Example sentences of "[pers pn] [det] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when I said I was family — well , yes , I know it was n't true but it seemed near enough the truth to use to persuade them neither of them would give her away . ’ |
| 2 | She was a woman from an age quite different from Erika 's own ; separated by a gulf , a measureless chasm of experience distancing them each from the other as surely as though they were beings from two different planets . |
| 3 | ‘ It is important that we break the system into manageable tasks and tackle them each in turn , in order of priority . |
| 4 | Our management structure now reflects four main marketing streams , namely Water Assessment , Land Assessment , Environmental Sciences and Major Contracts , and I shall be considering them each in turn . |
| 5 | Are you offering me that as an option chairman ? |
| 6 | ‘ You taught me that without a man a woman 's life is bleak , empty , and dangerous ; you taught me that a woman is n't complete without a man . |
| 7 | The porter , who had once been a sailor , told me that of all the saloon passengers only one ever visited the men below decks and his name was Charles Rocke . |
| 8 | Indeed on the nineteenth of January the Noble Earl Lord told me that of the three hundred and sixty letters which had been received from a wide variety of organisations representing people of totally different political opinions and that following the publication of the White Paper . |
| 9 | Many other women I spoke to told me that for protection from racial attacks it was essential to have Asian neighbours . |
| 10 | Now it seems to me that for Dorothy Heathcote man 's curiosity about the world is the very source of her interest in drama , of her interest in history , of her interest in education and indeed , of her interest in Life . |
| 11 | But my clinical experience tells me that for many of you , there 's no choice — other than the possibility of celibacy — for as you 've developed , you 'll have gradually realised that your sexual orientation is homosexual and that you can no more change that than the colour of your eyes . |
| 12 | Well I work as a psychotherapist and it seems to me that for some people change is impossible and when that is the case then its my job to help them to come to terms with who they are and what they are and how there going to remain , but the other side of it is helping people to change and I have to say usually its to loose weight , that 's the biggest reason people want to change . |
| 13 | You also told me that for eleven years you were national coach and team manager to the United Arab Emirates . |
| 14 | When crossing by boat from West Loch Tarbert to Port Ellen on one of my early Journeys to Islay I was talking with an elderly minister who was coming to visit a crofter brother who was ill , and during our conversation said that it appeared to me that for a small island with a population of about four thousand it had produced an unusually large proportion of ministers , ship captains , marine engineers and doctors and asked him why he thought that was so . |
| 15 | Pressed more closely he told me that for a number of years Laura had lived an almost schizophrenic life , symbolized by two quite different wardrobes — one for her parents , ‘ the Goody-Twoshoes suits ’ , the other for what she believed to be her real self . |
| 16 | Almost as an afterthought , her eyes clouding , she added , ‘ No one has called me that for years . ’ |
| 17 | It seems to me that for those , like myself , who want to include divine revelation with science in their total picture about the origin of life , the thought that it could have originated in one that supports their belief that God had a hand in these matters . |
| 18 | He also told me that for some years , two unknown people , evidently strategically placed in big City offices , have been collecting for us all the first-day covers received there . |
| 19 | Oh I do n't mind paying you , it 'd cost me that for a bloody taxi . |
| 20 | you owe me that for a year . |
| 21 | What have you given me that for ? |
| 22 | And he says , what are you giving me that for ? |
| 23 | And can you can you book me that for |
| 24 | He told me that with chicken pox I should n't be with the team , and he kept making remarks which made me feel embarrassed . |
| 25 | ‘ Joanna Dungarvan , do n't try and kid me that with your imagination you have n't already picked your wedding dress ? |
| 26 | Bonanza boasted to me that with his organisation he 'd be sure and locate Connie himself within that time . |
| 27 | If you do n't tell them about the deposit cheque if you do n't tell them about the banker 's order they will say , Well just a minute Ron you did n't tell me that on the phone . |
| 28 | ‘ But why did you not tell me that at once ? ’ |
| 29 | On two occasions he , repeated me that like that . |
| 30 | But she yes , she told me that in all , in the shop . |