Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , but if you took the watch off it should stop . |
| 2 | Other long-tail types impair flight and show greater sexual dimorphism , but variation in their initial evolutionary cost suggests differences in how female preferences for them may have evolved . |
| 3 | together you and Jan between you , you and Marty between you could do that |
| 4 | Those are important and worthwhile projects , and we must ask the Government where the money for them will come from , especially if £1.4 billion is gobbled up by the proposals for King 's Cross . |
| 5 | And I think a contest between us will come off . |
| 6 | Those who have any doubts about it should note that there is scope for further improvements in productivity . |
| 7 | ‘ I knew if I was n't careful my obsession for her could destroy me . |
| 8 | Er and of course if you 're in one group , you might think that something 's trivial and you might denigrate another a group for talking about those things , when in fact that group sees it as an important talk about it might see the thing that the other group hold dear to talk about as something trivial , and to denigrate . |
| 9 | Golda Meir replied that ‘ if he was ready and willing to confront us and the world with a fait accompli [ i.e. annexation of Arab Palestine ] — the traditional friendship between us would continue and we would certainly find a common language in arranging matters of interest to both sides . ’ |
| 10 | The decisions you make concerning the right goals for you will depend on your current weight , your optimum weight , and the eating and exercise habits you recorded in your preparation phase . |
| 11 | A second ploy used by buyers is the ‘ sell cheap , the future looks bright ’ technique : ‘ We can not pretend that our offer meets you on price , but the real pay-off for you will come in terms of future sales . ’ |
| 12 | Explaining this popularity is not difficult : Edmund was himself killed by the Danes , and it was perhaps only natural that veneration for him should grow in the area which had formed his kingdom , and seen a great deal of the renewed conflict between Danes and English . |
| 13 | A good picture is worth any number of words for it can communicate a point quickly and succinctly , and in any language . |
| 14 | So where , if I 'm putting twelve thousand in for sort of a , a holding fund for , for individuals I might put three thousand into a local society so they can pop down to the Nottingham Building Society for any bits and pieces , and th the , the bulk of it can go into a postal account to , with a better rate . |
| 15 | A DoT spokesman said : ‘ These trips of his may sound like jolly larks , but he is being very irresponsible . |
| 16 | I 'm here to tell you that if Alan is right and big Arnie ( pictured left ) did the body beautiful business behind the Co that night , anyone who happened to take a photograph of him should send it in to me pronto . |
| 17 | It reminded her of the old days when just a passing glance of his could reduce her to a state of burning confusion . |
| 18 | Under the present definition of such schemes , the beneficiaries of them may include not only present employees of the company concerned , but also employees , or former employees , of it or any company in the same group , and the spouses , widows or widowers , children or step-children under the age of 18 , of any such employees . |
| 19 | Oh , there 's a piece of I should imagine there 's bits of puzzles under the chairs anyway . |
| 20 | Some aspects of it may shock you . ’ |
| 21 | However , it would help the student if he were introduced to it briefly and with simplicity , not only because a knowledge of serialism is essential to an understanding of today 's music , but also because so many aspects of it can enrich other methods of composition , even in other styles and idioms . |
| 22 | save up because fifty pound of it 'll go to my mum to ma , erm mum 's birthday present |
| 23 | For example , It turned scarlet does not entail It turned red , since the referent of it may have been some other shade of red to begin with ; nor , obviously , does the reverse entailment hold . |
| 24 | They take for granted , that if Christianity were true , the light of it must have been more general , and the evidence of it more satisfactory … if any of these persons are , upon the whole , in doubt concerning the truth of Christianity ; their behaviour seems owing to their taking for granted , through strange inattention , that such doubting is , in a manner , the same thing as being certain against it . |
| 25 | He wondered why Pinkie mentioned Laura , then realised with sinking heart that she was no longer keeping her discontent to herself and the echo of it must have travelled for some distance . |
| 26 | A child will learn far more about a dandelion if he has to draw it because to draw it he must observe it very carefully and the drawing of it will implant the shape and colour and texture firmly in his mind , even though his drawing may not be very good or life-like . |
| 27 | She began inching towards him , hugging the face of the cliff , praying that the rock beneath her would hold . |
| 28 | People are bound to miss Gary Lineker but successors like me must score a few and establish reputations of their own . ’ |
| 29 | Tessa Sanderson , the great Olympic medallist , is associated with the ‘ Go for Gold ’ scheme … and your association with it will help push the appeal towards its target of £100,000 . |
| 30 | The conventions are so rigorous that any break with them would require a new genre ; the editorial leaflet makes this clear enough : |