Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [prep] the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been asked to give my views on the most important events and changes in the ‘ domain of art and artistic culture ’ over the last ten years , which I have agreed to do , as much out of friendship for the Giornale dell'Arte ( and its editor ) as out of vanity ( let's be honest ) . |
| 2 | In relation to my experience in the so called western feminist movement , I really feel that race and class is a major impediment to the unity of even us women operating in this country . |
| 3 | They hurt , sometimes excruciatingly , but on the deepest level of all , it is somehow ‘ all right ’ ; and out of the praise and gratitude and joy that spring from it when we can grasp it , I think that we may give ourselves permission for the more mundane , but wonderfully healing emotion of happiness . |
| 4 | It is not at all unlikely that at the conquest , Mehmed II appointed someone mufti in the newly conquered city ; and since the sources seem not to mention the appointment of anyone else to the post , it may possibly be that it was made an for Hizir Bey . |
| 5 | " Although I did my utmost to preserve an emotional detachment " , he writes , " I found again and again that the material under my hands was strangely alive ; it spoke to my condition in the most uncanny way . " |
| 6 | ( my thanks to the somewhat bemused friend I just telephoned and asked to tell me the first ten objects that came into her mind — though I do wonder about her and what made her choose those particular objects ) . |
| 7 | It also challenges my attitude to the more superficially respectable , whom we simply do not want to get on with , and strive earnestly to keep at arm 's length . |
| 8 | That night I did not open my window to the usually sweet night air but kept it tight shut against the threatening darkness . |
| 9 | We set off in my Toyota down the now familiar road , past the police Training Centre , where motorcycling policemen were once taught to do multiple handstands on BSA motorcycles , past the Firewood project , a scheme to plant a fast-growing species of tree , now abandoned , down the long , straight , rutted road lined with workshops , past the ruined dairy farm , past more shacks which are alive with banana sellers , wood choppers , and maize roasters . |
| 10 | Despite my disagreement with the generally Weberian direction of much of this work , I think that it usually has virtues of clarity and relevance , and addresses a range of themes which are important in understanding developments in the places investigated in this book . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've told yer before , 'e pays less than any ovver firm in Bermondsey an' 'e sacks 'is workers fer the least fing. 'E would n't tolerate the union fer ages an' as soon as any of 'is workers tried ter get the union in they were put off . |
| 12 | Thankfully , there 'd been no traffic coming ; the concept of striking up an intimate — indeed potentially penetrative — relationship with the rocks on the far side of the road had been bad enough ; but even the prospect of a head-on with another lump of metal travelling at anything remotely like the sort of speed we were sustaining might have resulted in me making my mark in the most embarrassing fashion on the leather upholstery of the Bavarian macht-wagen . |
| 13 | And suddenly the kitchen door — we all lived in the kitchen — burst open , and standing there was my father with the most effulgent smile on his face . |
| 14 | If I were to be denied my belief in the almost limitless potential of my students , I 'd give up . |
| 15 | The death of the Empress does not affect my opera in the least , for none of the theatres have been closed and plays are being performed as usual . |
| 16 | My advice for the less affluent Dizzy fans out there is to wait for Crystal Kingdom Dizzy ( see preview this issue ) , which looks to become the all-time bestest-ever eggstravaganza . |
| 17 | My prize for the most colourful quote goes to the scientist who said that the likelihood of humans having come about as the result of evolution was the same as a tornado in a scrapyard having accidentally assembled a Jumbo jet . |
| 18 | Well , I 've trailed my coat , I 've said a whole lot of things in hopefully to intrigue you , to start you off , merely in terms of rather positive public relations , the media are good and they 're lovely and you ought to encourage them , and really , my message in the very first part is what I started off with . |
| 19 | I wished I could have screens put round my bed like the really sick people had , so that instead of giving me sidelong glances of pity because I had no visitors , people would drop their voices and whisper sepulchrally to interested outsiders , " Poor little thing — she 's dying , you know . " |
| 20 | This was just as well , for I saw only just in time a hen crossing my path in the most leisurely manner . |
| 21 | But I wished fervently that I had been able to do more , and as I passed my hand along the richly coloured coat over the ribs the vast bandaged finger stood out like a symbol of my helplessness . |
| 22 | Er I thought I had my copy of the certainly the panel 's report of nineteen eighty available , it it seems to have disappeared somewhere . |
| 23 | It turned out that he shared my liking for the more conventional kind of organ . |
| 24 | The PBS , which came to power soon after its formation in 1985 , gained most of its support from the mainly Christian Kadazan ethnic group and from the Chinese ; however , the party also made some inroads into what had previously been USNO-controlled Moslem constituencies . |
| 25 | ‘ The people here want to spend their money on the more expensive imported brands , ’ say Eugen , 24 , who works for the Soros Foundation in Timisoara . |
| 26 | BRAMSHOTT and Liphook parish councillors are continuing their fight in the long running battle to get something done about the notorious RUPP 45 , known also as The Hollow . |
| 27 | So addicted were they to this practice , which relieved their frugal existence by exporting their products to the more populous dales , that they earned a reputation as ‘ the terrible knitters of Dent ’ : terrible not because their handiwork was slipshod but because of their complete dedication to the craft . |
| 28 | British machinery companies are not making a big enough effort to promote their products in the recently opened markets of Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland , according to an export consultant . |
| 29 | Her lips came towards him through the darkness , he felt the touch of her fingers at the most erotic points of his body . |
| 30 | Kitty Butterwick and her team give their verdict on the commercially made options to end the traditional Christmas meal |