Example sentences of "[pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To thee the privilege is given , |
| 2 | Christ had entrusted the government of His Church to St Peter and his successors in the words , " Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church " ( Matthew 16 : 18 ) and " I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven and whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth , it shall be bound also in heaven " ( Matthew 16 : 19 ) . |
| 3 | Shew thee the tree , leafed with refin 'd gold |
| 4 | He told me the daughter was a bad lot though . |
| 5 | Please could you tell me the ratio of male to female Platies I should have in my tank ? |
| 6 | ‘ This came from the man who found me the assassin , ’ he went on . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | One of them told me the changes they 've put now are so dramatic , there might as well have been a change of government . |
| 9 | A brief encounter with the new range last week convinced me the changes have rejuvenated the car and made it the equal of anything from Munich or Stuttgart . |
| 10 | I 've asked 'em to sell me the land so I can develop it but they wo n't see sense . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Just like it does not allow us to sing an old song that was sung often , Show Me The Road And The Miles To Dundee perhaps that 's the song we should be singing just now in these particular circumstances and be it the day , maybe even in Portsmouth this particular day . |
| 14 | Tonight Lorenzo gave me the doge 's ring , and told me the history of this lovely old house . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've got the idea , ’ said his boss , giving me the once-over . |
| 16 | I wait patiently whilst he gives me the once-over . |
| 17 | And it 's a blue chip brochure and I think obviously what I needing now after by the experience I 've had with is to get behind a company who will give me the backing . |
| 18 | Without me The Pistols would have been nowhere . |
| 19 | She has n't , of course , but she gives me the landlord 's name . |
| 20 | He began to tell me the difficulties of his life at home , and finally he told me that he had tried more than once to find a home with another brother or sister , but they had persuaded him to return to Cis and Elfed . |
| 21 | So , I tell you what , if , if we do end up spending Christmas at gon na give me the present I got to Di and said thank you Di for giving Stella the Christmas present . |
| 22 | Ever since James brought me the clothes of that unfortunate young girl , I have been beset by a conviction that I failed to notice something of importance . ’ |
| 23 | And for me the beginning was when I was young ; before the Soviets , before the Nazis . |
| 24 | But what was , for the archaeologist the end of a job , was for me the beginning . |
| 25 | If I could take away with me the beginning of such an understanding it would be enough . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Thirty years later , recalling the revelation of tribal art , Picasso spoke of the Demoiselles as his ‘ first exorcism picture ’ : ‘ For me the masks were not simply sculptures , they were magical objects … |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't think she would have submitted — I would n't have done in that position — but she would definitely have lost consciousness and that would have given me the title . ’ |
| 29 | 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 ? |
| 30 | 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 . |