Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then er we used to make a a big chest for her do you see . |
| 2 | Keen to integrate the building into everyday life , he has made a diagonal route through it to encourage its use as a short-cut , and has redesigned the square outside , down to recreating the original pattern of Roman paving . |
| 3 | ‘ It would take very good reasons for us to change our minds . |
| 4 | It was England who crept off , licked their wounds , and tried to come up with all sorts of weird and wonderful reasons for us beating them . |
| 5 | It shocked my manager a lot too and he 's going to be concentrating on a big relaunch of Suzanne over the next while so I think it 's a good opportunity for me to take my career more into my own hands . ’ |
| 6 | If he had had any foresight , when the Woolf-Tumim report was published , the right hon. Gentleman would have said to himself , ’ Here is a unique and historic opportunity for me to make my reputation as one of the great Home Secretaries of the 20th century . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I decided that , somewhere among the pottery and handicrafts which are sold on the Algarve , there had to be an opportunity for me to utilise my design skills and earn money without the need to park Thomas with a minder . |
| 8 | Hunt , who broke an ankle at the start of this season , said : ‘ This is a good opportunity for me to show what I can do after a bit of a difficult time . ’ |
| 9 | Another opportunity for them to do it again . |
| 10 | Where the Bill has been before a standing committee , so that Members not on the committee have had no previous opportunity to speak on the minutiae of the Bill , there is now an opportunity for them to make their points . |
| 11 | But , in a slightly weaker sense , someone may lose their autonomy if the opportunity for them to exercise their capacity to choose is removed . |
| 12 | We were in the First Division far too fleetingly and this is an opportunity for everyone to show what a big club Portsmouth really are . ’ |
| 13 | Something unforeseen and urgent had happened , since Sean had obviously known of it yesterday afternoon , and there had been no opportunity for him to inform her . |
| 14 | The application form provides an opportunity for you to join your local Branch . |
| 15 | Obviously the market is having an off day , and this is a marvellous opportunity for you to double your stake . |
| 16 | Our partnership with J. Rothschild Assurance as well as allowing us to extend our competitive advantage of service provision in a major way also provides an opportunity for us to extend our knowledge . |
| 17 | The WTB 's strategic review is therefore provides a major opportunity for us to clarify our views and influence the Board 's future direction . |
| 18 | The merger with Elsevier confirmed this view of our strategic priorities , and the refinancing this month … provides the opportunity for us to complete our withdrawal . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I said when I named the squad that the match provided an opportunity for someone to thrust himself into contention for a place in the squad to go to Lisbon next month . |
| 20 | ‘ I was paying my taxes for you to acquire your skill , I 'll have you know . |
| 21 | a story for them decided I could n't do it . |
| 22 | We had gone to the Council Offices to obtain permission for him to take it with him . |
| 23 | As you know , I made every effort to gain permission for you to see your lord again — to no avail , alas ! |
| 24 | These charities were originally administered by the Church or trustees appointed by the old vestry meetings , but with the Local Government Act of 1894 , they passed into the hands of the new parish councils , or such as still existed , for in 1893 , we find the local vicar complaining that most of the charities were dead and buried , and that Thomas Towers promised to give twenty shillings each Christmas Day , very kind of him no doubt , but unfortunately he left no provision for anybody to give it after he was dead , so that in his case he and benefaction are both dead and buried . |
| 25 | And a loathing for him seized her . |
| 26 | ‘ All it tells us is he must 've had a foreign accent for them to give him a name like that . |
| 27 | I kept waiting in dread for someone to tap you on the shoulder and say , ‘ By the way , you know Damian is chairman of Flint Investments International ! ’ ’ |
| 28 | It would have been an unnecessary and cruel blow for her to see her old home in its state of decay . |
| 29 | Perhaps this surrender to the invading power of God 's Spirit , this willingness for him to take us and break us and use us , IS one of the prime lessons which the charismatic movement throughout the churches is teaching us at the present time . |
| 30 | But if she 'd been frank from the outset and had admitted to him that she 'd been sent by his stepmother with the plea for him to visit her the result would have been short and sharp . |