Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were making some interesting conversation about me killing somebody just now . |
| 2 | This may make her feel that society regards her as a second-class widow , and you may need to help those who come into contact with her to understand how important it is going to be for her future adjustment for them to treat her just as they would any other bereaved person . |
| 3 | Soon it will be time for them to do it again . |
| 4 | Another opportunity for them to do it again . |
| 5 | I 'll send up the chaps from the mortuary van if you 're ready for them to take him away . " |
| 6 | One good look at Ruari 's strained face and Mairi Ban had him on his feet , his arms over their shoulders for them to help him home . |
| 7 | ‘ Maybe it 's like diving , and the degree of difficulty is too great for them to pass it forward . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It is especially useful for them to have someone else at the surgery , not only for reassurance but to add to the discussion , ’ he explains . |
| 9 | him out by all means on any investment but this is the difference at the end of his talk he will be hoping that you will complete an application form for them to advise you individually . |
| 10 | After that it 's a question of waiting for them to contact you again . |
| 11 | Some needed only to know that we existed — that was enough for them to throw themselves wholeheartedly into the gay life . |
| 12 | As he held her from behind , Tom 's hips and thighs were solid against the thinly covered curves of her lower torso , and as usual the contact between them made her immediately weak and speechless . |
| 13 | ‘ Yesterday you were a very Good Samaritan , ’ she smiled , and took the opportunity , while he seemed halfway friendly , to enquire , ‘ I do n't suppose it would be convenient for me to interview you now , Mr Gajdusek , would it ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It will not be near enough for me to visit you often . ’ |
| 15 | His theories are well enough known for me to sketch them only briefly . |
| 16 | And how interesting was the way in which it took advantage of so little light as to shine enough for me to see it so clearly . |
| 17 | That is a completely wrong description of a matter which the Select Committee on Privileges is now discussing — which is why it would not be appropriate for me to say anything further . |
| 18 | We passed indoors too quickly for me to do anything then . |
| 19 | It 's , perhaps it 's too long since I read Oliver Twist for me to remember it as clearly . |
| 20 | However the point is for present purposes academic , and it is not therefore necessary for me to consider it further . |
| 21 | She would not part with her shoes for long enough for me to have them properly repaired . |
| 22 | Rachel is inside the hotel lobby , waiting for me to walk her upstairs and round off our meal . |
| 23 | Standing up , I assured her that I was n't drunk but tired and that I thought it was time for me to walk her home . |
| 24 | So it 's a very great honour and privilege for me to address you today because at the end it may be difficult for you to understand but when I return to South Africa , and forgive me for speaking personally I also realize the full meaning of the support of British trade unions and the labour movement and the churches because it was because of your political material and particularly in the case of the G M B , financial and material support that it gave us the means to do what some of us wanted to do about our country and our situation , and bring about change if we could peacefully . |
| 25 | How about I contact you tomorrow evening ? |
| 26 | I 'd given them time to look for someone to replace me permanently . |
| 27 | Sometimes when I was drunk and I 'd see him standing there looking all quiet and black and white and gorgeous , waiting for someone to take him home , I 'd get all teary and want to go up and slap him and shout in his face : How can you possibly understand what it means ! |
| 28 | Be that as it may , this work , heavily reliant on repetition and never straying far from the home key , cried out for someone to nurture its more lyrical passages , to shake its often delightful phrases , to exploit its contrasts ; in short , for a far more imaginative approach than that brought by Harry Christophers . |
| 29 | Many feminists also rejected the ‘ scramble for husbands ’ , induced by the need of middle class women for someone to maintain them financially . |
| 30 | ‘ And that brings me to a further reason for my summoning you here today . |