Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bond began to be formed when they asked Martin to place protection for them on an icy pitch just below the summit . |
| 2 | Like the others Brian remembers minimal preparation and no protection for them during the tests . |
| 3 | Every penny he was paying he was having grant for it from the government Aye . |
| 4 | We understand from the Office of Fair Trading and the Consumer Credit Sub-Committee of the Institute of Trading Standards Administration that — although there is clearly opportunity for it within the close-knit personal relationship between the check trader and the customer — exploitation of customers seems very rare . |
| 5 | ‘ Siddy 's ’ fiancée , Beth , would cut and set her hair for her in the late ‘ twenties , but by the time the couple married in June , 1930 , Granny was very near the end . |
| 6 | But she did n't find out he had made no provision for her in the event of his death until Elizabeth could no longer withhold her sentiments . |
| 7 | We may never see one another again , but nobody cares , because there 's no provision for it in the rules . |
| 8 | More did not — but included provision for it in the other types of school . |
| 9 | ‘ Britten had written the part for him as the eldest son , Jaffet , which was a treble , ’ said Graham . |
| 10 | A theatrical gentleman approached me after one of the performances , said he was impressed by my singing , and that he could obtain a part for me with the Schikenader Company in Vienna . |
| 11 | He thinks there 's a part for me in the new play at the Queen 's . ’ |
| 12 | I do n't like it when presentation screens are multiloaded before each level though — that 's just waste of time , and there 's certainly no excuse for it in a game like Sly Spy . |
| 13 | I later found out that the school had enquired at the house after the girl 's continued absence and been given some plausible excuse for it by the father . |
| 14 | I think there might be a parcel for you at the door is it ? |
| 15 | driver for me on the phone , so he calls me up , oh we 've got load of them he said |
| 16 | As he peered through the binoculars he felt a tremor of excitement course through him at the prospect of seeing the printed images come to life . |
| 17 | He sat up immediately on his cot , feeling a surge of pleasurable anticipation course through him at the prospect of one more day stalking the great game animals of southern Asia through the beautiful tropical forest where he now felt almost at home . |
| 18 | According to Hermann , working in the late eleventh century , this happened because Edmund 's popularity was increasing , and this tends to be confirmed by the entry of his feast-day in calendars produced in Winchester and Canterbury at about the same time , and by the inclusion of a special mass for him in a sacramentary probably written in Ely . |
| 19 | You may find it helpful to make a chart about her like the one below . |
| 20 | Born on 12 April , 1941 , the only son of an electricity board worker , he was snapped up by his local club West Ham , and made his debut for them as a 17-year-old against Manchester United in 1958 . |
| 21 | During a walkabout on Merseyside , the Princess of Wales was overcome by tears after the crowd voiced their support for her amid the current press controversy surrounding her marriage . |
| 22 | However , since Brezhnev 's proposals for the Gulf were linked to the broader issue of the Indian Ocean ‘ zone of peace ’ Soviet officials still made an effort to gain support for them from the Indian Ocean Third World states and the non-aligned nations in general . |
| 23 | Mr Forsyth 's support for student loans has ensured little support for him on the campus but , that apart , the student vote seems to be as divided as it is in the wider constituency . |
| 24 | There may have been some support for him among the cardinals , but they were not prepared to act in concert and several now put themselves forward . |
| 25 | To a king about to embark on war , the support of wise counsels and mighty powers was indeed essential , and the men honoured in 1337 repaid the king 's generosity by loyal support for him in the forthcoming campaigns . |
| 26 | We do thank you for your support for us as a family , and to those who have given financial support . |
| 27 | The West Ham Trades Council resolved that conscription was a serious threat to the labour movement , and summoned Thorne to explain his support for it at the 1916 Labour Party conference ( East Ham Echo 12 February 16 ) . |
| 28 | The idea of a National Government was primarily an idea of the political centre and right : there was hardly any support for it in the Labour party — except from Mosley , and he was moving rapidly to the right . |
| 29 | While Mr David Waddington does not intend to use his office to promote capital punishment , and will maintain the tradition of a free vote for MPs , his intervention in a renewed debate would provide the most passionate support for it from the Government front bench since it was abolished in 1965 . |
| 30 | ‘ My mother 's very interested in it , and I have to know a bit about it as a florist . |