Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [v-ing] [pron] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The herb border can be designed to follow the same principles as those used for the herbaceous or mixed border ; small plants will not thank you for planting them next to towering or buxom plants — they will be smothered in no time . |
| 2 | I remember him relating it again the first time I returned to see him after gaining my first post as butler — to a Mr and Mrs Muggeridge in their relatively modest house in Allshot , Oxfordshire . |
| 3 | The Prime Minister , he said , had entrusted him with delivering her fourth election victory . |
| 4 | A young herring gull taps its mother 's beak to trigger her into regurgitating its next meal . |
| 5 | But if you do have such a file , be warned — this command will overwrite it without asking you first ! |
| 6 | I 'm sure she wants you to extend the same warmth to her that you extend to me by using my first name . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ He 's been involved with us since producing our first album in 1980 . |