Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people feel restricted in their choices or limited to their present station in life , because their birthcharts declare that they are unlikely to better themselves . |
| 2 | As we noted before , one of the prime concerns of teachers is that they do not have enough time to carry out the day-to-day tasks and responsibilities of their jobs to their own satisfaction , let alone to invest in enhancing their own skills , or reflecting on their roles and priorities , to anything like the extent which they would like . |
| 3 | Changes in company policy , new products and services , financial results , staff appointments , sponsorship news , factory openings — in fact almost any " happening " or change within your company or organisation will probably merit a release to at least a few papers or radio stations . |
| 4 | Kevin McCloud , whose background is in history of art and theatrical set designing , presents 40 individual roomsets in a variety of styles to copy or adapt to your own home . |
| 5 | If at any time after a person has been charged with or informed he may be prosecuted for an offence a police officer wishes to bring to the notice of that person any written statement made by another person or the content of an interview with another person , he shall hand to that person a true copy of any such written statement or bring to his attention the content of the interview record , but shall say or do nothing to invite any reply or comment save to caution him in the terms of paragraph 10.4 above . |
| 6 | It allows you to extract text to file or printer for later reading or including in your own word processing documents . |
| 7 | And then you , Sir John ! lust in case I should forget , or withdraw , or hide behind my church walls , you are here , ready to lead me along the streets , remind me that there is no escape from murder , from witnessing the greatest sin of all — a man slaying his brother ! ’ |
| 8 | Placement support which at the least minimised the chances that the ex-patient would be evicted from his home or sacked from his job the first time a problem occurred would seem essential . |
| 9 | In ways such as these , late Roman bishops worked slowly , by piecemeal additions and elaborations of regularly recurrent observances , to define a new sacred time in which the Christian life was to be wholly caught up , until the sacred time of the old pagan past was slowly forgotten , or emptied of its charge of religiosity . |
| 10 | They pooled the information they had gleaned or guessed from their several interrogations , and then began in again . |
| 11 | There was nothing secret or mean in his character , and we soon became good friends . |
| 12 | Objects of all kinds occupied every inch of space and the walls were so thickly hung with pictures that smaller drawings lay flat or propped against their neighbours . |
| 13 | They mainly showed dragons — dragons by the hundred , in flight or hanging from their perch rings , dragons with men on their backs hunting down deer and , sometimes , other men . |
| 14 | In other cases there were no restrictions on numbers of temporary workers or the duration of their employment , merely a requirement to inform or consult about their use . |
| 15 | Or concentrate on your breathing for a few minutes , just feeling your stomach rising and falling but without trying to control the breathing in any way . |
| 16 | You might choose to repeat a chosen word or phrase , gently returning to it whenever your mind wanders ; or concentrate on your breathing ; or ‘ watch ’ your thoughts as they drift like clouds through your mind ; or contemplate a theme ; or embark on a visual-experiential journey to the inner realms . |
| 17 | AN academic has been banned from sleeping or eating in her office at Stirling University after being told it was so cluttered with papers and food that it constituted a health and fire hazard . |
| 18 | Unsure if she felt relieved or irritated by his high-handed orders , she mutinously followed his easy stride and wide , supple shoulders downstairs . |
| 19 | When using those dramatic frames which require children to prepare and then share small group work ( e.g. the investigation , the pageant , the making of a documentary ) take the opportunity to question or comment on their use of space : " I wonder why the council official would n't look at the interviewer ? " |
| 20 | ‘ She has minimal response to pain and noise , there is little eye movement , she is unable to communicate , she ca n't move her limbs or eat on her own . ’ |
| 21 | Like other companies we would not be allowed to buy or lease in our own right and so we would have to take on non-producing quota holders to encourage farmers who regularly lease quota themselves to join our supply pool , ’ said Mr Ross , whose aim is to secure some 15 per cent of Scottish milk production . |
| 22 | Elevation Lie or sit with your legs raised higher than your waist . |
| 23 | I watch the men and women as they crowd along the streets or sit in their cars and vans and buses and trucks , and their freedom seems inestimably precious , exotic and vicariously intoxicating . |
| 24 | He did n't throw his head back like Peggy Pine did when she laughed , or giggle into his fist like Paccy Moore ; he did n't make big gestures like Mario in the fish and chip shop , or even get wheezing and coughing fits like Dessie Burns often did . |
| 25 | I think that to be a loner and a writer is hell enough , but many would instantly tell me how horrendous it is to work in a factory — 1 did it for three months and loathed it — or to go to their office and stop from biting their nails when their boss has to score petty points off them . |
| 26 | ( At Taï , a young chimpanzee will often harass its mother in order to use her tools , to eat her fruit or to sit on her branch . ) |
| 27 | But I think I knew about her and her mother long before I looked them both in the face , or heard about their existence ; knew that the half-understood adult conversations around me , the quarrels about " her " , the litany of " she " , " she " , " she " from behind closed doors made the figure in the New Look coat , hurrying away , wearing the clothes my mother wanted to wear , angry with me yet nervously inviting me to follow , caught finally in the revolving door . |
| 28 | Whatever you may have read or heard about their relationship still can not prepare you for her own account . |
| 29 | Whether preparing solo meals , feeding a family , or cooking for your own enjoyment — here 's everything you need for superb results ! |
| 30 | If you have a special request please advise your Travel Agent at the time of booking and ensure this is either correctly noted by the Agent on our computerised Reservations system or given to our Telephone Reservations department as appropriate . |