Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [det] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasons for this we consider to be legitimate business affairs . |
| 2 | To understand the reasons for this we need to look at penal policy in a wider economic and social framework . |
| 3 | Mr Major defied the wise saw which says that the British people are happy to pay more tax in order to get better public services , and played the issue of Labour 's higher taxes for all it was worth : it was worth the difference between an overall majority of 21 and a hung Parliament . |
| 4 | Well let's not say all nine planets for all we know they 'll discover a new one tomorrow . |
| 5 | I kept my word to Jenkins and backed his proposals for all I was worth as a welcome , if minor , rationalization of the creaking old eighteenth-century ox-wagon of our criminal law . |
| 6 | And we can make whatever judgments about that we want to , as a group , I wo n't exclude anything Sue . |
| 7 | Contrary to all expectations , ten minutes later she was seated at the washbasin , and forty minutes after that she emerged from the salon feeling refreshed and certainly different . |
| 8 | He had to wait a quarter of an hour , but six or seven minutes after that he was climbing the weedy steps to the quay on the other side . |
| 9 | Bung 'em at the baddies for all you 're worth , but do n't waste 'em — you 've only got a limited supply ! |
| 10 | She was screaming and waggling her legs for all she was worth , but the cruel loops of nylon had her about the wrists , the kite was in the jaws of the wind , and she was already well out of reach even if I had wanted to catch her . |
| 11 | There will be a Raffle as on previous such occasions and to raise funds for this it was suggested that we hold a ‘ Bring and Buy ’ home produce and cake sale at the October Q.T. Day . |
| 12 | ‘ I was busy composing a graceful speech of thanks for all you 've done for me . ’ |
| 13 | Thanks for all you 've done . ’ |
| 14 | Yeah , they come round and they were all on about it and er , erm and that was it , Darren called us all into the canteen , well I , I mean Pam must have told you that I was , I could n't get over it and he said thanks for all you 've done , all your support and I thought yeah |
| 15 | It was completely anarchic , they could have been fighting for anything , cheaper teabags for all they cared , half of them . |
| 16 | I 'd love to be a record success again , but the last LP I made was so bloody personal it was ludicrous : you ca n't write songs about those you love , your children , and expect other people to buy them … |
| 17 | ‘ Just as long as you get up there in one piece and stay put all night you can crawl up on your hands and knees for all I care . ’ |
| 18 | Six months later the advertising agency was taken over by its successful rivals ; two months after that they were both incorporated in De Chavigny ( Advertising ) , a new company with offices in London , Paris , Zurich , Milan and New York , registered in the Balearic Islands , and with sole responsibility for the marketing of all de Chavigny products and investments , from steel to hotels and property , world-wide . |
| 19 | I was involved with the show that was recorded at The Marquee and I think a few months after that he called me and said he was doing an album called ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ and did n't know where to get it mixed . |
| 20 | Two or three months after that he 's got a new product out they 're trying to keep it slightly quiet and saying that it 's not a world beater and sort of er go back to their more in innovative . |
| 21 | A few months after that she had said to Rachel , |
| 22 | For several centuries after this it was persecuted . |
| 23 | In other words after that we start paying another fifteen percent . |
| 24 | Unless they of course there were different sorts of that you know even . |
| 25 | One press comment on this was that in the eyes of some it was all too late . |
| 26 | However , the best reason for making a will is that it takes the practical burden from the shoulders of those you leave behind . |
| 27 | Keep , and use , lists of those you wish to pray for regularly . |
| 28 | He was wearing winceyette pyjamas like those he had had as a child . |
| 29 | She wants to do bareback ridin' in a circus and show 'er legs like all them circus girls do . |
| 30 | With books like this we shall be much better equipped lo make a contribution . |