Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] pointing out the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That , and the fact that Rick 's Cafe , in the Hyatt Regency Hotel , was built more than a dozen years after Bogart 's death , does not prevent taxi drivers from pointing out the building ‘ where the movie was made ’ and indicating the top floor suite ‘ where he wooed Ingrid Bergman ’ . |
| 2 | Once they realized that no presents could ever be exactly the same and that they could help him to take pleasure in his sister 's presents by pointing out the good features of one of her new toys to her they felt more confident in coping with his reactions . |
| 3 | Carole and her American , jazz-loving husband Allan enjoy meeting their guests and are keen to give advice on anything from milking a cow to pointing out the best walks available . |
| 4 | Please take a look in your own back yard before pointing out the mess in others ' . |
| 5 | The 1840 Preface to The Chronicles of Crime ; or The New Newgate Calendar indicates a new ‘ moral ’ tone — ‘ Chronicles of Crime must comprise details , not only interesting to every person concerned for the welfare of society , but useful to the world in pointing out the consequences of guilt to be equally dreadful and inevitable ’ . |
| 6 | Countless twentieth-century dictators have been defended from their detractors by pointing out the asceticism of their private lives . |
| 7 | Things were always crystal clear to Beamish ; he was always taking a view or spying out the land or finding some way of pointing out the difference between his world — a universe of sharp corners and exact distances — and the booming , foggy place in which Henry found himself every time he took off his glasses . |
| 8 | And I promise not to embarrass you in front of the paying public by pointing out the mildew on your roses . ’ |
| 9 | He had intended to sweep aside any reservations Kingdom might have about revealing a patient 's secrets by pointing out the overriding importance of finding Heather , but , instead , he had become meek and subdued , as if content to accept Kingdom 's judgement unreservedly on how much or how little he could divulge . |
| 10 | The Chancellor , the Financial Secretary to the Treasury , and the Prime Minister have the task of pointing out the financial realities of life to their colleagues . |
| 11 | Though Coleridge continued at the King 's School for several months , delighting his mother by pointing out the new master 's faulty knowledge of grammar , in April 1782 Francis Buller , a family friend and later an eminent judge , obtained for him a presentation to Christ 's Hospital in London ( the Blue Coat School ) , ‘ there to be educated , and brought up among other poor children ’ . |