Example sentences of "i the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please could you tell me the ratio of male to female Platies I should have in my tank ? |
| 2 | He is for me the epitome of the Italian style at its best — he is Spanish , of course , but he has the true Italian style . |
| 3 | Flaubert was delighted with the story : ‘ Do you know , Lapierre , you 've just given me the subject of a novel , the counterpart of my Bovary , a Bovary of high society . |
| 4 | The report , for the local authorities reports mentioned in the committee item is an attempt to give me the subject of car boot sales a fairly wide airing . |
| 5 | Tonight Lorenzo gave me the doge 's ring , and told me the history of this lovely old house . |
| 6 | If I could take away with me the beginning of such an understanding it would be enough . |
| 7 | Your father has extended to me the hospitality of his house for as long as I care to take it , or until he grows sick of the sight of me . |
| 8 | Right let's just briefly run through this er essay on migration that so some of you answered , ca n't remember , would somebody tell me the title of it again ? |
| 9 | It strikes me the symbolism of this whole venture would be better were it he and Andy balancing together on the seat , but I get the impression Andy 's partner is n't fully into such flamboyance . |
| 10 | Clearly the whereabouts of those bottles , and the number of them , had been one of the P'daytabird 's little secrets , for Warnie writes , ‘ Nothing brought home to me the finality of the old life as did the carrying out of those bottles and putting them into [ the ] car — to see the mysteries of that jealously guarded secret room emerge as plain matter of fact bottles , and the cellar stand revealed as an ordinary empty cupboard was an unpleasant feeling . ’ |
| 11 | Second , for me the sacrament of Holy Communion is a focal point of feeding . |
| 12 | She 'd explained to me the origin of the Paisley pattern ; I had the history of Notting Hill Gate , the use of a camera obscura by Vermeer , why Charles Lamb 's sister murdered their mother , and a history of Tamla Motown . |
| 13 | My intervention , such as it was , became well known and earned me the enmity of two or three people whose awards had been either altered or struck out . |
| 14 | This touching but morbid In Memoriam served only to bring home to me the realisation of what now seemed inevitable . |
| 15 | Give me the leave to make the best of my fortune and only pardon me the abuse of your house . |
| 16 | In possessing her , he is both taken out of , and placed in possession of , himself : ‘ She gave me the idea of my manliness I had grown to need . ’ |
| 17 | The advent of the Arbortech Carving Competition at the 1990 Woodworker Show gave me the idea of putting the tool to some good use . |
| 18 | This description gave me the idea of a soldier slipping silently through the jungle . |
| 19 | ‘ I used to do a lot of home brewing and going round beer festivals gave me the idea of doing it for a living . |
| 20 | Too much sunlight might impress upon me the idea of how much more agreeable it would be out of doors rather than hunched over a sheet of almost blank paper . |
| 21 | " During one of these fits , " he later recalled , " while again considering the problem of the origin of species there suddenly flashed upon me the idea of the survival of the fittest . " |
| 22 | Talking to Pierre as we fished off the coast of Brittany had first given me the idea of working on a trawler . |
| 23 | She gave me the idea for this footage . |
| 24 | This at once gave me the idea for the experimental design I wanted . |
| 25 | ‘ Pass me the back of an envelope , Sorrel my dear . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I failed by one shot when I should have made it easily , and that gave me the kick up the backside I needed . ’ |
| 27 | The gesture revealed nothing of that woman 's essence , one could say rather that the woman revealed to me the charm of a gesture . |
| 28 | Dear Comrade Surkov , You are warmly invited to do me the honour of attending my forthcoming Inauguration in Washington DC , on 20 January 1989 , as 41st President of the United States , and to read your famous poem of international accord , ‘ Friendship ’ . |
| 29 | I know we have n't long been acquainted , but will you do me the honour of becoming my wife ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You 'll do me the honour of dancing ? ’ |