Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | As I say , for the most part the money is not paid by the likes of me or of the hon. Gentleman ; it is paid out of the wages of people who never get beyond the basic rate of tax paying . |
| 2 | The schoolmaster then spent an endless period fussily sorting out his things — extracting a folded newspaper and a small bag of plums from his case , arranging the case on the rack , examining the seat minutely for anything unpleasant and giving it a brush with the back of his hand , folding his jacket and his jumper with ritualistic care , adjusting the window in consultation with the lady , but without reference to me or to the young Swede , getting his case down again for some forgotten item , checking his hankie , readjusting the window . |
| 3 | I am surprised by what he says ; if he cares to write to me or to the Secretary of State for Education and Science I will certainly have the matter looked into . |
| 4 | Do n't let yourself sink so low again — come and talk to me or to the doctor . |
| 5 | The initiative does not rest with me or with the Home Office . |
| 6 | You mean therapeutic for me or for the reader ? |
| 7 | Co-existence and co-operation between the two organisations were apparently accepted by members , but these were not easy matters to explain to them or to the hearing world , and met with at least some opposition . |
| 8 | I gave McDunn the two names last night and told him the respective professions of their owners , then clammed up , just refused to say any more about them or about the body . |
| 9 | ‘ Generally speaking most tradesmen have some ways peculiar to themselves which they either derived from masters who taught them or from the experience of things or from something in the course of business ’ , but this did not strictly apply to undertakers , |
| 10 | She felt for Mary , in fact , the fine contempt due to someone or to an institution that has given way too easily . |
| 11 | As adults , we face the fact that our charming sympathetic introduction to animals becomes more complicated and that we are not fair to ourselves or to the animals if we identify with them . |
| 12 | First of all I that at no time have the Labour , the Liberal and the Conservative not been totally in favour of this fire station . |
| 13 | And in fact the evidence suggests I that in the three years remaining till ninety six , it is most unlikely that those twenty five thousand dwellings will be developed , given the alteration at the present time . |
| 14 | We ought first to remind ourselves that for every type of animal throughout time there has always been a most convenient size that has fitted it neatly into its own niche . |
| 15 | On the question of trunk roads and the general capacity of the road system around York , the panel will see that we have actually presented some detailed evidence prepared by and I and for the information for the panel on Tuesday , I understand that all that information is agreed with the County Surveyor as well . |
| 16 | So when I see it cos I thought I have Alice and them , so I and in the room and I fridge . |
| 17 | In a way , it 's ended up being a good test to measure potentially good relationships against bad ones , because say I went out with someone and at a party they said , ‘ Sit on me lap , darling ’ , and then they said , ‘ Oh God , you 've only got one leg ’ — well , I 'd know they would n't be worth going out with ! |
| 18 | The total growth in our Gold 90 balances is well in excess of the goal we set ourselves and across the whole of the UK we achieved almost 50 per cent of our 1992/3 target by the middle of February . |
| 19 | Well we are we like doing the videos because er in the early days we had a lot of problems I suppose with ourselves and with the video people because they had planned ideas for the songs . |
| 20 | We have a lot to do in communications among ourselves and between the different disciplines and different complementary approaches . |
| 21 | That since we have realised the position of women in the printing trade is seriously threatened , we women have been trying to organise ourselves with a view to securing justice for ourselves and for the women who may in future desire to practise the business of compositors or monotypists . |
| 22 | We are sure that the exercise will prove beneficial both to ourselves and to the individuals who undertake the unit . |
| 23 | It 's true that that is a common feature really from the time of for the last five hundred million years , from the time of the earliest fish to ourselves and to the birds and everybody else , but it 's like that not because there is some kind of profound law of form , which says that 's the kind of organism which is in permitted by the laws of development to arise , erm I mean the law form would be something like erm a law of physics which says that if objects move round the sun they 're going to do so in ellipses with the sun at one focus . |
| 24 | To sum up what I have outlined so far , the view of Wimsatt and Brooks is that the essential property of poetry consists in the reconciliation of harmonization of opposites ; that this takes the form of an objective organization of the objective meanings of words ; and that although the same organization generally can not be found in other kinds of discourse , it nonetheless contributes to our knowledge and experience of ourselves and of the world . |
| 25 | Now we had no doubt about the inclusion of Charles Darwin 's centenary in this series at this point ; certainly one of the half dozen most influential figures of the modern world , in reshaping our perceptions of ourselves and of the rest of the world . |
| 26 | She was receiving curtain calls nearly as long as his and on the Saturday night performance a spontaneous ( spontaneous — ha — Willi Zimmermann was in the house again ) burst of cheering broke out when she took her call . |
| 27 | If the opponent 's attack is a face punch , then hit his extended arm with your forearm , glancing your punch over the top of his and into the target . |
| 28 | ‘ That is why we must succeed , not just for ourselves but for the Lord Cardinal . |
| 29 | We have not , therefore , been able to satisfy ourselves as to the amounts included in respect of these subsidiaries , or the effects , if any , that the proceedings may have upon the consolidated financial statements . ’ |
| 30 | I am astonished that the author did not consult ourselves as to the allegations made prior to publication . |