Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [conj] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Their farms were usually small , often less than a hundred acres , and we know much less about them than about the gentry . |
| 2 | He was worried about them and by the time he came down the gang had gone . |
| 3 | I gave McDunn the two names last night and told him the respective professions of their owners , then clammed up , just refused to say any more about them or about the body . |
| 4 | Well , you do n't wan na worry about them because at the end of the day , I mean if if that was absolutely desperate I shall turn round and say well I 'm sorry I 've bloody got to and that 's it ! |
| 5 | Obviously this may tell you more about me than about the works themselves . |
| 6 | I am sure that is what the family remembered best about me because of the way the mother 's letter began . |
| 7 | I think there is a lot of immaturity in it and selfishness , putting yourself at great risk for a photograph , selfish in the sense of your family ; I 'm not so much worried about me as about the effect it will have on my parents , my children or my wife . |
| 8 | If a Simulium black fly is infected with nematode worms , their larvae migrate into its muscles , then into its salivary glands , and finally , when it feeds from a host , pass out of its mouthparts or burst out through them and into the mammal host . |
| 9 | In the London suburb where I live we see plenty of foxes , and I feel far greater affection for them than for the local cats or dogs . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , and their cats will be looked after too — one only hopes Daisy wo n't put in more food for them than for the humans . ’ |
| 11 | That is a disaster not only for them but for the nation , which is robbed of their abilities . |
| 12 | It was not for them but for the ruling CPP to decide what best promoted the goals Nkrumah outlined . |
| 13 | But I go for them cos of the bright yellow packaging ! |
| 14 | Tirana home service radio initially denounced the hunger strike as having " nothing to do with a loyal strike struggle " , but in subsequent days the radio detailed the hunger strikers ' demands and deteriorating health , and by June 1 had swung round to emotional support for them and for the UITUA . |
| 15 | She never knew them , she pined for them and for the better life they might have had together . |
| 16 | My Lords , er would my Noble Friend , subjects are nevertheless best taught by those who have a sympathy for them and in the light of the fact that eighty per cent of er school pupils in the primary sector are taught , th all subjects by the same teacher . |
| 17 | Ewood Park is a lucky ground for them and in the first half they went for Blackburn with all guns blazing . |
| 18 | His news for them as to the enemy was as anticipated , but with an unexpected postscript . |
| 19 | A military-bureaucratic oligarchy is functional to the needs of a state which requires a degree of autonomy from class interests in order to mediate between them while at the same time preserving capitalism as the dominant mode of production and private property as a fundamental institution . |
| 20 | It was a habit which helped to avoid any major personal quarrels between them until after the demise of the Government . |
| 21 | My missionary vocation landed me with the task , the experience probably did more for me than for the fifty to one hundred loyal missionary supporters who attended . |
| 22 | ‘ She 's already doing a novena for me because of the Good Sex Guide she 'll be praying forever when she sees this show . ’ |
| 23 | I suppose while this is for me cos on the sponsorship issue is , would sponsorship have any impact in terms of what I might purchase so if I went to the Scottish Opera or the ballet or to the theatre and I bought a programme which I usually do and one of the things which is interesting about the evening that erm Alan and I spent last time at Scottish Council was that half the people attend Scottish Opera buy a programme and the programmes that I have sponsored always . |
| 24 | You mean therapeutic for me or for the reader ? |
| 25 | ‘ A sad day for me and for the community . ’ |
| 26 | It was my mother who stuck up for me and in the end he came around and now him and my baby are inseparable . |
| 27 | ‘ That is why we must succeed , not just for ourselves but for the Lord Cardinal . |
| 28 | That since we have realised the position of women in the printing trade is seriously threatened , we women have been trying to organise ourselves with a view to securing justice for ourselves and for the women who may in future desire to practise the business of compositors or monotypists . |
| 29 | Well , without getting too technical about it , I think you ought to have a comma after one because in the erm , y you know , the erm , blurb they gave you on the left hand side , that would apply what you 've learnt on the left hand side . |
| 30 | The House UnAmerican Activities Committee had been sitting before McCarthy and it went on after him and in the long run this damaged more people . |