Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [pron] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shrugger does n't care whether he lives or dies — and the designer duel arranged for himself by this divided and indifferent man is a form of Russian roulette . |
| 2 | We 'd been prepared to buy houses with flaws invisible to the naked eye , but now we 'd fallen for one with all its flaws only too obviously visible . |
| 3 | But Daphne 's dear familiarity , the pleasure of her company , the comfort of knowing pretty well what she would say in response to any remark , the whole warm , easy , ancient closeness that had subsisted between them for more than half a century , won over Cecilia 's temporary , though profound , embarrassment . |
| 4 | These Orkney parents were neither informed nor consulted about anything at all . |
| 5 | Faraday had begun as a chemist , and indeed was regarded as one by most contemporaries throughout his life . |
| 6 | It was designed for me by that spooky little twosome , the Emmanuels ’ |
| 7 | In contrast , preoccupation with sickness is not recommended for anyone except those in the medical profession . |
| 8 | His mother could not be traced , but the tiny corpse was recognised by a lady who had looked after him for some time , before she , as many others , had done before her , had innocently replied to Mrs Dyer 's advertisement , disguised by the nom de plume Mrs Thomas . |
| 9 | He had brought with him reading that was expected of him during this vacation , works on sociology and on linguistics and some where these two studies converged , but these were not the sort of books one much wanted to read under the hot sun and the influence of wine . |
| 10 | Before Lord George obtained this command , however , his inability to render the services expected of him by some of the family 's political friends was a liability , and was seen as such by Montrose , who wrote with some anxiety to deny allegations that the son of another gentleman of the region was serving in Lord George 's ship , but was on board the flagship of the admiral . |
| 11 | If the ‘ qualified driver ’ does not do what can be reasonably expected of him regarding these duties the learner could be said to be not under supervision . |
| 12 | Bad behaviour was expected of you in those times . |
| 13 | But the dreariness , the frightful struggle of life , the indifference of people , the troublesomeness of children — he did not want to be reminded of them at that moment . |
| 14 | He was so very familiar on the streets of the town , with that zipped yellow jacket and his jeans , yet be looked like something from another world in the garden . |
| 15 | He says do n't you dare come near me with that silly spray . |
| 16 | As we discovered in Part One , many of the initiators of conflict in later life are learned and impressed upon us at this vital period . |
| 17 | What mystifies me is that any woman could be attracted to you at all . |
| 18 | She felt humiliated — and because she 'd been so attracted to you during that first meeting , it was hard for her to realise the attraction must have been all on her side . |
| 19 | er slung on us from another department . |
| 20 | Since her inheritance , ten years ago , all her pleasures and hopes and excitements had come to her in such small parcels . |
| 21 | Somehow she 'd still hoped against hope that Ace might have come to her after all . |
| 22 | The important thing , the only thing that really mattered to her in those tense and anxious moments , was to reach and be united with Edward … |
| 23 | This has happened to us and has been reported to us by many other couples . |
| 24 | That is not a matter where the parties are sufficiently advanced for it to be addressed to me at this stage . |
| 25 | Two difficulties in particular , are relevant to the arguments that have been addressed to us in this case . |
| 26 | Flattered when he had looked at her in that particular way which was both critical and yet admiring at the same time ? |
| 27 | ‘ Unless Flixe needs me , ’ he said , looking at his wife with a mixture of protectiveness and adoration that made Julia think back to her own honeymoon and wonder whether Anthony had ever looked at her like that . |
| 28 | Why had he looked at her like that ? |
| 29 | No man had ever looked at her like that in her life , and his eyes left her in no uncertain terms as to what he was thinking . |
| 30 | Nobody has ever looked at me like that . |