Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | and to appear in court , he found himself caught up in a drama in which he had been cast as The Defendant , facing the man he had known as Rich whom everyone called The Plaintiff , and being called to order by someone he had never heard of before called The Registrar and his right hand man The Clerk of the Court — and all in the unfamiliar setting ( set ) of a courtroom . |
| 2 | Should of brought me them to see the |
| 3 | To gaze on thee I left the smoaking Pail ; |
| 4 | ‘ Yo you guys ai n't really my cup of tea — just a tad too abrasive for me I like the more melancholic and breezy sounds of Slowdive — erm , everybody jump . ’ |
| 5 | With me I had the two Kens . |
| 6 | An ex-agent of mine told me I had the wrong attitude to charity shows ; I did too many . |
| 7 | He told me I had the love of Art , but not the religion of Art . |
| 8 | Then behind me I heard the rhythmic tramp of marching feet and the shrill " 'eft 'ight , 'eft 'ight , " that usually went with it . |
| 9 | Then behind me I heard the sounds of footsteps and stiff hinges and the death-rattle of shivering chains . |
| 10 | ‘ When I look around me I see the Maelstrom . |
| 11 | In order to cope with the workload allocated to me I have the help of two Assistant Solicitors . |
| 12 | The choice of the latter led Leavis , to whom I sent the paper later , to expostulate , but at that time I thought that Read was heading for an eminence which , at least as a creative writer , he never attained . |
| 13 | There will be no difficulty in the importation , as the matter is countenanced by the Ministry , from whom I received the list . |
| 14 | I was desolated by the emotional separation from my mother , whom I thought the most wonderful person in the world . |
| 15 | One of the most capable and widely respected of radio managers in Canada is Sid Boyling , with whom I had the pleasure of working , back in those early days of broadcasting at 1OAB where he was chief announcer . |
| 16 | Other Hollywood stars with whom I had the pleasure of working in the war effort included Fred MacMurray , Herbert Marshall , Edgar Bergen ( with Charlie McCarthy ) and Barbara Stanwyck , among others . |
| 17 | The three concerned were TWW , with whom I had the closest ties , Southern Television and Granada . |
| 18 | Meanwhile Dr. Elliott Gabellah , acting President of the African National Council — with whom I had the good fortune to breakfast , morning after morning , at the Caux world assembly last August — is conferring with Presidents Kaunda and Nyerere in Zambia . |
| 19 | My creature , my invention , in whom I instilled the gift of life , escaped from my care . |
| 20 | If however I had to single out one particular group of teachers to whom I hope the book will appeal , it is those who have been in the profession for about five to ten years . |
| 21 | While I found this amusing ( if rather regional ) , a real beginner in computing to whom I lent the book found it very off-putting . |
| 22 | So it is with a good few of the faithful with whom I trod the boards in my schooldays . |
| 23 | He is a man for whom I have the greatest admiration . |
| 24 | ‘ May I know to whom I have the pleasure … ? ’ |
| 25 | In John 's Gospel , Jesus , when asked to identify the man who will betray him , answers , ‘ It is the one to whom I give the piece of bread that I shall dip in the dish . ’ |
| 26 | This is being conducted by Simon Holdaway , an ex-police officer turned academic , with whom I discussed the anthropological potential for police studies at a 1988 conference we both attended . |
| 27 | Curiously however , the three traditional lecturers with whom I discussed the matter insisted that the plurality made no difference to assessment of students ' work ; in the words of Mr R : |
| 28 | Just as the emergency services and the staff at Musgrave Park hospital reacted with superlative speed and dedication to allay the effects of this atrocity , so the security forces — to whom I pay the warmest of tributes — will continue with vigorous and impartial professionalism to defend the community and to bring suspected terrorists to justice . |
| 29 | On whom I think the world ought to take a little pity . |
| 30 | They were losing money on their early tours so to help them I dropped the touring commission to 10 per cent . |