Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [noun] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul Girouard in The Return to Camelot pointed out that the chivalric code of conduct ‘ never recovered from the Great War partly because the War itself was such a shattering of illusions , partly because it helped to produce a world in which the necessary conditions for chivalry were increasingly absent ’ and that the absence of so many men at the Front ‘ had put women in a position of responsibility which made many of them distrust chivalry as a form of concealed slavery ’ . |
| 2 | Essential meaning I introduce Gerry to a few friendly drinks . |
| 3 | ‘ When I deny things in an existence out of the mind , I do not mean my own mind in particular , but all minds . |
| 4 | Does that I mean work by a from now on . |
| 5 | And I mean it is your sort of second home , and the guys that you work with every every week , I mean sort of become , I mean it 's a bit of a cliche to say , but I mean part of a family that you living out there that you live with out there and it is a real I mean when you think of the number that was lost , I mean there were a lot of close friends involved in it . |
| 6 | I eat breakfast in a hall full of silent women . |
| 7 | ‘ I bring greetings from a distant star , ’ said Chico Nixon . |
| 8 | ‘ I remain Chairman of a large company , Harrison and Crosfield , Chairman of the Dover Harbour Board , which is also looking towards privatisation , and I 've got a number of charities I 'm involved in . |
| 9 | ‘ I hate paperwork as a general rule , but as it 's for the good of the villagers , I 'll sort it out for you . |
| 10 | For clothes , I suggest catalogues for a good selection . |
| 11 | Said Granada 's Controller of Sport Paul Doherty : ‘ I told the ITV lawyers that I consider this unfair restriction of trade and I want ITV as a body to challenge it in the courts . |
| 12 | On my way back to Anastasia , I catch sight of a tree-creeper and watch him flit from tree to tree , scurrying mouse-like up their trunks as though nothing else had ever happened here . |
| 13 | At a great height I catch sight of a colobus . |
| 14 | On his way back to his office , Patterson caught my eye and without breaking his stride , he tapped his wristwatch ( I put odds on a Rolex ) and held up five fingers . |
| 15 | When I was at the , I put worms in a jam jar . |
| 16 | When I explain that I read books for a living , people launch into a frenzy of apologetic explanation : ‘ I do n't have the time ! ’ ; |
| 17 | I enjoy spirit in a woman until I 'm ready to crush it . |
| 18 | To me the justification really depends on the fact that I view Shakespeare as a terminal good . |
| 19 | To me , the justification really depends on the fact that I view Shakespeare as a terminal good . |
| 20 | In the second part of this chapter , I present evidence from a survey of the denominational affiliation of DUP activists . |
| 21 | I set fire to a barn , not realising that there was a sick cow in there that perished , and I got three years ’ approved school . |
| 22 | A woman I know works as a tax inspector . |
| 23 | I have to say I like Giles as a commentator and a punid . |
| 24 | ‘ But I like femininity in a woman . |
| 25 | I like Chris for a boy . |
| 26 | I like advertising with a product I believe in so |
| 27 | I teach English at a girls ’ school . ’ |
| 28 | I remember Basil as an equable and popular small child with shoulder-length curls . |
| 29 | ‘ If the guy I marry turns into a fat slob , ’ avers Miss Minogue , ‘ I 'd warn him about his cholesterol level , tell him to cut down on booze and fatty foods , and take exercise . |
| 30 | Er so I suppose y'know in a sense that 's true , there is the sort of sexual element to some of that bullying that goes on . |