Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Rose , hearing them through thick heavy darkness , was afraid to open her eyes . |
| 32 | ( iii ) Collect blastocysts into warm ( 37-C ) M2 + BSA wash them through warmed and equilibrated drops of M16 + BSA ( Table 5 ) and incubate in culture drops of M16 + BSA under oil at 37 C in 5% CO2 in air . |
| 33 | It shares ear markings with the tiger , very probably for the same reason , to provide a signal for the cubs to follow , especially at night , when their mother leads them through dense jungle . |
| 34 | Rejecting pluralist and other writings as a conscious decision by academies to defend the privileges which this new system of power gave to them through military and industrial contracts , Mills argued that the power elite could be defined in terms of the institutional positions which people commanded in society . |
| 35 | In other ways , however , there is a continuity in these policies , especially in so far as inner-city and urban initiatives specifically target defined spatial areas and direct resources deliberately towards them through special schemes . |
| 36 | A project in which the children 's desire to acquire information will engender high motivation would seem a far more appropriate way of achieving this than putting them through special library lessons , divorced from any meaningful context . |
| 37 | Just because they are OK with you it does n't mean you are blind to their inadequacies or view them through rose-coloured spectacles . |
| 38 | ( b ) if you take the aubergines , artichokes and courgettes out of those boxes and put them in the glove compartment , on the back shelf , wedge them between other things on the floor , there will be loads of space . |
| 39 | He rattled them between cupped hands and threw them into the dust . |
| 40 | They were selling them off cheap . |
| 41 | ‘ We simply can not understand how the GMC can find these two men guilty of serious professional misconduct , yet allow them off Scot-free . ’ |
| 42 | The honourable gentlemen is asking me for procedural advice across floor of the house , which he knows that I do not volunteer . |
| 43 | Other jobs and dignities , including the leadership of the House , the chairmanship of the party , the conduct of Central African affairs , the oversight of European negotiations , the first Secretaryship of State , and even the Deputy Premiership , were to be added unto me for varying periods in the years that followed ; and each time Macmillan went abroad-notably during his Eastern tour in 1958 and his African trip in 1960-I was automatically invited to act as head of the government . |
| 44 | They did n't want me for pastoral and I 'm not head of department . |
| 45 | I 've been wanting you to kiss me for absolute ages . ’ |
| 46 | Cos there 's some , they used to be carrying timber down the dock all one length and what already slung , already stacked for 'em and the way it cost , the way it go put the wires on me for sure now and there ai n't much to let now . |
| 47 | And before Leith could say a word to lessen his agitation , ‘ Heaven alone knows what chance I 've got with Rosemary now , but she 'd finish with me for sure , I know she would , if anyone else knew about us ! ’ |
| 48 | There was no way I could have refused even if I had wanted to , so a few days later I found myself shaking in the BBC 's hospitality suite , very glad to have Mary and Chris with me for moral support . |
| 49 | If she 's not polishing the auld bits and pieces , she 's naggin' me for new curtains ! ’ |
| 50 | I suspect that in the excitement of going on board I hardly realized she was leaving me for good . |
| 51 | No , I had decided that whatever I washoping to do , I was going to do on my own so if anyone was going to be proud of me they were going to be proud of me for legitimate reasons . |
| 52 | ‘ So if you do n't want anyone thinking you might be with me for personal reasons , why bother ? ’ |
| 53 | ‘ I thought you left me for other women . ’ |
| 54 | but it always bothers me for other people like you know . |
| 55 | Anyway , I 'd been very busy the day before and Doreen had irritated me for other reasons . |
| 56 | I 've often asked , but nobody could tell me for certain . ’ |
| 57 | Er but nobody could tell me for certain what it was that they intended to use it for , er but it was apparently not guaranteed that it would continue to be used er as a market hall . |
| 58 | I was sitting on my fishing stool wearing winter clothes , and a sailcloth robe thrown over me for extra warmth . |
| 59 | I felt he was vying with me for proprietary rights over Jean-Claude . |
| 60 | He had the impertinence to berate me for knee-jerk reactions on behalf of the Government when he opposes absolutely everything that the Government do , however sensible it obviously is . |