Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the viewpoint of this being and objective experiment , I would be a little bit worried about everyone knowing the nature of the experiment you had in mind , because , as you probably know , in industrial studies there 's a well-known effect , I think it 's called the Hawthorn effect , which merely by studying a group of people you change their behaviour and their output , simply because they know that you 're taking an interest in them and they 've got some idea of your expectations . |
| 2 | From the viewpoint of this being an objective experiment , I would be a little bit worried about everyone knowing the nature of the experiment you had in mind because , as you probably know , in industrial studies there 's a well known effect , I think it 's called the Hawthorne effect , which merely by studying a group of people you change their behaviour and their output simply because they know that you are taking an interest in them and they 've got some idea of your expectations . |
| 3 | Meanwhile as hospitals wait for the first evacuees … surgeons say they 'll work for nothing to save the sight of a ten year old bosnian boyu . |
| 4 | They have to work for nothing to get the job done . |
| 5 | Not for nothing have the return invitations dwindled a bit over the years . |
| 6 | Not for nothing has the shift remained a timeless classic . |
| 7 | Did you ever hear them talk about them smuggling the whisky through the glen ? |
| 8 | It seem , I mean it does seem like a good way at the moment of making it easier for everyone to use the system , but I do n't know whether it 's vital . |
| 9 | ‘ Some of the things said about me give the impression that I am quite mad . |
| 10 | Asking for the appropriate volumes of Bryan 's Dictionary of Painters , so that he could study the entries for these artists , he read slowly through them marking the place he had reached in the text with his forefinger . |
| 11 | Having done this … what was more natural than for them to invite the sister institution , with its professedly similar aims , to join them ? |
| 12 | When they returned , they discovered that the main body of men had already flown out and that a party of drivers under Scratchley was waiting for them to join the vehicle convoy south through the Great Sand Sea . |
| 13 | It took a mere two minutes for them to open the scoring through Tracy Fry 's fine solo run , and by the time Helen Bray shot home from the spot with nine minutes remaining , Wimbledon had been reduced to chasing shadows . |
| 14 | This is a unique chance for them to retain the use of this line and I urge them to keep up the pressure . |
| 15 | You will find that a good audio-visual presentation and some agreeable refreshments afterwards are all you need for them to welcome the information and instruction . |
| 16 | So if you 're happy for them to use the tape okay . |
| 17 | So I wait for them to put the phone down . |
| 18 | A £1,000 grant has been recommended by Langbaurgh 's finance committee towards the provision of a ramp for disabled people to have access to Scaling Dam sailing club which has a specially adapted dinghy for them to enjoy the sport . |
| 19 | Fleischmann decided to send over all the equipment , cell , fluid and palladium , by air to Harwell for them to do the neutron measurements . |
| 20 | I think it 's quite common now for them to do the asking . ’ |
| 21 | Under the present compensation er proposals put forward by Good , it would all be provided by the pension funds themselves and there 's no pain for the fund managers er no requirement really for them to blow the whistle . |
| 22 | Er that help is , there are fewer to draw from , i it 's also far more difficult for them to spare the time , the pressures on the academics are considerable nowadays . |
| 23 | What a pity that the members of the Napier Commission which was set up in 1883 to enquire into the conditions of the crofters and cottars in the Highlands and Islands were unable to have sittings in Islay ; despite pleas for them to visit the island they finished their tour at Tarbert . |
| 24 | What a pity that the members of the Napier Commission which was set up in 1883 to enquire into the conditions of the crofters and cottars in the Highlands and Islands were unable to have sittings in Islay ; despite pleas for them to visit the island they finished their tour at Tarbert . |
| 25 | erm And I think erm we 've got to obviously give them as much respect as possible , because for them to reach the semi-final , the same as us erm they obviously erm have got some useful players . |
| 26 | He declared that it provides time for the family to gather or the body to be transported home and it offers an opportunity for them to see the person in a state of peaceful repose . |
| 27 | Apart from the health risk , it would have been disturbing for them to see the damage . |
| 28 | Apart from the health risk , it would have been disturbing for them to see the damage . |
| 29 | Because they are experts and you are not it is easy for them to take the initiative . |
| 30 | Peasants , sons could become lay brothers in Cistercian houses , but it was probably not common for them to take the habit as choir monks . |