Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way , people lose their virginity , experiment with drink or drugs , run up debts , consider divorce and even vote for political parties they swore they would never support . |
| 2 | Livermore said : ‘ For 70 minutes he showed tremendous enthusiasm . |
| 3 | In general for specific cases it seems better to replace the word " sensible " with stated limits ( Example 100 ) . |
| 4 | Briefing sessions on the new , new kit for full-time officials we think these should be extended to branch secretaries as well because if a person rings up and advi asks for advice , he ca n't get that advice , it shows the union up in bad light . |
| 5 | As directors of WHO non-communicable disease collaborating centres and key officials in centres for non-communicable diseases we declare that a concerted global action needs to be initiated to develop national and regional infrastructures to alleviate the financial expense and cost in human suffering from non-communicable diseases in the next millennium . |
| 6 | for anatomical reasons it proved impossible to cannulate the portal vein in four patients , two were referred for surgical intervention , and one patient has required further admission for transfusion because of bleeding from portal gastropathy . |
| 7 | For eight minutes she struggled unsuccessfully , changing her posture , hammer grip and the position of the nut , while Ricci rested nearby , apparently just keeping an absent-minded eye on her daughter . |
| 8 | And for eight hours she devoted herself to sufferers and staff — smiling , chatting and listening . |
| 9 | In August 1920 , almost by chance , he was attached for a year to the small peacetime signal intelligence organization in London , and was then posted to Simla in India , where for eight years he performed cipher-breaking duties with remarkable success . |
| 10 | For eight years I had revelled in the dual careers of journalism and broadcasting , between 1929 and 1937 , and these years coincided with the ‘ boom to bust ’ period , winding up with the deepest depression of the century . |
| 11 | ULSTER Unionist MP John Taylor today refused to apologise for controversial remarks he made about the murder of Roman Catholics by loyalists . |
| 12 | Courses in Accountancy and European and Human Rights Law are being set up and it is hoped that as many pupils as possible will attend them , but for economic reasons it has been decided not to make them compulsory this year . |
| 13 | ‘ I came to see you about some notes I sent your husband . |
| 14 | Do you remember I phoned you a week or two ago about some books I wanted ? |
| 15 | I remembered that I had promised to see her about some poems she had written and had nervously asked me to read . |
| 16 | But if Berowne had been seeking a moment for further confidences it had disappeared . |
| 17 | For different purposes we find it convenient to use words in different senses . |
| 18 | After unsuccessful attempts to sell his enormous stock of prints through public auctions he retired to his wife 's house , suitably named ‘ The Retreat ’ . |
| 19 | For thirty-nine years he had devoted himself to the British public . |
| 20 | ‘ For 30 years we have asked for it to be culverted and we have been promised that it will be done . |
| 21 | YOUR LAST CHANCE TO FILL UP FOR 30 MILES it read . |
| 22 | A producer recently told me of a quote he was given to use a piece of music from the '60s — for 30 seconds it came to £40,000 ! |
| 23 | And when the flat 's not in use for entertaining clients I like to make it available to all my employees . ’ |
| 24 | For 12 days we enjoyed pulses , rice , vegetables , fish and fruit ; we never felt hungry and every meal was a joy . |
| 25 | For 12 years he aided Tony Hart in making children 's television more entertaining . |
| 26 | Between clenched teeth he quoted the words of the nineteenth century poet Phan Van Tri . |
| 27 | Since both CREB and ATFI are able to function as transcriptional activators it seems more likely that CREB/ATF1 heterodimers would be activators and not repressors . |
| 28 | So during windy days you do better working burrows with entrances unaffected by wind . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | They 'd been delighted therefore to renew acquaintanceship at the beginning of the tour ; and thereafter had spent many an hour together , talking about old comrades they 'd known — those who 'd come through , and those who had n't … and reminiscing about some of the ‘ local talent ’ the GIs had been only too happy to discover , in Oxford itself and in some of the surrounding towns and villages . |