Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | It is clear that a payment made by him for goods bought is binding , though payment could not have been enforced against him . |
2 | John was a devout Christian and as a young man had hoped to be a minister , a vocation denied to him by a stammer in his speech . |
3 | all her sister 's energy and thinking her sister should , I mean she had a sister living with her and her sister had her own family with her , er a Mongol son , well I 'm afraid Margaret should n't of taken that attitude because she said ooh everywhere I go now there 's only me , now that 's being selfish , because she had three children and she should n't really of expected all her sisters to keep coming , they were living with her , you know |
4 | When some sociologists talk of the ‘ socialization function of the family ’ , therefore , they are not talking of a family deliberately and consciously performing a function assigned to it from outside by ‘ society ’ , but rather of a more subtle process that arises out of the facts of being married , of sharing a residence over a long period of time , and of parenthood . |
5 | Such statements are not to be taken seriously and the courts would not support a case brought on them . |
6 | ‘ I 'm feeling a bit choked about it , ’ said Brundle . |
7 | J : It 's alright , but it sounds a bit dated to me . |
8 | Maryon was getting a bit worried about him after an evening out in a restaurant : he had been getting behind with his alcohol intake so he decided to catch up . |
9 | Only a bit left on it . |
10 | You know our eyes are very important to us , what he says , get a bit frustrated with you , you 've not understood what they 're tr trying to explain , they say come on , open your eyes will you , it 's there , it 's in front of you . |
11 | It needs a bit doing to it , I know , but it 's yours . |
12 | And in fact , it 's been a that 's why you needed quite a bit doing to it . |
13 | It 's a bit glaring to me . |
14 | Yeah , I think he 's getting a bit attached to it . |
15 | A bit resigned to it now ? |
16 | At least there 's no awkward questions asked , no needing to bother with insurance , does mean there 's a bit to add to her measly SS giro every week . |
17 | And is it the same size ground as the match when there was twenty five thousand in you say you were a bit bothered about it in fact ? |
18 | The mind , examine the way you , that you 've done erm if you sort of apply that to your own house , you can actually cut down the chances of a burglary happening to you . |
19 | The corporation may argue that a direction given to it by the National Rivers Authority to improve water is unreasonable . |
20 | He does not in practice refuse to entertain appeals solely because the decision of the local planning authority was based on a direction given by him . |
21 | For at least two minutes there had been silence , and a hope grew in her . |
22 | There was a hope springing inside her , but Folly scarcely dared to trust it . |
23 | The Court acknowledged that the Registry could not make a decision binding upon it in its judicial capacity . |
24 | Look forward to you erm making a decision to come with us but er that 's in your hands . |
25 | to cast the Video according to a budget provided by us and subject to our approval ; |
26 | to cast the Video according to a budget provided by us and subject to our approval ; |
27 | to cast the Video according to a budget provided by us and subject to our approval ; |
28 | This awareness of the changing world , and the ability of a consultancy to react to it and prepare for it , separates the most professional public relations practitioners from those who merely regard public relations as getting or suppressing publicity . |
29 | There 's a thread running through them , but you have to sit down and listen to them before that sinks in . ’ |
30 | He was living with his third wife , the ice goddess Veronica , in an LA mansion , surrounded by the gifts of a lifetime — a six-foot , hand-carved tiger given to him by Deng Xiaoping , a robe given to him by Elvis Presley . |