Example sentences of "[pron] and [pron] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which question is more important to our understanding of ourselves and our position in the universe ? |
| 2 | We really needed her and were anxious to present ourselves and our properties in the best possible light . |
| 3 | Dr Ecker concludes that ‘ the ultimate step in the process of stress prevention is changing the way we view ourselves and our place in the world . |
| 4 | ( 15 ) If a tender offer is made in competition with an offer made under the Code , the Panel must be consulted and consideration will be given to extending the offer period of the Code offer , circulating the tender offer to all shareholders and requiring the buyer to disclose dealings of his and his associates in accordance with Rule 8. 4.8 What is the difference between a partial offer and a tender offer ? |
| 5 | In the early days of aviation he made designs for aeroplanes and , later in life , he took up golf and planned houses for himself and his friends in Berkshire . |
| 6 | Cotton marketed himself and his talents in the same way . |
| 7 | In 1878 The Royal Agricultural Society reported in their journal : ‘ This farm , in fact , has all the requisites of a prize farm , and we had therefore very great pleasure in awarding First Prize ( in all England ) to Mr Long who will , we feel certain , consider it a recognition of the untiring industry shown by himself and his wife in the management of this pretty little farm … the arable land is cultivated like a garden , being wonderfully free from weeds . |
| 8 | This kind of specialist service has , solicitor James Whelan believes , made the difference between success and failure for himself and his wife in finding an ideal base in Devon to come back to from Dubai , where they lived since 1985 . |
| 9 | Another thing he did was picture himself and his wife in the drawing room receiving dinner guests . |
| 10 | We then asked why X was putting himself and his wife in danger before he even left the ground . |
| 11 | Yet he had never been assigned any lands from which he might maintain himself and his Queen in their proper estate . |
| 12 | It was strange , but he imagined that at such times as this , when there was only himself and his mother in the house , the building had left its base and was afloat in the air . |
| 13 | Two separate but converging stories are recounted in alternating chapters : the story of the White Russian Preobrajensky regiment under the command of Prince Ypsilanti , which for two years , cut off from contact with the outside world , marches through Siberia trying to reach the Tsar , and that of Tsar Nicholas II himself and his family in their last months , especially during their confinement at Ekaterinburg . |
| 14 | Having installed himself and his family in a comfortable , modern house in Hendon , Chapman spelled out his aims in the programme for the first match . |
| 15 | It is certainly the sort of thing that Garel-Jones says in private because he often describes himself and his family in similar terms . |
| 16 | One of Franco 's most fervent supporters , Luis Galinsoga , editor of the Barcelona daily , La Vanguardia , lauded the Generalísimo as the " sentry of the west " and the " guardian of the European spiritual fortress " — a description which undoubtedly fitted perfectly Franco 's own image of himself and his role in Spanish and world politics . |
| 17 | The policy of centralization and definition of royal rights adopted by the last Capetians exposed the incompatibility between the French insistence on the full rights of suzerainty and the English king 's desire for freedom of action for himself and his officials in the duchy . |
| 18 | He explained the difference in approach between himself and his colleagues in the following words : His approach , based on ‘ the facts of social geography , the requirements of functional effectiveness and the conditions of democratic viability in relation to one another ’ ( Senior 1969:5 ) led him to adopt a two-tier structure with 35 directly elected regional authorities and 148 district authorities . |
| 19 | We did a lot of woodwork at our school , and the other kids liked to lock me and my friends in the storeroom and have us chant ‘ Manchester United , Manchester United , we are the boot boys ’ as they held chisels to our throats and cut off our shoelaces . |
| 20 | He recently spent two years in the musical Me and My Girl in London 's West End and , after 53 years in the business , has no wish to retire . |
| 21 | So , after that , he had decided to leave Salamanca for good and return to the United States by way of England , to say a final goodbye to me and my mother in the house where we had all been so happy at Christmas . |
| 22 | My family have all gone to America now ; left me and my kids in England . |
| 23 | They can be sure they will hear news and debates on issues that affect them and their families in Britain and back in their mother country . |
| 24 | Community nurses need to feel they can trust Council to act for them and their patients in directing the development of the profession , but unfortunately , his episode will do little to persuade them that this is the case . |
| 25 | It was a childhood rich in the family traditions of Judaism , one that was made to feel all the more in need of protection , thanks to the brutality against them and their people in Europe . |
| 26 | And Merv will join them and their family in Derbyshire with a two year old lookalike , a mongrel named Floss . |
| 27 | Children particularly who knew him well , and spent time in his company , invariably recall his ease of manner with them and his absorption in their pursuits . |
| 28 | When Elizabeth I came to the throne of England in 1558 she and her government in London ruled less land than her predecessors had done for hundreds of years . |
| 29 | VISITING LADY : Well , Mistress Pamela , I ca n't say I like you so well as this lady does for I should never care , if you were my servant , to have you and your master in the same house together . |
| 30 | Thanks to you for your hard work in 1992 and my best wishes to you and your families in 1993 . |