Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a great yearning among lay people to understand in terms of their own vernacular this inner experience of the faith , which , through the institutional influence of the Church , formally governed the structure of their lives , although their education may not have been such as to enable them to cope with the official language of the Church or highly intellectual theological exposition . |
| 2 | I 'm really excited about seeing them live at Wembley . ’ |
| 3 | You could tell she was n't too happy about seeing her replaced by that baggage . |
| 4 | While there was no pressure from her family to embark on a structured career , there was considerable reluctance about allowing her to live on her own in London . |
| 5 | ‘ Thank you for allowing me to go through his papers . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Thank you so much , ’ she said sarcastically , ‘ for allowing me to eat with such revered company , but I 'm tired now . |
| 7 | I would also like to thank the Nature Conservancy Council 's Upland Vegetation Survey and Andrew Currie for allowing me to quote from their unpublished reports . |
| 8 | I am grateful to the right hon. Member for Selby for allowing me to quote from the letter . |
| 9 | Er thank you Chairman for allowing me to speak as a non member , I am however , a er member of one of your representatives on the Luton Airport Consultative Committee . |
| 10 | I am grateful to the hon. Member for Leyton ( Mr. Cohen ) for allowing me to speak in this valuable debate . |
| 11 | For allowing ourselves to look at the report and find the actions , and not just the actions themselves . |
| 12 | I , personally , was struck by Basil 's gift , when he taught children and teachers , for helping them to observe in such a way that detail was noticed and imagination was touched . |
| 13 | ‘ The misery of unemployment or of repossession is all the more stark for seeing it written in a face rather than on a page . |
| 14 | We are in the wrong position to see the flash of light as the sun erupts again , settling instead for seeing it emerge from behind the northward island as we paddle slowly in . |
| 15 | It was too late to begin to take action when the war fever had maddened the blood of the people , but if the warmongers in Germany and in this country knew beforehand that the working class of the two countries had come to an understanding , and would stand by it , the influence of that knowledge upon their counsels would be such as to compel them to submit to arbitration the points which would otherwise have been submitted to war . |
| 16 | Thanks once again for producing what has to be one of the best mags around . |
| 17 | Students are responsible for keeping themselves acquainted with notices posted on official notice boards . |
| 18 | hot water bottles are useful for keeping you warm at any time of the day or night . |
| 19 | An electric blanket is also useful for keeping you warm at night |
| 20 | Hot water bottles are useful for keeping you warm at any time of the day or night . |
| 21 | An electric blanket is also useful for keeping you warm at night , but remember that for reasons of safety nearly all electric blankets ( with the exception of some modern overblankets ) need to be switched off before you go to bed . |
| 22 | To John , for taking the snaps , and to all the others for keeping us going with cups of tea . |
| 23 | A man I do not wish to write for wants me to go to Vientiane , where virgins are $10 a go , and a woman I do wish to write for says it would never work because she is emotionally involved with me . |
| 24 | Majorie gained B.Litt in 1948 and D.Phil in 1976 , and expresses gratitude to Somerville for enabling her to return to Oxford to work for this . |
| 25 | ‘ Mait is too well-protected for even us to get at . ’ |
| 26 | After seeing it work for so long , I began to perceive Charlie 's charm as a method of robbing houses by persuading the owners to invite you in and take their possessions . |
| 27 | It 's the least you can tell me after keeping me waiting for an hour ! ’ |
| 28 | Stealing them for resale , stealing from them , making phoney insurance claims after getting them stolen for you , even putting them through council crushers — £626 million . |
| 29 | After persuading her to dance with him , he swears to marry her . |
| 30 | She was attacked after asking him to move from the touchline during an amateur game at Gillingham , Kent . |