Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun pl] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the moment you take the big glass off my hands you will have the sole responsibility for it . |
| 2 | As zero hour was reached , and punctually to the very minute our barrage lifted , through my glasses I could clearly observe our skirmishers leave their trenches and move steadily forward ; here and there I could even distinguish the smoke puffs of bursting bombs . |
| 3 | Through my binoculars I could see the white wing bars and the slightly bizarre face pattern : two small blobs of white — like false eyes — on his forehead . |
| 4 | Transport of trees presented no problem : packed in chests with moss about their roots they could be kept out of ground two or three months , provided it was a dormant season . |
| 5 | However , if males differ in their quality , it could pay females to be choosy about which males they will mate with . |
| 6 | If you were going to worry about her feelings you would n't have started the affair in the first place . ’ |
| 7 | If Nutty had known how Nails intended to get the money for her fees she would have been shocked . |
| 8 | For her subjects it will undoubtedly confirm our respect and affection for her as a person ; but , more importantly , by its sequential emphasis , it reasserts the awesome spiritual power with which she is invested . |
| 9 | Oh , he 'd had a lot of silly nonsense to put up with , but that was only on the surface , he knew that really , and now that the children were off their hands they could be together more and she 'd be less hasty . |
| 10 | Most dogs live for about 10 years on average , and during their lives they will come into contact with possibly hundreds of people and other dogs , as well as other animals such as cats and horses . |
| 11 | When the wind blew through her fingers she 'd be all right . |
| 12 | If you are in any doubt about its contents you should consult your stockbroker , bank manager , accountant or other professional adviser , authorised under the Financial Services Act 1986 . |
| 13 | I have just found your September 92 issue , and having spent most of the day with my nose between its covers I shall put it on order with my local Smiths on Monday . |
| 14 | If doctors are to provide broad educational experiences for their students they must be trained to do so . |
| 15 | If it was n't for their guns you 'd laugh . |
| 16 | In return for their addresses he would allow me to stop doing press-ups in the mud . |
| 17 | Aye , if I do n't get one of them bags she 'll not no , I 'll ca n't get no more . |
| 18 | I 've done all that for you and if you follow any of my menus you should lose weight . |
| 19 | internal bleeding , right so the internal bleeding sometimes shows itself externally , for example if I had damage to my lungs or severe damage to the inside of my lungs I 'd cough up blood and that 's in , what do you think ? |
| 20 | Mr Deputy Speaker I I 'm grateful to the honourable gentleman for posing the central question and I hope in the course of my remarks I will satisfy the house , if not all Labour members , that the settlement proposals are at is all to the good and delivered by councils throughout Wales and that they offer enough money er to avoid sacking essential staff , certainly the offer enough money to avoid sacking any teacher who is needed in the classroom . |
| 21 | Had we been at the house of my parents we would have shared the fate of the rest of the family … |
| 22 | ‘ Watch out , Inspector , if you can talk like that in response to one of my brainwaves we 'll have you working here . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ If it concerns one of my clients you must appreciate my position is quite clear . ’ |
| 24 | To the end of my days I shall continue to defend this government and to attack the rabble opposite . |
| 25 | And the he sent one of my lads we used to do a lot in the area for him , and obviously he ca n't afford to spend too much so h we sent one man in the little van to get this pool table from a working man 's club in New in er Nottingham . |
| 26 | Nevertheless we are generally satisfied that both committees , that 's the English and the Welsh committees , have done a thorough job and on behalf of my colleagues I would certainly like to pay tribute to those who served on those committees who I believe discharged their responsibilities with great professionalism in circumstances made unnecessarily difficult by ministerial dithering and delay . |
| 27 | When they heard John or Jennie coming towards their dressing-rooms they would hastily open any windows and try to wave the smoke out . |
| 28 | In the view of their Lordships it can only be in rare cases that a taxpayer with a principal place of business in Hong Kong can earn profits which are not chargeable to profits tax under section 14 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance . |
| 29 | Trains had been laid on to despatch them to all parts of the country , so that for the rest of their lives they would be able to recall a few moments of honour , even glory . |
| 30 | Scientific theories have often been cherished when in the eyes of their critics they ought to have perished . |