Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I suppose you 're after picking your girlfriend some strawberries now ? ’ |
| 2 | I 've been meaning to talk to you , but you 've ducked out of the building so fast after finishing your show these last two days , ’ she told him when he stopped to greet her and ask if she had heard the brilliant spontaneous earthquake joke he 'd cracked on air that morning . |
| 3 | Lindsey Walton , well-known warbird operator quietly clocked-up ten years of flying his Corsair this season . |
| 4 | As well as food and drink , get into the habit of recording your weight each day . |
| 5 | So , if the thought of baring your body this summer gives you nightmares , send your name and address on a postcard |
| 6 | Before I ball you like I used to dream of frigging my sister all those years ago . ‘ |
| 7 | She has been considering reintroducing her bill this session . |
| 8 | The only secure way of avoiding this problem is to get into the habit of clearing your screen each time you are finished with a document . |
| 9 | His restriction of liberty and her impending removal to Portsmouth and the Wrens looked like making their relationship another casualty of war . |
| 10 | Can I thank Jim very much indeed for attending our conference this morning and ask him to give us a civic welcome . |
| 11 | If people have been wavering about giving us information this might just be the thing to make them come forward |
| 12 | The mother also takes the same responsibility in teaching her daughter all things concerning the domestic duties of a wife and managing and harmonizing the affairs of a homestead . |
| 13 | Unless you are an especially skilled presenter never talk for more than half an hour without allowing your audience some kind of break . |
| 14 | Cos I well I frequently come across insists on parking his car less than that distance |
| 15 | I do what I 've got ta do but I 'm not gon na make her life any easier ! |
| 16 | Well the headmaster of this school where the kid goes to is gon na see her mum this morning so can give her the message . |
| 17 | And that is something that we shall want to look at to see what impact this has on the rest of the curriculum . |
| 18 | Thank you Mr for arranging your argument that way . |
| 19 | She asked whether someone from the DHSS could discuss the matter with members of the Hospital Medical Committee , concluding by stating her view that |
| 20 | Most owners misinterpret these problems as grief and they overcompensate by giving their dog more attention than they are used to ; they fail to realise that it howls because it is lonely and insecure ! |
| 21 | With this in mind , in the following chapter , I begin my account of modern social anthropology by showing what illumination this approach brings to beliefs which at first sight appear to require a great deal of explanation . |
| 22 | One of the game 's great half backs , manager Jarlath Cloonan gambled by playing him centre half back against Tipperary in the All Ireland semi-final . |
| 23 | One of the game 's great half backs , manager Jarlath Cloonan gambled by playing him centre half back against Tipperary in the All Ireland semi-final . |
| 24 | You do n't know that you are inadvertently causing the work to arrive late by stressing its urgency any more than you know what thoughts and feelings are going on inside the typist . |