Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] a [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll hang myself , ’ I used to mutter over and over again , or for a change I would stare at my shotgun and wonder at the sort of mess I could make of myself . |
| 2 | Where a firm deals with or for a customer it must take all reasonable steps to deal on the terms which are the best available for the customer in the circumstances . |
| 3 | Now again I mentioned this last week , the idea of introducing schoolchildren at a very young age to different countries and different cultures so that in fact when they come to go on holiday on their own or with a partner it holds no fear for them unlike , if you like , senior citizens might do . |
| 4 | the main explanation why so long to reply is very much geared to the fact that we are in the hands of the Electricity Board for everything below the junction box on the street lighted column , if the bolt is in the cable , or a cable junction or in a circuit we are in the hands in another organization totally , who will have their own timescales and priority to responses . |
| 5 | ‘ He could still be there simply not answering the door , or in a place they have n't checked as yet . ’ |
| 6 | For things they want daily or several times a week they go to the local village , or in a town they go to the local suburban shops , or the ‘ corner ’ shop . |
| 7 | But if you go any other showing or on a weekend it 's three pound eighty . |
| 8 | Or at a pinch he might be able to squeeze himself into the desk drawer and hide . |
| 9 | I mean we ca n't go into the private market and expect them or asking them to provide houses erm affordable houses as I say the question is what 's an affordable house , who 's got the money to buy the house I would presume , but obviously we know the situation is it 's the lower rent of market , the lower income groups and the unemployed that are suffering very much reasonable accommodation at a rent or at a price they can afford and I reckon this is what hopefully the government was after to say whether we 'll put in our policy and hope that we can get things . |
| 10 | N well I , I , I had , why I was so positive about it , I had an uncle who had it very badly and as a child I was very aware of his hands , they were quite inhuman looking , they were that shape , and you know everything he did he , he had to that and that 's remained in my mind that when I got it I though I wo n't have the hands like that so I r I w I go , I went to sleep , I still do it , every night , spread my hands , the last thing I think about , spread the hands . |
| 11 | He was educated in Falmouth , and as a child he was interested in natural history . |
| 12 | But as a party and as a government we have a duty to encourage families to better themselves and discourage dependency . ’ |
| 13 | People paid their debts and when they needed help , they asked and it was never refused ; it was the way that the small and widespread community had always lived , and as a system it was dignified and efficient . |
| 14 | ‘ But , Ayesha , I am no god ; I am a man , and as a man I seek the woman whom I love . |
| 15 | Can I say that need holy communion as a group thing in a way of our communion and as a church we are going to be Roman Catholic . |
| 16 | And as a whole it is clear that the inter-war period saw Britain 's population increase , rather than decrease , as a result of migration . |
| 17 | Viewers latched on to , and sympathized with , a vulnerable character who was unable to keep a job — as a security guard he lost his dog and as a fireman he kept missing the fire engine — and roared with laughter as his world collapsed around him . |
| 18 | A pupil of Gustav Holst at St Paul 's Girls School , Ramsey was devoted to music and as a flautist she played in the Cumberland Symphony Orchestra when she went to live in Cumbria . |
| 19 | If it 's chicken , I like it to be cooked in a clay pot , and as a treat I think a rib of beef is lovely . |
| 20 | Also as both a rugby player and as a cricketer he played the game with distinction at first-class level . |
| 21 | Now as someone who 's taught at other institutions — I 've taught at the University of Kent and at Middlesex Polytechnic — I think I was aware of the level of harassment which erm was there in those institutions , there certainly was sexual harassment , it certainly was a problem , but I have to say it did n't seem to me to be the problem that the students have identified it as being in Oxford and I think that 's striking and it 's something that erm as tutors and as a university we really do have to think about . |
| 22 | Unit general manager Moira Britton said : ‘ Patients are central to our health care services and as a trust we will be able to manage and organise our services in a more flexible way to meet the individual health needs of our patients . ’ |
| 23 | Mrs Moira Britton , unit general manager , said : ‘ Patients are central to our health care services and as a trust we will be able to manage and organise our services in a more flexible way to meet the individual health needs of our patients . ’ |
| 24 | James intended one day to be equally celebrated , and as a dresser he was privileged to be at the bedside while the physician examined a patient . |
| 25 | No I think this is board meeting and as a board I think were interested to get your points of view what is n't taken place that you 'd liked to take place and what you 'd like to see in the future well and that 's why the meetings been convened . |
| 26 | It is this degree of concentration I want you to work towards , using the haiku both as a point of departure and as a discipline you frequently return to . |
| 27 | And , in a sense , we 've , just to complete what we 've been talking about so far , there 's always the question of press and magazines and house style , just to remind you that you really need to study formats if you 're going to try and as a freelance we talked about that yesterday . |
| 28 | Here too is an attractive swimming pool , and as a bonus it is possible , on arrival , to make direct arrangements with the caretaker to have someone cook for you each day ( subject to availability ) . |
| 29 | And as a woman she 's not allowed to absolve or bless people or bless communion wafers . |
| 30 | And as a background she could still see those policemen going in and out of the house in Mouncy Street the day she had seen John Coffin sitting outside . |