Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , if you 're still lying in the tub , staring at that cracked sink , why not think about transforming your smallest room ? |
| 2 | As a result , we are generally rather poor listeners , tending to build blocks to good listening , such as allowing our own ideas and opinions to obscure the message . ’ |
| 3 | Much love to you both — and renewed thanks for including me last week . |
| 4 | There was something about seeing him that way , first thing in the morning , dressed as she 'd never seen him before , in a cotton knit shirt and snug , faded jeans , that had made her throat tighten . |
| 5 | We are also indebted to the Minister and the Whips for allowing us adequate time in which to adduce our arguments . |
| 6 | It is argued , by many people , that this is an unacceptable price to pay for allowing our domestic cats to roam freely . |
| 7 | BRITAIN 'S big banks stirred up a storm last night after threatening to charge customers for using their own money . |
| 8 | Faced with the possibility that IBM Corp is to reduce the royalties for using its Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking code , and despite its membership of the APPI Forum backing the proposed open Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking standard , Westborough , Massachusetts-based Proteon International Inc believes that APPN is set to become the industry standard . |
| 9 | Mr Greenway , 58 , correctwas accused of accepting foreign holidays and gifts in return for using his parliamentary influence to help an Austrian company win British Rail contracts . |
| 10 | In the meantime , here are some tips for using our old friend the male condom . |
| 11 | girls are presented with a dilemma between maintaining their feminine identities or becoming closely identified with the study of physics . |
| 12 | At each end of the centre or top of the stetch he placed a hazel-stick , taken from the hedge and peeled so that the white pith acted as a sight for drawing his first furrow . |
| 13 | But her own perspective was different : Durance had told Joseph that Leary was living nearby but Joseph had done nothing about contacting his old friend until he needed an alibi for the night of the murder . |
| 14 | Soon after Naxos , Athens undertook a big aggressive campaign in the south-eastern Aegean , under Kimon 's leadership ; this was perhaps in response to allied discontent at the way the league was turning into a machine for policing its own members . |
| 15 | Similarly , restaurant management have wider responsibilities for building their own branch 's business than would the managers of most branded operations . |
| 16 | That chance arose in 1988 when Colorgraphic acquired P&W as a vehicle for building its direct mail printing business north of the border . |
| 17 | All the components of this dialogue box can be freely positioned to produce a custom box for building your own applications within Quatro Pro . |
| 18 | In Norman Nicholson 's Lake District anthology , he is sensibly clear-headed about including his own work where he thinks it is useful . |
| 19 | Generally speaking , people in this room are sitting around relaxing ; they are n't bustling about generating their own heat so the atmosphere around them needs to be kept at a comfortable temperature . |
| 20 | Only the Queen , with a total annual income from the state of £475,000 , came out at better than American rates — $1,330,000 — but two-thirds of that sum was specifically for maintaining her enormous household . |
| 21 | When they behave illegally , they could be required to pay for publicizing their own failures , negligence , indifference , apathy , and greed , and also the names , photographs , and misdeeds of each corporate offender . |
| 22 | It 's worth contacting your local County Council Planning Department for more information . |
| 23 | This means that , if you do pursue an appeal , you should not overlook any relevant time limits for pursuing your statutory rights . |
| 24 | Drenching even a few rooms , with foam and then a chemical spray seems to me a high penalty for catching what American police forces call a perpetrator . |
| 25 | Thanks for seeing me this evening er |
| 26 | Right that 's , that 's , that 's lovely Ian anyway thanks very much for seeing me this evening erm well as I say I 'll go away and prepare some figures and then I 'll , I 'll see you what , what say Wednesday next week ? |
| 27 | ‘ And if you really are serious about pursuing your ridiculous claim for custody , I shall make damned sure that the court knows all about you . |
| 28 | Undoubtedly that takes much time , and the GKN Group is to be congratulated for encouraging its senior executives to play such an important part in an organisation that achieves such excellent work in Shropshire . |
| 29 | Although she enjoys the aesthetic value of wild flowers , her reason for encouraging their widespread growth is principally scientific . |
| 30 | What about bringing your own lights |