Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without even knowing it , we may make assumptions about them based on the fact that they 're called Charles rather than Kevin . |
| 2 | However , to the extent that our assumptions for thinking about them remain within the framework which derives from Weberian thought , we may well not recognize them for what they may be . |
| 3 | There are jokes even now when I go in the market about them glowing in the dark . ’ |
| 4 | But some gun dealers have stopped selling replicas , because they 're worried about them falling into the wrong hands . |
| 5 | The way I think of the band is kind of like puzzle pieces ; to me the secret of an effective arrangement is not for everyone to push towards the same kind of sound , but for everyone to play something that 's contrasting but interlocking , so that when you listen to the song , all the pieces fall into place around each other . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ It was an opportunity for everyone connected with the project , both BNFL staff and contractors , to bring in their families and explain what THORP is all about . |
| 7 | Its great for everyone connected with the club etc etc . |
| 8 | The whole chapter is ridiculous , for example when Alice asked to sit down she was told there was no room , by the characters already sitting there , yet there was plenty of room for everyone to move round the table several times before returning to their original places . |
| 9 | In many households it is conventional for everyone to retire at the same time , and to re-emerge simultaneously in the morning , with scant toleration being shown to individuals who do not conform . |
| 10 | O'Neill said : ‘ It 's bloody awful for everyone associated with the horse and it has n't really sunk in yet . |
| 11 | So stop worrying about me getting in the club , Muvver , I do n't get the bloody chance ! ’ |
| 12 | My mother was absolutely marvellous about me going on the stage . |
| 13 | I was slightly annoyed at Jamie saying anything , even jokingly , about me going to the toilet ; he knows how sensitive I am about it . |
| 14 | Parish council clerk Herbert Booty said gipsies had knocked down 200 saplings on the county council-owned land by driving through them to get onto the land . |
| 15 | Fleischmann then showed a proposal that he and Pons had submitted to the Department of Energy ( DOE ) in Washington requesting financial support for them to carry through a definitive series of experiments over a period of three years . |
| 16 | It may be easier for them to talk to a fellow inmate . ’ |
| 17 | But there are only limited facilites for them stay in the children 's ward to be near their daughter . |
| 18 | The policy was for them to remain around the fringes of a raid and try and pick off stragglers , leaving the ‘ infighting ’ to the Hurricanes . |
| 19 | Some birds are so small that twigs are too coarse a material for them to use as the main fabric of their nest . |
| 20 | For some it may be that the act of crying was left free for them to use in a healthy way . |
| 21 | And they used to catch pheasants and er I had to clean I had to pluck these pheasants and er birds and get them ready and ready for them to put in the oven . |
| 22 | And I used to get them ready for them to put in the oven or fry it . |
| 23 | Although the tyranny of ‘ promotion examinations ’ has mercifully decreased in the past decade , in many countries yearly and termly examinations and preparation for them account for a quite disproportionate amount of school time and teachers are virtually ignorant of how and why and when to test . |
| 24 | This , however , makes it impossible for them to feed during the larval stage , as free-swimming tadpoles can do , so they have to nourish themselves with specially large quantities of yolk . |
| 25 | Knowing the ages of the children is also crucial in quickly planning toys and activities for them to do during the session . |
| 26 | Jonadab had already hired a new third lad , or ‘ thoddy ’ as they were known , and there was little more for them to do in the town : neither was interested in the attractions of sideshows or stalls . |
| 27 | He argued that the kinds of jobs which young people eventually did were determined not so much by the development of their inner drives , as by the structure of opportunities by which they were surrounded — the kinds of jobs which were available for them to do in the labour market . |
| 28 | The world of nature was for them constructed on a mathematical plan , things were generated from numbers an idea to whose mystical overtones Aristotle objected . |
| 29 | This , she thought , would make it easier for them to cope with a very traumatic situation . |
| 30 | Computers do not have the knowledge and experience of the average human reader , so for them to cope with the ambiguities shown above they need to have access to repositories of the different sorts of knowledge . |