Английский для социологов. Астафурова Т.Н. - 39 стр.

      7. GRAMMAR      WORK

     Complete the following dialogue by adding the missing
prepositions:
         over           between          out              from
         round          with             of               to
         in             about            for              up on
     Underline any fixed expressions from the dialogue which you
think you could use yourself. Reproduce the dialogue.

        À. David?
        Â. Yeah?
        À. I wonder if I could have a word (1) ......you (2) ...... that job
in R&D?
        Â. Er, sure. What’s (3) ...... your mind?
        À. Well, you know that Deborah Norman’s applied (4) ...... it,
I suppose?
        Â. Naturally. I interviewed her. In fact, she and Robert Fry both
came (5) ...... extremely well, I thought. To tell you the truth, we’re
going to find it pretty difficult to choose (6) ...... them.
        À. That’s what I thought. Only I think I should warn you (7)
...... Deborah.
        Â. Oh, really?
        À. Yeah. I mean I don’t want to interfere (8) ...... your selection
procedure, or anything. It’s (9) ...... to you to make (10) ...... your
own mind (11) ...... the sort of person you want for the post.
        Â. John, will you just get (12) ...... the point? What’s Deborah
been (13) ...... to?
        À. Oh, it’s nothing like that.
        Â. Because I know she’s got a reputation (14) ...... being a bit
over-assertive at times.
        À. Yeah, but it’s not that that I object (15) ...... so much. I reckon
she believes (16) ...... what she’s doing — even if nobody else does.
No, it’s just that I know you want to make our internal training more
cost-effective and I really don’t think you can rely (17) ...... someone
like Deborah Norman to carry (18) ...... your programme of economy
measures, that’s all.
        Â. I see. And what makes you think that, John?


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