Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Yes , Mrs Jones , we have a room booked for you on the thirtieth of July — can I be of any assistance to you ? |
| 32 | Arnie had never looked after her in the way Guido meant , performing the sort of small but pleasing acts of chivalry that seemed to come so naturally to him . |
| 33 | The decision to place Gareth in the care of his grandparents , who have looked after him in the past while his mother was working , was taken by Strathclyde Regional Council 's social work department . |
| 34 | Yes , they have n't really looked after him in the field have they ? |
| 35 | A second set of trophies , the Thirsk Bowman 's Insignia , was presented in 1884 , after the death of Henry Peckett who had looked after them since the demise of that society . |
| 36 | Losing two front teeth , even two false front teeth , at the age of fifty , even if only for a week , had distressed him : he had sat opposite her at the breakfast table with a napkin over his mouth , and she knew that it had taken some courage to go to the board meeting at all . |
| 37 | Kopyion had sat opposite him in the hovercar , contemplating the momentous events unravelling on the planet . |
| 38 | ‘ Because I am married , you see , mama had my governess explain to me about marriage — of what is expected of one in the marriage bed . ’ |
| 39 | I was looking forward to the chance to meet ‘ our ’ health visitor and find out what would be expected of me in the months leading up to the birth . |
| 40 | " Well , mother explained to me what was expected of me in the marriage bed and it sounded so terrifying . |
| 41 | I could do what was expected of me by the crowd , or I could do what he trusted me to do . |
| 42 | In this way , the organisation does its best to ensure that the employee is likely to be able to meet the requirements expected of him in the job abroad . |
| 43 | As described earlier , Brown and his colleagues ( 1986a ) have argued that they now have good evidence that the prior existence of a close supportive relationship is protective against depression if that person provides the support expected of them at the time of a crisis . |
| 44 | Often this is because they fail to understand what is expected of them under the broad , general duties of the Health and Safety at Work Act . |
| 45 | I asked my friends who have had au pairs what they 'd expected of them in the kitchen . |
| 46 | Theoretically one can have the best materials taught by the best teachers , but although a number of films have been made , and probably will continue to be made , they have not had the success that was expected of them in the fifties . |
| 47 | Justices who exercise this delicate jurisdiction are under a statutory duty to carry out the inquiry expected of them by the Children Act 1989 . |
| 48 | Both managers said they would assess managerial competence by a person 's ability to achieve the goals expected of them by the organisation . |
| 49 | Try to relate the interim end-result of everything you do , decide or say to the overall profitable contribution expected of you at the year 's end . |
| 50 | Similarly , unless it is reasonable to do so in the circumstances , a firm must not , in any written communication or agreement , seek to exclude or restrict : ( 1 ) Any other duty to act with skill , care and diligence which is owed to a private customer in connection with the provision to him of investment services in the course of regulated business ; or ( 2 ) Any liability owed to a private customer in connection with regulated business for failure to exercise the degree of skill , care and diligence that may reasonably be expected of it in the provision of investment services in the course of that business . |
| 51 | As a consequence we are still constrained to conform to standards of behaviour expected of us by the group . |
| 52 | " Oh fucking hell , " Graham heard Mr Hunter says and then something huge squeezed past him in the darkness saying . |
| 53 | Had Louis been inclined to forget the destiny his father had mapped out for him , he would have been forcefully reminded of it in the last decade of his reign , when his chief adviser was Suger , abbot of St Denis between 1122 and 1151 , a man of humble birth consumed by a passionate devotion to the cause of monarchy in the Carolingian mould . |
| 54 | A spider the size of her thumbnail dropped past her in the gloom , its legs brushing her cheek . |
| 55 | A lorry rolled past us along the road , its crumbling body bright with painted pictures plastered over with dust . |
| 56 | I knew she was registered at Essex , I knew she was basically dishonest , a boozer , a feminist and — from the brief glimpse I 'd caught of her in the Mimosa Club — no featherweight . |
| 57 | By convention , the government of the day resigns or requests a dissolution if a motion of no confidence is carried against it in the House of Commons . |
| 58 | Not only have the people never voted for the Prime Minister at the ballot box : they have consistently and persistently voted against him at the ballot box . |
| 59 | is not , on the true construction of section 6(2) and section 61(1) , entitled to the relief claimed against them in the statement of claim . |
| 60 | Recently many artificial fibres , such as nylon , made in chemical factories , have replaced cotton or wool , or they are mixed with them in the spinning or weaving process . |