Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or I 'll go t' foot of our stairs . |
| 2 | Chinese people hav nu vote in yu Chinese colony , |
| 3 | I 've tried to be more Romantic , it does nu good for me |
| 4 | At three o'clock that afternoon , the intimacy between them had almost completely disintegrated . |
| 5 | The intimacy with which she and Luke explored each other 's mouths was possession of a kind , so wholly were they given to that long kiss , and when it ended they had to have it all over again , instantly , mouths colliding with an urgency which carried them dangerously beyond mere sensuality . |
| 6 | And erm also in what they 're saying the intimacy of their self-dissuasions . |
| 7 | His lips traced the curves his finger had explored , and then he delved sensuously deeper , his tongue finding hers and abruptly intensifying the embrace , as if the intimacy of their tongues together had driven any intentions of reserve and restraint from his mind … |
| 8 | The veiled allusion of her reply , the intimacy of her tone of voice , reassured Jacob . |
| 9 | It tells us that if we could just advance the intimacy of our relationship to the next step we would be satisfied to hold at that level until the wedding . |
| 10 | ‘ After all , since the intimacy of our initial introduction , I already know quite a lot . ’ |
| 11 | Well , I 'm going to leave this simularity in the starpod for you . |
| 12 | Graham asked him not to summon the porter to his office . |
| 13 | He let the fresh air clear the wine fumes from his head and , dropping all pretence , began to question the porter on what he had hinted earlier . |
| 14 | ‘ You can just leave the bags here , ’ Harley waved the porter with his load to the centre of her apartment 's immaculate sitting room , then pressed a few pounds into the man 's furtively extended hand and hustled him out . |
| 15 | To his amazement , the ticket collector at Euston wished him success in his mission , and on his arrival at Sheffield the porter at his hotel pleaded : ‘ I hope you 're not going to take our Dunne away . ’ |
| 16 | Muslims soberly recognise that , in a world addicted to the logic of coercion , it is , sadly , sometimes necessary to be militant in the defence of one 's persuasion . |
| 17 | Seeing that a French invasion was a possibility in 1803 , he joined the Volunteers , and used the sonnet as ‘ a trumpet ’ to encourage national resistance , for the principle of national self-determination led logically to the defence of one 's own country . |
| 18 | and to permit them to carry bows and arrows for the defence of themselves and their custody , as is the custom of the King 's foresters , and the foresters of others elsewhere in England . |
| 19 | The defence of which Paul was an integral part created new records for the club in both promotion seasons 1976–77 and 1978–79 , and it was only a torn cartilage at Wrexham in October that prevented Paul from making full appearances in that latter 2nd Division Championship season . |
| 20 | But this did not prevent the Dominicans from setting out that war could be justified as a means of restoring order in situations of political or social disharmony , for instance between territories ( here we see the beginnings of the idea of the territorial unit and the defence of its justifiable rights ) or between sovereign rulers and their vassals ( if the vassal chose to rebel against his lord and thus fell into a state of disobedience ) . |
| 21 | The central policy preoccupations of the government of any insecure nation are with the defence of its boundaries , the recognition of its integrity by other nations and the maintenance of order within its territories . |
| 22 | The lengths to which the Labour party will go to rush to the defence of its trade union paymasters whenever this issue is raised are remarkable . |
| 23 | In 1917 he could refer Garvin to a speech made in 1905 where he stated his ideal for the British Empire : ‘ we think of a group of states , all independent in their own local concerns , but all united for the defence of their common interests and the defence of a common civilisation , united not in an alliance — for alliances can be made and unmade — but in a permanent organic union' . |
| 24 | Coetzee , describing the leagues as part of a Conservative effort to get to grips with mass politics and the ‘ new religion ’ of socialism , explains the timing of their appearance on the grounds that prior to the 1890s ‘ the Conservatives had no need of recourse to such pressure groups because they already possessed access to institutions adequate for the defence of their interests within the existing sociopolitical framework ’ . |
| 25 | Berkshire , South title-holders , will be without the experienced Gill Scott and Katie Dodd when they start the defence of their title at Southampton today . |
| 26 | Batsmen not only ignore the defence of their stumps but also the very presence of the wickets behind them . |
| 27 | Within this discourse nation and people converged under the natural leadership of a Conservative Party which appointed itself as guardian , committed to the defence of their integrity against attack from hostile or alien forces . |
| 28 | Others sprang to the defence of their rulers and the argument became furious until a heavy fist banged down on the table and bottles and food went flying . |
| 29 | It is even harder to picture them leaving the defence of their border with Turkey to decisions taken in a distant European capital , and to a garrison in Thrace consisting mostly of soldiers from Germany , Italy , Spain or wherever . |
| 30 | DEFENDING Britannic Assurance County Champions Essex were saved by the rain from losing their second match in a row in the defence of their title at The Oval yesterday . |