Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | About my ruined clothes I felt less concern , for I noticed that the flood had made many people shabby . |
2 | What was peculiar about my own circumstances I have already tried to describe in the hope of finding and revealing some useful clues . |
3 | ‘ After my recent adventures it 's not really surprising , is it ? ’ |
4 | I enjoy working as part of a team , and after four years looking after my two sons I am eager to return to working outside home . |
5 | After my own experiences I wo I would n't advice someone not to go to their G P , but firstly , I would advice them to contact the Eating Disorders Association er , because they are very helpful and they 're more supportive than any G P I 've ever come across . |
6 | ‘ That 's why they stood up against Hitler , after their minuscule fires they could n't have cared less about the bombs . ’ |
7 | ‘ After her initial difficulties she has made a very satisfactory recovery . |
8 | Once she had stripped off her top clothes she slapped the monitor pads on and connected up the leads . |
9 | So unusual was this setup that during its early days we even had dealers contacting us to discover how it was being done ! |
10 | During her late teens she was arrested twice for her part in political demonstrations and was later kicked out of university for neglecting her studies . |
11 | During her first weeks she was noisy and disruptive in class . |
12 | During her later years she was never visible till mid-day , by which time she would , in an upstairs drawing-room , be found occupying a cushionless chair at a large central table ; with a glass of port at her right hand and a volume of sermons at her left . |
13 | During their fertile years they are either pregnant or breastfeeding . |
14 | Through its low branches I had a latticed view of the buildings that made up my home . |
15 | When she placed Morndun across her face and peered through its ghostly eyes she saw the air shimmering with elementals , sharp-faced , wraith-like , coiling and twisting above the river , streaming out of the mouths and eyes of the men by the water and from the piles of skulls by the trees . |
16 | For a dynamic company which is growing through its own efforts it is important that we should have other and new businesses of a similar nature coming along . |
17 | Through her half-closed eyelids she could see the tiny droplets of water glistening on his skin . |
18 | Through their own efforts they have created a happier , healthier environment for their children . |
19 | Mike Benton 's ideas are reminiscent of those of Tony Swain and Gillian Cooper-Driver who proposed that dinosaurs became extinct through their dietary requirements They suggested that the development of alkaloidal synthesis of cyanogenic glycoside precursors in the early angiosperms made them unpalatable to the dinosaurs , effectively starving them into extinction . |
20 | Through their open doors she caught flashes of patterned lino floor , a corner of tablecloth , a chair leg . |
21 | If the field of strategic management is to render the concept of strategic vision suitable for its own purposes it must deal with it in a unique way . |
22 | For its main participants it was more of a family row . |
23 | However , because it is new , there is no single systematic source of information about its elected members--who they are , their particular interests and their political activities . |
24 | For their trireme warships they used the steering technique of an external oar and this copied in today 's dragon boats . |
25 | On the one hand for environmental reasons , for their environmental reasons I should say , and on the other hand so as not to come as a nuisance to residents of existing communities . |
26 | If multi-national companies exist and dividing frontiers against workers for their own games we should organize , cooperate and perhaps even amalgamate to resist the combat , to co to combat common problems and disputes second or third class nation will not service British workers but will undermine the nations . |
27 | Occasionally you can say you think they 're being stupid or have they thought about other things but at the end of the day people are answerable erm for their own decisions I feel and , if I have an opportunity I 'll tell them what I think , but er if people are n't wanting your opinion then you ca n't really give it |
28 | I heard no more of the debate and to the astonishment of my fellow delegates I stormed out of the auditorium and locked myself away in the Ladies to howl out my rage , alone . |
29 | In one of my first jobs I plastered on the make-up and wore very executive-type suits . |
30 | And I can remember one of my first patients I had to take blood from , and it took me quite a few goes on that poor lady but she 's still friends with me so she 's forgiven me . |