Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] [det] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Capitalism is a system of producing profit and gain for a few at the expense of others . |
| 2 | You 've now all seen a project quality plan , but I 'd just like to go through a few of the headings just to advise you where I think the benefits lie . |
| 3 | She hoped it would throw Maurin off guard , persuade him she had come for a little of his flirtatious conversation at the least , a few more questions about Durance and Sabine Jourdain at the most . |
| 4 | It lies in the same × 7 field with Epsilon . |
| 5 | The cluster lies in the same × 7 or × 8.5 field , together with a fainter star , 13 Monocerotis ( 4.5 ) . |
| 6 | Yes and he 's very , very difficult to feed himself , to get the food in because , you know , he liked to come in a half past ten and bully me to cook things for him that 's why sometimes I used to run up to bed and pretend I was asleep . |
| 7 | Though natural light was obviously not an amenity they thought much of , there are traces of glazing in a few of those infrequent and shapeless holes that howl in the wind ; elsewhere , of a primitive and not altogether unsuccessful stab at ferrocrete . |
| 8 | Following the implementation of the new Financial Services Act , licensed dealers dragged their nets to pull in a few of the old-style hard sell merchants . |
| 9 | So in our search for innovation we decided , without much conviction , to concentrate on a few of the rapidly developing fields , that is on the current fashions such as biotechnology , new materials , lasers and the like , but the emphasis was to be on supporting the research whose main objective was to improve understanding in these fields rather than on products . |
| 10 | I peered at a few of them , identifying Filmer and Daffodil 's Laurentide Ice as a light grey colt with brittle-looking bones , the Lorrimores ' Voting Right as an unremarkable bay , and the Youngs ' Sparrowgrass as a bright chestnut with a white star and sock . |
| 11 | Well Sandy , we 've only looked at a few of the things in your shed and a very few of your photographs but it 's been fascinating . |
| 12 | The deciding game between Angela Corry and Ruth was won by the latter after a time scramble . |
| 13 | But to say it was superseded by the latter in the seventeenth century is not entirely true . |
| 14 | This holster will allow it to be carried by a few of those who presently have no means of looking after a throwline . |
| 15 | In fact , the separatist movement which developed in Sicily after 1943 proved short-lived , though its disappearance is still mourned by a few as ‘ the end of the Sicilian nation ’ . |
| 16 | We flick through a few of them , Gilbert and George pointing out the anachronistic charm of the airbrushed male nudes . |
| 17 | He 's gon na see him again , do n't get me wrong , Doctor said he 'll send for the both of us , right ? |
| 18 | So , a victory for Oxford United ; it came after a few of the supporters had left the ground , it came in injury time — Oxford United one , Portsmouth nil , reporting on the match , a very happy Nick Harris . |
| 19 | ‘ He showed them Viet Cong a thing or two , I could do with a few like 'im round 'ere . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ That was a game we should have won after taking a two goal lead , and I think it 's still rankles with a few of the lads . |
| 21 | Depending on the precise circumstances it may be found that Master Smith is the settlor so that if he has any interest in the trust he may be taxed upon the same under , for instance , TA 1988 , s683 , or alternatively , if he has no interest under the trust , any payment to his minor unmarried children could be taxable upon him ( Master Smith ) under TA 1988 , s663 . |
| 22 | Hovering in the background to it all was the commanding officer ( played by Eric Barker , also to be seen in a few of the other early ‘ Carry On ’ films ) and his instruction that was so familiar to every ‘ sprog ’ who ever put on a uniform , ‘ Carry on Sergeant ’ . |
| 23 | Listen to no more of his nonsense , I beg you ! |
| 24 | 63b ) are also-probably related to the former at an integral level of affinity . |
| 25 | And all officers and ministers whatsoever shall serve their Majestyes and their successors according to the same in all times to come … |
| 26 | He likes watching TV with his father and is keen to talk to the latter about the programmes they see together . |
| 27 | He likes watching TV with his father and is keen to talk to the latter about the programmes they see together . |
| 28 | No longer you have to grovel through the woods each spring in hopes of stumbling across a few of these delectable fungi . |
| 29 | Token bets had been made by a few on the opposing Southern team , so Rex was able to ‘ collect ’ from long time colleagues as well as being presented with a cheque b Mr Ellis . |
| 30 | Two substances that look about the same under light , or in other words , reflect light in about the same way , may be totally different in regard to how much sound they absorb or reflect . |