Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It gives them total protection against rain and wind , without weight or bulk , while remaining breathable so that their perspiration is n't trapped inside . |
| 2 | I played off seven at my best — politics left me little time for practice , but lack of concentration was the real problem . |
| 3 | Like a twat I decided that attack was the best way of preserving my job , and so I demanded that the board give me complete control over team selection , tactics , welfare etc. , with no boardroom interference whatsoever . |
| 4 | ‘ Fox , although allowing me complete control over the physical side of making the picture , were strong enough to prevent me changing the script , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Anthony Cheetham offered me complete control of the whole sales operation at the Orion Publishing Group Ltd , encompassing home and export sales for both hardbacks and mass market paperbacks , and while I have been very happy at Random House in its many incarnations , I felt it was too good an offer to miss . |
| 6 | His talk made me think of the housing estates near Mum 's house , where the ‘ working class ’ would have laughed in Terry 's face — those , that is , who would n't have smacked him round the ear for calling them working class in the first place . |
| 7 | Apart from these important changes , specialized antiracist work within the local state has been increasingly identified as an embarrassment by the Labour Party for whom political commitments to antiracism and multiculturalism are apparently a vote loser . |
| 8 | He told me strange stories of red-skinned men who wore eagle feathers , and their wise man fitted Doctor Agrippa 's description . |
| 9 | ‘ Many parents bring me rebellious teenagers with the plea , ‘ Please change her , doctor ! ' ’ |
| 10 | You will actually hold a policy review with your client , I E , you 're going to see them each year at least , but the policy reviews as regards the company are held to make sure there 's enough growth in the client 's funds to sustain all the charges . |
| 11 | Some district council 's elect all their councillors once every four years — others elect a third of them each year with a year off while the county council elections are held . |
| 12 | It was the widow 's custom to leave a jug of milk for them each night after milking , she gave it as a gift in thanks , she said , for their support of an unfortunate woman on her own . |
| 13 | As you know I have been meeting every two weeks with all the staff in the Economic Development Team , and discussing with them each stage of the process . |
| 14 | There 's a crusader inside John Cleese and nothing Spanish Quixotic about him either . |
| 15 | This will allow them unparalleled access to German and northern European markets . |
| 16 | I remembered another story they 'd told me that day of the first snowfall : it was about a hunt several years ago , on a day like this . |
| 17 | You were blazingly angry with me that day at the house . ’ |
| 18 | I had a hand-tooled Mexican handbag with me that day in court . |
| 19 | we 're still involved , and they tell me that life on a fire station is still very pleasant so I 'm sure it must be . |
| 20 | Gradually it began to dawn on me that while in the celluloid world all things were possible , in the other world it was quite a different story . |
| 21 | My mind turned back to the man Mrs Bradshaw had accosted in the garden , but I knew of no one who bore me that kind of grudge or , if he did , would take it out on me in such a petty and spiteful way . |
| 22 | You want me to go jumping out of Dorniers again at five thousand feet in the dark like last time over Ireland and you try to hand me that kind of bollocks . ’ |
| 23 | Miss O'Keeffe 's work suggests to me that kind of passionate mysticism that clouds the seeing eye with visions false to it , like some sweet drug . |
| 24 | ‘ Are you acting , Sarella , when you give me that look of — whatever it is ? ’ |
| 25 | Er , you 're buying me that race for my birthday . |
| 26 | ‘ No , but after what you told me I have a suspicion you kissed me that night at Ib 's Club deliberately in an effort to convince her you 'd found someone else to replace her in your heart and in your bed . ’ |
| 27 | When you told me that night in Harcourt Street those things about your private life , honest to God , Stevie , I was not able to eat my dinner . |
| 28 | I said , anyhow , you do n't attract me that way in the least . |
| 29 | It seems to me that part of the problem of players complaining about the pressure of the modern game is that they have not attuned themselves properly to what is required . |
| 30 | It seems to me that formulation of the precise grounds upon which overpayments of tax ought to be recoverable and of any exceptions to the right of recovery , may involve nice considerations of policy which are properly the province of Parliament and are not suitable for consideration by the courts . |