Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] and [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm going through adolescent love-trauma and I cry when they play ‘ Smoke gets in your eyes ’ . ' |
| 2 | You know there 's something at the back of my mind about that Datsun and I ca n't think what it is . ’ |
| 3 | we find , we found out about that place and it was , it was a third cheaper you know |
| 4 | Told my dad about that one , told my dad about that one , I told my dad about that joke and he chased me from A to B , . |
| 5 | Self-control is the key — take only a small amount for each course and you wo n't miss out on anything . |
| 6 | this standard differed for each category and it is difficult to see how it could be translated into a more general form . |
| 7 | That way there would be plenty of decent players for each team and it would only take me a couple of hours per week to sort out . |
| 8 | We also aim to prepare more four year olds for full-time education and we aim to provide incentives to schools that wish to diversify the fourteen to nineteen curriculum . |
| 9 | I am not particularly patient about unfinished business and I mean to see my mother happy and settled before you leave . ’ |
| 10 | I know I when I make chutney I use look you 'll smash all the enamel off that casserole and it 's a pretty one , I do n't want it , why do n't you have a run around outside ? |
| 11 | ‘ Some accident ; I was deliberately pushed off that catwalk and you know it . ’ |
| 12 | They have some power over the length of the school day , they are an avenue for parental complaint and they have wider powers than in the past over matters of school discipline and in the appointment and dismissal of teachers . |
| 13 | ‘ Miss Honey gives us a little song about each word and we all sing it together and we learn to spell it in no time . |
| 14 | this bloke and his bird , right , and then ahead would n't like it clears up a bit in , in the Blackwall tunnel but it 's still like sort of five yards in between each car and he 's just like moving from lane to lane without signalling or anything |
| 15 | I visited thirty eight constituencies during that campaign and I 'm convinced of one thing . |
| 16 | The importance of the practice lies in its implications for monetary control and we shall mention it again in sections 4.3 and 9.1 . |
| 17 | Will you promise me when you go home tonight you be the teachers and your mum and dad be the children and you tell them all about Stranger Danger and you tell them you 're never gon na go with strangers and see what your mum and dad says to you . |
| 18 | And my Will is to be Buried in Linen in a Suit which I shall provide for that purpose And I do hereby order and direct that the Sum of Ten Pounds shall be paid to the person who shall be the last in attending me to the time of my expiring and who shall see me Inclosed and laid in my Coffin in Linen . |
| 19 | The 1976 Act , which does not apply to Scotland , is not suitable for that purpose and I am considering whether it should be disapplied for that purpose . |
| 20 | The Local Government ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1976 is not designed for that purpose and it is dubious whether it could be used in that way . |
| 21 | Couple of chaps at the school got booted out for that stuff and I never did get round to it . ’ |
| 22 | In Australasia , for instance , the club you play your first game of the season for is your only club for that year and you are not allowed to transfer . |
| 23 | ‘ Now , you have n't had anything to eat all day — except for that biscuit- and you must be starving . ’ |
| 24 | because people are dissatisfied with the treatment and they 're paying for that treatment and they 're dissatisfied , so you always get complaints whether you pay or not |
| 25 | Why did you go on about that erm place where you went for that beer and you know , you said that we worked for that |
| 26 | We had a name for that cove and we used to shout it outside his house until he came out and chased us away . ’ |
| 27 | His father seemed a more promising candidate for that role and he had died a natural death . |
| 28 | He could n't play cricket or any other game for that matter and he had never been fishing . |
| 29 | The union already fought for that rate and they got it . |
| 30 | You see , Harry is coming over from America for that month and I so want to see him . |