Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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31 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 .
32 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 .
33 Kopyion had sat opposite him in the hovercar , contemplating the momentous events unravelling on the planet .
34 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 .
35 " Well , mother explained to me what was expected of me in the marriage bed and it sounded so terrifying .
36 I could do what was expected of me by the crowd , or I could do what he trusted me to do .
37 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 .
38 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 .
39 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 .
40 I asked my friends who have had au pairs what they 'd expected of them in the kitchen .
41 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 .
42 Justices who exercise this delicate jurisdiction are under a statutory duty to carry out the inquiry expected of them by the Children Act 1989 .
43 Both managers said they would assess managerial competence by a person 's ability to achieve the goals expected of them by the organisation .
44 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 .
45 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 .
46 As a consequence we are still constrained to conform to standards of behaviour expected of us by the group .
47 " Oh fucking hell , " Graham heard Mr Hunter says and then something huge squeezed past him in the darkness saying .
48 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 .
49 A spider the size of her thumbnail dropped past her in the gloom , its legs brushing her cheek .
50 A lorry rolled past us along the road , its crumbling body bright with painted pictures plastered over with dust .
51 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 .
52 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 .
53 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 .
54 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 .
55 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 .
56 But he is in one sense or another occupied with it for the rest of the book as he directs the recluse in understanding her experience in terms of a pattern established by the Incarnation , and anchors his teaching to Scripture .
57 Her father had sat with her through the nights , holding her hands , comforting her , robbing himself of sleep to be with her and help her through the worst of it .
58 He had sat with her in the long dark evenings , had made sure she ate at mealtimes .
59 She kicked out at him as he covered her body with his but he held her tight and rolled with her into the protection of the trees .
60 I had an Abaya ( the long black gown ) which I had carried with me on the plane and a scarf to cover my hair , so I was able to enter the Ministry of Health without shocking the men too much .
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