing that we came up with . |
| 8 | He recommended to them lists of books for the better understanding of their religion , and the advice was excellent . |
| 9 | For the next decade , she lived in a series of modest Montparnasse residences , several of them subjects of paintings . |
| 10 | I was already enough of an expert to recognise it — people had begun to give me books about birds of prey , so the first time I heard this sorrowful sound I searched through my books until I found out what it was . |
| 11 | A book in the museum library is just labelled Register and on opening is found to be a register of books lent , almost all of them books for children . |
| 12 | In the cave itself , bas-reliefs sculpted close together on a stalagmite cone , hard to make out for the most part , except for an obvious and memorable reindeer some three feet long , in the museum , animals graphically carved or engraved on bone , many of them heads of horses , but fish too , and pieces of bone , antler and ivory carved quite elaborately into abstract patterns of diamond shapes , chevrons or spirals . |
| 13 | Dear people who could hardly write for arthritis , who had to send aged husbands staggering out in the frost to find something suitable , people whom I had hardly seen and had exchanged no more than the shiest of glances were sending me pictures of daffodils , valleys , seas and mountains . |
| 14 | Nothing words of songs , lyrics ? |
| 15 | If I had to select one of my pairs of binoculars for observations of nebulæ I think I would choose the × 7 instrument , though I agree that the more powerful binoculars can bring out more details in the fainter nebulæ . |
| 16 | So for that reason I do not believe that I feeling strongly as I do should im impose my views on others . |
| 17 | Well I work for the organization Crossroads , and I think what I find in in my contacts with carers is that they need help in the way , and when they need it however , our organization is restricted by lack of funding |
| 18 | When I stop I want to pass on my skills to youngsters . ’ |
| 19 | Produced my proposals for Ministers and under Secys , etc . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've scored debut goals for all my clubs including Hibs and Dundee . |
| 21 | The examples do not identify the article or journal concerned , but each example has happened to me or my coauthors during submissions to what are generally regarded as quality journals . |
| 22 | It widened my horizons with outings to international golf at Ganton , football at Roker Park , camping at Scarborough and several journeys between Barnard Castle and North Wales . |
| 23 | I felt comfortable and at home and began to search my cases for chocolates and ribbons and toys . |
| 24 | In looking through my cases for examples of problems that I 've experienced with 50 millesimals I am conscious that aggravations are not one ! |
| 25 | So I packed once more , stuffing my cases with presents which taxed the imagination . |
| 26 | She always used to ask my opinions of things and that now a lot of my answers made sense . |
| 27 | ‘ There 's nothing here that changes my opinions on combos . |
| 28 | The Porcupine fish in my 48″ × 24″ × 24″ tank is very friendly , but when I try to feed my other fish it simply eats all the food . |
| 29 | My 48″ × 18″ × 15″ tank is lit by two 42″ tubes . |
| 30 | It was Alejandro Bendana from the Foreign Ministry , a man who had been skilfully avoiding my calls for days . |