Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if the hon. Gentleman had attended the seminar at which I made my remarks last Monday — I greatly regret that he was not there to hear me talk about delegation to the regional arts boards — he would have known that I made the point that if such delegation is fully successful — if the regional arts boards are progressing well — the question whether the five major national companies should continue to be funded by the Arts Council or be funded directly will arise . |
| 2 | She left them side by side on the sofa , intent on a cartoon , and hurried out to the garden . |
| 3 | Fold each side of the rectangle into four or five pleats , and pin them side by side along the top edge of the board so that each pleat falls into a soft fold across the swag , forming a gentle curve ( fig. 46 ) . |
| 4 | That 's my response on behalf of the C E C. |
| 5 | In all my experience of homicide in the courts … ’ |
| 6 | And that was the purpose of my digression from anthropology to the sociology of monetary exchange . |
| 7 | ‘ Your mum 's asked my mum to dinner on the sixth , ’ said Sam , ‘ so we 'll do it then , when we know where they all are . ’ |
| 8 | The barman took my watch in payment by the way . ’ |
| 9 | Did you not talk the back of my mind about change to the report system ? |
| 10 | So , too , may seem my characterization of physics as the study of simplicity . |
| 11 | Thus it was that I decided to give Edward Young a greater part to play in At Home in Thrush Green for , having burnt down the rectory in an earlier book , it seemed only right that I should hand over the job of replacing my act of arson to the architect I had created . |
| 12 | What she wo n't want to hear is that I am cured of the madness which kept me from sleeping at night and the imagination which played havoc with my peace of mind during the day . |
| 13 | And when she 'd driven Billy , a pimply second-year , up to my hall of residence at the start of his fourth or fifth term , I 'd been on hand to help them unload her Mercedes estate car . |
| 14 | I know how they 're supposed to work , I know all about the importance attached to establishing a rapport and initiating trust and building confidence and all that shit ( and I 'm almost flattered they have n't done the old good-cop bad-cop routine , though maybe they just do n't do that at all any more because everybody knows about it from the TV ) , but I really do feel something for McDunn : he 's like my lifeline back to reality , my ray of sanity in the nightmare . |
| 15 | It is therefore natural to speak of my desire for coffee as the cause of my going to the kitchen ; a quite different kind of cause would be operating if someone twisted my arm behind my back and forced me to go . |
| 16 | Not then — to recall my point of departure in the previous chapter — knowing thyself , so much as knowing thy discursive formations — knowing them in the process of living but also inverting them ; reinscribing oneself within , succumbing to , and demystifying them . |
| 17 | well to be quite honest I 'll I 'll state my point of view at the moment . |
| 18 | So you know when you get in a meeting sometimes you 've got a point of view on an agenda item and you think how where am I gon na get support for for my point of view on the meeting ? |
| 19 | Dramatic as imprinting is as a form of learning , it suffered from my point of view from the problem that for a bird to become imprinted requires exposing it to the stimulus , the flashing light or whatever , for a couple of hours ; memory builds up slowly over that time , and so the cellular changes that are going on during the period inevitably intermingle the effects of learning and of visual stimulation with those of memory formation . |
| 20 | I had spent the few months before brimming over with excitement and anticipation for when my time would come to leave what had been my place of education for the previous four years . |
| 21 | I had to leave my place in front of the screen frequently and go behind to convince myself that each new voice was indeed coming from the same man . |
| 22 | She wanted to say in her other voice , the one she had mislaid outside , So here you are at last , on my estate , in my house , at my place in front of the fire . |
| 23 | However , I 've just spent an interesting few minutes with my nose in line with the needles , gingerly winding the transfer carriage along with the ribber on half pitch — all in the interests of this article you understand , while hoping I would n't damage the transfer needle ! |
| 24 | The next day we followed my ball of string into the woods to show Tumbleweed our treasure . |
| 25 | In fact when I keep my Topper at home over the winter , they just lift the whole thing up into the roof of the garage , keeps it right out of the way . |
| 26 | chairman shall I put my head on head on the block . |
| 27 | As an American I can only hang my head in shame over the Bill Clinton sex scandal . |
| 28 | I do n't know whether you 've found time to consider my request for help with the publication of this response ? |
| 29 | I unlock the door of the garret , place my jacket on top of the Sarson 's Malt Vinegar box and hunt through the Squeez-Ee box . |
| 30 | Before I call the Home Secretary , I should say that I understand that a notice of appeal has now been lodged but that I propose to exercise my discretion in respect of the sub judice rule to allow questions covering the Home Secretary 's statement . |