Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pers pn] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those are all reasons for us to have pride in our health service , rather than denigrating the achievements of all our public-spirited NHS staff . |
| 2 | Shortly after my return , the Governor was to make a tour of Central Burma and it seemed a great opportunity for me to gauge conditions outside Rangoon , so I was invited to accompany him . |
| 3 | This debate is an opportunity for me to pay tribute , as he did , to the excellent management skills and work of Iain MacKinnon and his task force . |
| 4 | The Isle of Man TT races provide an opportunity for him to combine work and pleasure , though this year will be the last he attends the event . |
| 5 | Established in 1978 , this group has grown rapidly , and there is considerable opportunity for you to gain management experience . |
| 6 | The College is celebrating its centenary this year and this will be an opportunity for us to give thanks to God for its tremendous work in preparing men and women for christian service at home and abroad . |
| 7 | Rotary committee chairman Tony Dennett said : ‘ The lunch is an ideal opportunity for us to provide hospitality to these students who are a long way from home . ’ |
| 8 | In order to make the plaintiff 's task easier , the Act makes provision for him to sue own-branders , suppliers and importers in certain circumstances . |
| 9 | There will no doubt be an excuse for them to drink vodka together again soon . |
| 10 | When she came back from a date with the Prince she would be full of sympathy for him uttering phrases like ‘ they work him too hard ’ or ‘ it 's appalling the way they push him around . ’ |
| 11 | So I needed no more prompting than a letter from Sean Constable of Runcorn for me to choose Marcus Miller on Sanborn 's Hey for this month 's analysis ( enjoy your Elites , Sean ) . |
| 12 | And it would n't be me , so , that killed you , but God himself , for if he wanted you alive , sure he 'd hold back the tide for you like Moses and the Red Sea ! ’ |
| 13 | It was a change for him to evince curiosity . |
| 14 | His name was a plea for him to take control and end this before it began . |
| 15 | That 'll be another scam for her to get money ! |
| 16 | Deputy Head ( Staff ) : ‘ Provide a broader base for you to gain satisfaction until promotion becomes possible ? ’ |
| 17 | Somehow the salmonella knows it is not E. coli even though it would not require many mutations for it to become E. coli , or the reverse . |
| 18 | Income for them includes taxation , which provides no measure of the willingness of the community to pay . |
| 19 | For the first , public ownership is a virtual absolute , the derogations from it minimal and the necessity for them requiring proof . |
| 20 | We intend to place the money in our building fund and it is also a faith-building experience for us to see God blessing us in this way . |
| 21 | A complete energy spectrum of all neutrons was needed but Fleischmann 's earlier hope that he could send cells to Harwell for them to make measurements on had been thwarted by customs and excise regulations . |
| 22 | For Annabel , it was merely a means of filling in time before she starts rehearsals for her starring role in Cinderella in Norwich this month , when she appears with Gary Webster , of Minder , dancer Lionel Blair , and ‘ a lady from Teabag ’ , whose name she could n't remember . |
| 23 | Oh , no , never say that he did not like them , after all her hard work and the writing of them in the small hours after her demanding duties as a dogsbody had already tired her ! |
| 24 | It was a big deal for me to meet Johnny Thunders on the Anarchy Tour . |
| 25 | Breathing easier , she took the weight off her trembling legs by sitting on the end of the bed . |
| 26 | We had a trysting-place , the cat and I , a strip of tiled pavement behind the villa surrounded by bushes for it to take refuge in should Marie Claire or Nour approach . |
| 27 | Although I am myself very much in favour of people going to the theatre and reading books it is very useful for my research for me to play devil 's advocate on these activities and to ask ‘ Why should people go to the theatre ? ’ and ‘ Why should people read books ? ’ |
| 28 | court had discretion to order defence to be struck out unless defendant underwent medical examination to determine whether he was capable of remembering the accident where he was the only witness for his pleaded defence . |
| 29 | ‘ At the moment we are talking to TV , radio and even some promoters in the States about us doing work there . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I asked — and I mean asked — you to get back into the car for you own safety . |