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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 .