Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [pron] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Dear sweet Lord above , I do thank Thee for Thy kindness in showing me this lovely woman before I died . ’ |
| 2 | Regarding the recent articles concerning the B-29 Superforts , or Washingtons , with the RAF I remembered flying them during my time in the post-war RAFVR . |
| 3 | I would like to thank everyone for their efforts in 1993 . |
| 4 | For — while Sir Felix had nothing much wrong with him except a wild look in his eye sometimes and a tendency to go off in fits of what Gemma had called " unstable " laughter — she had heard certain tales of moral laxity about his brothers and uncles and even one or two of his sisters , which had done nothing for her peace of mind . |
| 5 | And the IRFU did nothing for its cause by not awarding caps for the matches against Canada and the United States and by refusing to pay the players the regulation daily allowance because the tour was one day short of the stipulated duration . |
| 6 | I can assure you that did less than nothing for my morale at the time . |
| 7 | He could only remember their mother telling them through her tears to be strong , and to have faith . |
| 8 | My poor mother , I am sure , could n't determine whether to commend my prudence or berate me for my lack of romance . |
| 9 | At the moment it helps to console me for my lack in that direction . ’ |
| 10 | ( thanking me for my congratulations on her beautiful master-piece ) : ‘ It is hopeless the way life has to change , and become less than life . |
| 11 | I was horribly afraid then that you must know and hate me for my disloyalty to Anthony . ’ |
| 12 | I said , ‘ You asked me for my knowledge of these people . |
| 13 | You have a love bite on your neck , yet you go on asking me for my views on the multicultural society , on secularism , on Darcian Monetarism . |
| 14 | Indeed , she was hot with me for my part in the business , and rang a fine peal over my head ! ’ |
| 15 | The most beautiful moment was when she asked me for my recipe for Pavlova cake . |
| 16 | And then he said suddenly , ‘ That phone call Ah was waitin' fur — it was from the hotel Iris had given me as her address in Lima . |
| 17 | She urged me to go with her to concerts and the theatre , and took me as her guest to the Edinburgh International Club which , owing to the presence of so many servicemen from overseas , was then an active and flourishing society . |
| 18 | If I can just endorse what Stewart was saying the Parish Council talked to me as their consultant for a while and said look it seems that that with the with the actions of the er County Council writing to the Secretary of State to preempt the call-in procedures and the attitude of the District Council that this thing might well get local planning permission . |
| 19 | All is silent — the sun is set and as the branches of the woodland trees reflect in the gentle water of the pool I feel the whole of existence draw closer around me as my capacity for description dissolves into an experience of the infinite . |
| 20 | But Jim , the chap who lives next door to them came over the other night to collect a pound from me as my contribution to the er , sign on the lamppost saying that this is a watch neighbourhood watch area , now it 's |
| 21 | For its good government , I committed it to Wenilo , who was at that time serving me as my clerk in my chapel " . |
| 22 | As Alfred tells Michael when he pleads Brother Mine is an act of confession and conciliation : ‘ If you want to cleanse yourself go have a bath and do n't use me as your bar of soap ’ . |
| 23 | Juliet had told her a little about her own adoption , and her search for Elaine , but nothing about her talk to Celia and her great-aunt . |
| 24 | ‘ We knew nothing about what sort of paper to buy , we just tried to learn from books . |
| 25 | Her eyes were bright and her face pink , but she said nothing about their encounter with Matthew and Sara felt it would be prying to ask questions . |
| 26 | But Kuzmitch alleged that Blake told him nothing about his work for MI6 nor did he give any indication that he was ardently pro-Communist . |
| 27 | I know nothing about his treatment of women ; erm all I know about is that he chose not to elect a woman to the cabinet . |
| 28 | Cranston and Athelstan squatted down before the coffer and began to go through Sir Ralph 's personal papers , but they found nothing about his years in Outremer . |
| 29 | Since our meeting I have read nothing about your appointment at Ipswich and believe they are quite happy with their current manager . |
| 30 | The article said nothing about my answers to these critics , and nothing about the content of my actual talk at Wellesley College . |