Example sentences of "[pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , where it cut the highway , the steep bank of the river would give them protection from the full force of the hurricane . |
| 2 | But none of them would be tempted to incorporate : capital is already available to them ; incorporation would not give them protection from litigation ; and , perhaps most importantly , they would lose their most precious asset — and their achilles heel — their privacy . |
| 3 | It also gives them protection as they venture across the open plains of sand , where there are no hiding places . |
| 4 | Thus it could be alleged that we are all vulnerable to this power , individuals having little control over their lives , in the shadow of a powerful and looming state which offers them protection and a set of civil/political rights , the main being to elect representatives in return for their acquiescence . |
| 5 | Just as the first Venetians found that the water-logged islands of their lagoon , far from merely affording them protection from their enemies on land , also provided them with ideal access to the sea and with it immense possibilities of wealth and naval power , so it emerged in the course of human social evolution that the psychological mechanisms which had been necessary in socializing man also proved serviceable for many other enterprises and in time produced the great flowering of human culture which we see around us today . |
| 6 | I 'm not very good at them Mum gave me that one it 's been in quite good condition but |
| 7 | yeah we 'll have one of them mum |
| 8 | ( ‘ I tried to join the army when I got out of Borstal ’ , said Kev , an 18 year old skin , ‘ Do me bit and see the world and that . |
| 9 | ‘ Do me bit ? ’ said Dolly . |
| 10 | Since the manufacturers of ‘ Summer 's Eve ’ have complained to you about my comments on their product , I thought I 'd copy to you this letter sent to their PR representative when she sent me literature and samples . |
| 11 | By not confronting its opponents ' lies when and wherever uttered , it gave them credence . |
| 12 | Although not implausible , these suggestions were not substantiated by any solid evidence , and we had therefore been reluctant to accord them credence . |
| 13 | All of these guidelines , many of them well-intentioned and prepared with care , have been aimed at making primary schools fulfil a predetermined function — to prepare young children for the secondary stage and to give them enthusiasm for learning . |
| 14 | Allen pulled one back for West Ham to give them hope of at least a point . |
| 15 | This government is doing nothing to give them hope and their pride back . |
| 16 | In an Oxford pub on the last day of the season we got the song ‘ Who 's the champions now , scum , who 's the champions now ? ’ chanted at us ( tune Tie me kangeroo down ) . |
| 17 | A likely story , retorted many letter writers , some of them whisky fanciers . |
| 18 | In the parlour you go , me lad , or I 'll crown yer with me kitchen poker . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You can come down for a nice sit in me kitchen , ’ said Mrs Beavis . |
| 20 | The text from the Canticle of Canticles 2:4 ordinavit in me caritatem ( he set in order charity in me ) distils imaginatively Hilton 's understanding that love can only be properly expressed through a disciplined orientation of the particular gifts and powers of the self to God . |
| 21 | But it took 5 months to find them accomodation after she was told to … |
| 22 | Kiss Me Honey Kiss Me — Shirley Bassey |
| 23 | To me resignation is a priceless liberation , for with it I have taken the first big step to that place where I may hope to wash my hands of what in my mind 's eye is the blood of millions of poor and starving peoples . |
| 24 | ‘ The wench knocked over me porter . |
| 25 | Intellectual stimulation was not easy , but the care manager came up with a group of volunteers , all of them computer buffs , who were able to communicate with the man on his level . |
| 26 | It was a tune to give them heart and remind them that they were not alone in their suffering . |
| 27 | ‘ Me want apple again . ’ |
| 28 | While the first words most small children say are ‘ Mummy ’ , ‘ Daddy ’ and ‘ me want ’ , Graham Harrison 's first utterance was the word ‘ scratch ’ . |
| 29 | So me say all me want is a poun " to get in [ inaudible ] and me ten pence bus fare . |
| 30 | ‘ Get some service in , lad , before you call me corp , ’ said the older man . |