Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , if you have already made available literature dealing with questions such as holidays/pensions/conditions of work and the candidate chooses to ask about them it may well indicate that she/he is the sort of person who does not do their background work thoroughly . |
| 2 | ‘ Sir , you know we do , though how you got to know about them I ca n't imagine . ’ |
| 3 | If the person walks through nothing you would suddenly see the person as he walked in the light . |
| 4 | Had she not taken her weight off them they would simply have given way . |
| 5 | They could therefore intercede with him for the living , to whom they might appear , and for whom they might still work miracles . |
| 6 | But he had made the gesture : these were people for whom you could safely slaughter a sheep . |
| 7 | But while prevention — which must include support for carers — is essential , ignorance disempowers workers , carers and elderly people themselves , for whom it could even be fatal . |
| 8 | ‘ The one woman for whom I might almost leave my roulette table . ’ |
| 9 | The keepers also appear to be a knowledgeable and dedicated group of people , for whom I can only express my admiration of their hard work . |
| 10 | Having left behind the bigoted Bolivian elite for whom he would always be only a rich cholo , the contemptuous South American term for anyone of mixed blood , Simon Patiño had his family enter a far grander arena through a series of aristocratic matches , and when he left his fortune estimated by some to have reached a billion dollars to Antenor following his death in 1947 ( as well as his taste for all things French ) , he also left behind a legacy of bigotry borne of his wish to improve his family 's social standing . |
| 11 | With one huff it took in things about me I 'll never know . |
| 12 | Once I can make a hole through them it should n't be too difficult to get round into the outer cellar . |
| 13 | Had it not been for them we would not have known such beautiful places existed . |
| 14 | If they had been advised as to the necessity for clear offers in writing with terms set out from the bank , their case is that they would have taken that advice , they would have waited for the bank offer and if and when it had not been suitable for them they would not have exchanged and their case is also that er once things had gone er very badly wrong and they wanted to get out of the contract if they had been advised as to the way out er then er they would have been er of that , they would have served notice and they would have got out of the contract . |
| 15 | If it were not for them he would not be free , he said . |
| 16 | ‘ I have never met a remotely effective idealist about whom you would n't say the same thing . ’ |
| 17 | Between them they could probably have established the reason for the failure quite easily . |
| 18 | They may not be the best of friends , but between them they can quite well be left in charge of Harry and Hillmarden for a few days . ’ |
| 19 | In the long silence that stretched between them she could almost hear her heart pounding like a sledge-hammer in her chest . |
| 20 | There was nothing for her here ; and if this was admitted between them it must swiftly prove an admission with only one exit . |
| 21 | If it had n't been for me they 'd never have nicked any guitars and there would have been no group . |
| 22 | Lawrence declared last week : ‘ If Lee does n't sign for me he wo n't leave London , ’ after the striker had indicated he did not fancy quitting the capital . |
| 23 | Erm I think I 've learnt how to do it , it 's fairly straightforward but er him having tied the leader on for me I wo n't have to go back to him anyway for quite some time . |
| 24 | ‘ Even if anyone came in for me I would n't want to go before the end of the season . |
| 25 | We usually pick , most of them keep their religion to themselves do n't they for me I would n't know . |
| 26 | not for me I would n't . |
| 27 | But for me I ca n't . |
| 28 | At the end of two days you say well fine but it 's not for me I ca n't do anything about that when you walk out the room but I hope my objective is to convince you that here is something that like lots of other people in time I can it 's a very very useful system . |
| 29 | ‘ What you 've done for me I 'll never forget . |
| 30 | For me I can not remember who said it , someone far wiser than far wiser than me but somebody said a judge is civilization by the way he treats the |