Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a most interesting essay in the recent volume of Essays on the Depopulation of Melanesia the great psychologist W. H. R. Rivers adduces evidence which has led him to believe that the natives of that unfortunate archipelago are dying out principally for the reason that the ‘ Civilization ’ forced upon them has deprived them of all interest in life . |
| 2 | But nothing has prepared us for this divine outburst . |
| 3 | But no-one has dismissed it as a rogue poll . |
| 4 | A clergyman in his late thirties recently said : ‘ No-one has asked me about my praying since I was ordained ! ’ — whether he wanted anyone to ask him was not clear , but the implication was that he needed it ! |
| 5 | No-one has thought it worth their while to eulogize or anathematize schools like Burleigh . |
| 6 | No-one has set me above this people . |
| 7 | ‘ Something or someone has frightened you off men . |
| 8 | A good abstract painting is an experiment I do n't have to conduct because someone has done it for me . |
| 9 | A good abstract painting is an experiment I do n't have to conduct because someone has done it for me . |
| 10 | ‘ She looks like someone has punched her in the mouth , ’ said one pal . |
| 11 | We are not so silent at home as this panegyric of yours has forced us to be here . ’ |
| 12 | BLOODY HELL — SOMEONE 'S BEATEN US TO IT ! |
| 13 | Someone 's beaten us to it . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Someone 's tipped him off that Sabine Jourdain was painting Durance 's pictures . |
| 15 | Firstly I do n't think there 's a substantial disagreement between Yeltsin and the so called hard liners , except over the question of timing so as to win the market and someone 's introduced them to the Soviet Union , and secondly I do n't think you can treat Boris Yeltsin as some kind of democrat at all , on August the twelfth he threatened to rule Russia by decree just at the definitely senators and the Russian nationalism and he built some sort of support and I , I think it 's very wrong to characterise the events there with the revolution , more it 's been , it 's been much more of a power struggle between different sections of the you know , the elite there along the lines of the events in Romania . |
| 16 | Well , some someone 's got it by post . |
| 17 | If er someone 's taken it for a ride and dumped it near you then can you call Nottingham and it 's Dawn who wants her car back anything I can do you for three four three four three four is the number to ring . |
| 18 | If we make sure of the right answer to these questions we will develop the full , clear picture of God that he himself has given us in his revelation . |
| 19 | Nobody has seen him since that day . |
| 20 | Her family 's history , although nobody has recorded it in such detail , seems to have been almost as adventurous as that of the Crankos . |
| 21 | This is a relative newcomer to the hobby , so new that nobody has slotted them into a genus yet . |
| 22 | Other radicals demanded that foreign policy should no longer be at the mercy of " the ideas , valuations and methods of a sporting aristo-plutocracy " or " the obscure convolutions of diplomatic staffs " , that " there must be an end of the secret diplomacy which has plunged us into this catastrophe " and that the working classes should " lay down our own terms , make our own proclamations , establish our own diplomacy " . |
| 23 | Most of the federally owned land in the area is run by BLM , which has apportioned it for extensive commercial mining and ranching as well as for recreational use . |
| 24 | Along the Thai border , the Khmer Rouge leaders can function with impunity , courtesy of the Thai Army which has supported them as its most effective weapon against Vietnam , Thailand 's largest security concern . |
| 25 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
| 26 | Kendall has doggedly maintained that , despite Everton 's dreadful run which has dragged them towards the bottom of the Premier League , there is nothing intrinsically wrong with his side . |
| 27 | Many people have been glad of this device over the years , which has saved them from death or serious injury . |
| 28 | Chelsea moved swiftly after Saturday 's cruciate knee ligament injury to Paul Elliott , which has robbed them of their defensive kingpin for a year . |
| 29 | The reply , which has mystified me until this day , was , ‘ Oh ! we did n't know you meant that one ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Which brings me to this report which has reached me from Vargas in London via his cousin here in Berlin , the man Rivera . ’ |