Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a duty of mutual trust between his victims and him , the victims being elderly and he having done work for them over some years . |
| 2 | Well they had a particularly bad time many of them lost absolutely everything and now they 're protesting cos the Lloyds people are only coming up with a nine hundred million pound rescue package that might give them some of them back half of what they invested . |
| 3 | The man had never behaved towards her in other than a friendly and decorous way ; nevertheless , she burned . |
| 4 | Hunterston Production Manager Ron Cooper , was one of the 42 competitors who tackled the 3.5 mile course , 1500 feet of it over rough heather . |
| 5 | Light can be thrown on the administrative efficiency of this Commissariat ( Narkomzem ) by looking into the account of an inspection of it in early 1922 . |
| 6 | I played a little bit of it back last night to listen how it , and it 's brilliant the way the picks things up ! |
| 7 | But she 's gon na get some of it back this time . |
| 8 | Well I took it out , a load of it out this morning in my hand cos he were nearly sitting on it ! |
| 9 | Sometimes she 'd yelp and try to run away with her back hunched and her bushy tail sweeping the ground between her legs . |
| 10 | It is gratifying to know that hardworking saint , Patrick , brought his own brewer , a priest called Mescan , on his journeys with him around 5th century Ireland . |
| 11 | She will lay her eggs only if conditions there match an instinctive code programmed into her over thousands of years . |
| 12 | The problem is that more has been coming out of the pot than going into it over recent years . |
| 13 | Rosenthal 's unpredictable style gave Rush more room for manoeuvre and he said : ‘ I always enjoy having someone playing alongside me up front because it makes life easier . ’ |
| 14 | In 1977 growing social opposition to the scale of military spending in general and the priority accorded to it over other heads of government expenditure , linked with a more specific objection against nuclear weapons culminated in the launching of political campaigns , in both the UK and the USA , to put the issue of tax-resistance onto the legislative agenda . |
| 15 | He does sometimes get into a ‘ delayed ’ mood where he thinks he has more time than he does … the reason for the square/back passes I reckon is noone moves into space for him or looks for it up front . |
| 16 | The third category has been characterized as queen 's bishops , owing their promotion largely to her influence and forming a party deliberately constructed by her over some half a dozen years ; but this view does not survive close scrutiny since only two of the alleged party were even remotely indebted to Isabella for their appointments . |