Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , most of the Gujerati women I spoke to I met through English classes they attended , through workmates and mutual friends , not through social workers and community workers . |
| 2 | When he applied for judicial review he did not know whether his tariff exceeded 20 years , but on 10 April 1990 his solicitors were informed by the Home Office that it did not . |
| 3 | This 26-year-old married businessman was beaten up , burned and sexually assaulted by a torture gang ‘ and the six-man gang tried to tear out their victim 's toenails with pliers — then ripped off adhesive tape they had stuck to his genitals … |
| 4 | Even allowing for delicious exaggeration it still added up to a horrifying picture and she began to wish she had n't even tried to get into the company . |
| 5 | Whenever a fast is undertaken for selfish ends it must be resisted . |
| 6 | I knew you 'd thought of something , and when you asked for extra milk it was n't hard to guess what it was . ’ |
| 7 | Professional designers will come out with all sorts of advice but as this is intended for normal people I 'll suggest that you just go with what looks right to you . |
| 8 | If the debtor refuses to attend for oral examination he is liable to be committed to prison for contempt of court . |
| 9 | If she is serious about knitting for other people she must do four things . |
| 10 | Coach Keith Richardson has named his team but its being treated as classified information he wants to keep Northampton guessing … 007 has the day off but morese code from Kingsholm tells us skipper Ian Smith will be back in the team … |
| 11 | Gorbachev had no doubt that the socialist choice in October 1917 had been the right one ; nor could Marx be blamed for subsequent developments he had obviously been unable to foresee . |
| 12 | If I had to Oxford my finger might have come off bythe time I got there |
| 13 | I have already mentioned the stipulation that before I could qualify for married status I should have passed two language exams . |
| 14 | When boys tried for easy money they generally sold what belonged to others ; when girls were similarly tempted they were more inclined to sell themselves . |
| 15 | Even if they are not inhibited from applying for special treatment they may suffer some loss of self-respect in receiving the service free . |
| 16 | When the powder is mixed with cold water it first of all dissolves to a creamy white paste and then slowly sets to a hard solid . |
| 17 | But if , by manipulation , some of the yellow cytoplasm is squeezed into adjacent cells they too will develop muscle , something they would never do normally . |
| 18 | Mr Jones said : ‘ He did make reference to the letter in the speech that he made and he did make positive noises but whether they will translate into positive actions we 'll have to wait and see . ’ |
| 19 | When DMS interacts with atmospheric oxygen it can create clouds over the ocean and can determine how much solar heat reaches the surface . |
| 20 | Her husband Alex , 45 , said : ‘ Hopefully , when he is dealt with at a magistrates court later for driving with excess alcohol he will be banned for a long time . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Hopefully , when he is dealt with at a magistrates court later for driving with excess alcohol he will be banned for a long time . ’ |
| 22 | hang on to somebody elses tail lights , it gives us a false sense of security watch your speed , you may be going much faster than you think , do not speed up to get away from the vehicle which is too close behind you , remember that if you 're driving with heavy people it may take longer to pull up and speed on ahead , warning signals or |
| 23 | Since almost all those on death row come from impoverished backgrounds they lack the funds to hire their own attorney and will be appointed counsel by the Court . |
| 24 | When referrals have come from other professionals it is important to get back to the parents ' view rather than working from the information in the referral letter . |
| 25 | Decorated in Venetian style it is close to all the major city sights — St. Mark 's Square — but also neighbours the less frequented old quarter of Venice full of picturesque ancient houses , tiny bridges and canals . |
| 26 | After being educated in private schools he was apprenticed to a mechanical engineer , and before the age of twenty-one had attained a position of responsibility in the works . |
| 27 | Without exploring drivers ’ memories for driving in other circumstances it is impossible to know what normal memory performance in driving would be expected to be . |
| 28 | I thought it would be fun to discover from old volumes I possess how Punch handled the elections of 1906 , 1910 and 1919 . |
| 29 | Given the amount of calls and the fact that they 're telephoned in different areas it seems a lot of trouble to go through if it was a hoax . |
| 30 | ‘ They 'd told me that as I was caught in civilian clothes I was going to be treated as a spy , and every time I heard those shots I thought ‘ My turn tomorrow ’ . ' |