Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | & presented with a baby sister & & me with a second grand-daughter on 11 th Sept. … … 8lbs. 13ozs . |
| 2 | If you do n't fancy knitting the entire motifs in lurex , then try knitting it or them in a plain colour and combine a fine lurex thread with the background colour . |
| 3 | You say about the Moat House being expensive , well it might be expensive to you or I as an individual , but when you 're negotiating conference rates in the area it is actually cheap and very suitable . |
| 4 | This is in sharp contrast to the Ministerial rule book , which states : ‘ No Minister or public servant should accept gifts , hospitality or services from anyone which would , or might appear to , place him or her under an obligation . |
| 5 | ‘ No Minister or public servant should accept gifts , hospitality or services from anyone which would , or might appear to , place him or her under an obligation . ’ |
| 6 | This helper first massages the feet of the subject , then the head , and finally guides him or her through a mental exercise intended to lead to the regression itself . |
| 7 | The earlier cases do not make any reference to the possibility of arresting someone for the sole purpose of questioning him or her with a view to obtaining a confession . |
| 8 | You may lose some credibility with the clientele if you demolish him or her with a blitzkrieg attack only to find later that they had been looking for the nearest toilet ! |
| 9 | It not only involves the user more demonstrably in the process and provides him or her with a visible record of the interview , but also begins to construct a historical picture of the older person . |
| 10 | If recruiting a specialist practitioner , therefore , bear in mind that you will often have to carry him or her for a reasonable period until they have been able to build their workload up . |
| 11 | Pluck a London-based journalist out of the office ; put him or her on a train with a party heavyweight ; and wait for a slice of prime grassroots ham to arrive . |
| 12 | This is less practicable for the smaller firm , but all firms should incorporate in their selection procedures a judgment on whether an applicant 's educational background appears to fit him or her as a candidate for the examinations . |
| 13 | We can see him or her as a person rather than as a stereotype . |
| 14 | I believe that those sexual practices which fail to recognise the essential humanity of other people are bad ; the man who rapes an unwilling partner , the individual who takes delight in the infliction of pain upon a partner who does not desire it , or the one who forces another into any sexual practice which is obnoxious to him or her is using the " partner " as an object rather than interacting with him or her as a human being . |
| 15 | The first is the ethical difficulty associated with the need to give a patient the treatment that is believed to be best for him or her as an individual rather than what the statistician 's random allocation might assign . |
| 16 | When planning a project which is likely to affect your neighbour in any way , it 's always advisable to consult him or her at an early stage , so that he is fully aware of your plans . |
| 17 | One of the best ways of getting to the heart of a character is to put him or her into a situation of extreme testingness . |
| 18 | The priest , minister , rabbi , or other community leader probably knows sources and will most likely quote them to you from memory if you telephone or approach him or her after a service . |
| 19 | At the same time , however , the child 's status as a child is perhaps more tightly defined through employment legislation , the raising of the school-leaving age ( thus depriving the child of an independent source of income as well as retaining him or her within an institutionalized system of control ) , and the growth of a market geared to particular and distinctive images of childhood and adolescence . |
| 20 | If your dog is an unusual first cross , please send us a photo and all the relevant details so we can include him or her in a future issue . |
| 21 | If your dog is an unusual first cross , please send us a photo and all the relevant details so we can include him or her in a future issue . |
| 22 | And by continuing to treat him or her in a provocative manner we perpetuate a downward spiral of negative actions and reactions : in the case of the teenager , the disciplinary problems we anticipated . |
| 23 | It may be during your first week at work when a colleague asks you to join him or her in a group activity , such as a drink after work with friends . |
| 24 | If your dog is an unusual first cross , please send us a photo and all the relevant details so we can include him or her in a future issue . |
| 25 | where it makes sense and is practicable , the pupil may be moved up or down a key stage for the subject in question by placing him or her in a teaching group in which the majority of pupils are older or younger … |
| 26 | It would be a defence for a person charged to prove that he/she had good reason or lawful authority for having the article with him or her in a public place . |
| 27 | Then , by pure chance — but seeing it as an act of providence — she had heard Lin Foh call down for an early supper , for him and his CI5 guardian . |
| 28 | Let's say , that me as an individual , if I was erm , buying a Covermaster Plan , for twenty pound a month , the minimum premium , let's say I could get fifty thousand pounds worth of cover . |
| 29 | So I would congratulate her on her good prospects as a statesman , or she would warn me of the dangers of dancing all night ; but if the stars looked town they would be no more likely to see her on a rostrum than me on a dance-floor . |
| 30 | Then they condemn themselves as well and until society can say that 's perfectly alright , that 's a good situation to be in , whoever it is you 're living with , and that you as a child are okay and are valued then the children themselves will be okay and I think the Sco , we lose some of the erm secondary deprivation and emotional deprivation that children in single parent families |