Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The distinctive sloping pantile roof of the Chapel of Reconciliation came into view and soon we were descending stiffly from the coaches and joyfully into church to receive a special word of welcome from our Bishop , in which he reminded us of the purpose of a pilgrimage , together with our special intentions . |
| 32 | The conduct of the ministers was provocative , but Taylor 's treatment of them was more severe than that of his Archbishop , John Bramhall , who when faced with the same situation devised a form of letters , acceptable to the Presbyterians , by which he supplied them with the qualifications which they lacked , so that they were able to retain their livings . |
| 33 | Nonetheless , the main thrust of Kandel 's findings and the theoretical framework within which he set them during the 1970s and 1980s have until recently scarcely been challenged . |
| 34 | In all this , remember that the phenotypic effects of a gene are the tools by which it levers itself into the next generation . |
| 35 | Everyone who made it to the summit was rewarded with a magnificent panoramic view . |
| 36 | ‘ I hope you do n't suspect everyone who got something from the will , ’ said Dr Mortimer . |
| 37 | They were great champions and everyone who saw them on the ice thought they were lovers . |
| 38 | With me she had none of the shyness she had exhibited in Byron 's company the evening before . |
| 39 | You 're telling me she gave herself to the German to stop him finding the wine ? |
| 40 | It was me who warned you of the Fascist element infiltrating at Danino 's . |
| 41 | I told you I saw her in the mornings standing at the bus stop . |
| 42 | ‘ I can assure you I have it on the very best authority . ’ |
| 43 | ‘ Pity , Jane , is an insult from some people , but from you I accept it as the mother of love . |
| 44 | You know you you told me about the big boat did n't you ? |
| 45 | Erm you you bring me onto the second dimension of Leeds ' objection which is to do with the distribution of those jobs . |
| 46 | They never come round on their own , and you you see them in the daytime , you know probably one or twice a week . |
| 47 | You 've seen it before yeah that 's right you you recognise it from the shape and and er because you 've either seen pictures of it before or you 've been there . |
| 48 | . Now that 's it 's interesting what Joanne said that you you lost it in the middle somewhere , yeah ? |
| 49 | And besides , do n't forget , it was she who dumped you in the end . |
| 50 | " It was you who pulled me to the ground ? " |
| 51 | Liz asked the therapist to talk to her parents on her behalf , but the therapist suggested she herself did it with the therapist 's support . |
| 52 | And because this phrase has been much abused and misunderstood , it may be useful at this point to refer back to Erikson , to whom we owe it in the first place . |
| 53 | The president was admitting to voters that ‘ everything I told you in the campaign was not true , ’ said Republican Senator Phil Gramm . |
| 54 | This is the reason for the ungrammaticality of : ( 40 ) the only book missing readable is Twyford 's Lives of the Slovak Saints By contrast , the examples of ( 41 ) are fully acceptable : ( 41 ) the only readable book missing is the one I told you about the only missing book readable is the one already mentioned The same contrast is seen in ( 42 ) beside the two cases of ( 43 ) which are both grammatically acceptable ( although not of course quite identical in meaning ) : ( 42 ) *one journalist striking accessible is Jana Flynn ( 43 ) one striking journalist accessible is Jana Flynn one accessible journalist striking is Jana Flynn The restriction is general , applying even if the particular adjectives concerned are ones which can normally appear postnominally . |
| 55 | It is a crisis of everything which served us in the past but which is no longer tenable today . |
| 56 | The to infinitive here asserts an occurrence not just as an attested fact but as a significant fact , something which tells one about the character of the subject . |
| 57 | If he was thus eligible for that title , there must have been something which qualified him — something which distinguished him from the numerous other leaders , both military and political , who at the time were themselves becoming thorns in the Roman side . |
| 58 | As though she had seen something which disturbed her from the window of the apartment . |
| 59 | A gay text is one which lends itself to the hypothesis of a gay reading regardless of where the author 's genitals were wont to keep house . |
| 60 | Skilled in the art of clock-making , he constructed , in his eightieth year , a detailed and intricate orrery to replace one which displeased him by the ticking of its wheels . |