Example sentences of "of our [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You published last week an account of our ordeal at the hands of burglars who left us barricaded for 37 hours in a tiny bathroom . |
| 2 | The walls of our imprisonment were there before we appeared on the scene , but they are ever rebuilt by ourselves . |
| 3 | And you wo n't miss out on any of the action because all of our demonstrations will be relayed on a large video screen . |
| 4 | It makes the heart pump blood faster ( we have all felt the pounding and racing of our hearts when we are roused ) ; dilates the airways of our lungs ( so we can breathe faster ) ; and causes a great increase in the release of energy — by breaking down glycogen ( the form in which glucose is stored ) for muscles , and fat ( from fat storage depots ) for the rest of the body . |
| 5 | That is why awe of the love and holiness of God must come first in the awakening of our hearts . |
| 6 | There is an empty throne within the throne room of our hearts that only God can fill . |
| 7 | Because prayer is the language of our hearts before God , it enables us to grow in our emotional life before God , so that these qualities of Christian joy become part of our very selves . |
| 8 | In place of an animal existence , which trivializes the needs and desires of our hearts , we see that true happiness has a glory and majesty about it . |
| 9 | Out of the fullness of our hearts , praise flows out to God like a river in flood . |
| 10 | He knows the precise needs of our hearts , in such a unique and personal way that we experience the remarkable conviction that we are being personally and intimately addressed by his word . |
| 11 | Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit , that we may perfectly love thee and worthily magnify thy holy name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord . |
| 12 | We all need someone who knows the secret of our hearts ’ . |
| 13 | However , when we are prepared to be guided from within , it is no longer emotional desire that drives us , but the purity and clarity of reason , dictated by the ‘ pure will ’ of our hearts . |
| 14 | So long as ‘ God 's praise … our pride ’ is the attitude of our hearts , there will be no place for this kind of doubt . |
| 15 | When we do , however , subject ourselves to prolonged exercise , such as jogging , marathon running or mountain climbing , we experience benefits over and above the merely improved function of our hearts and musculature — benefits at the emotional , mental or spiritual levels . |
| 16 | We hold , at the bottom of our hearts , the same ideals of justice and brotherhood , and it is this common aspiration that I should like to express and represent . |
| 17 | It is ironic , I think , that the release which out of the compassion of our hearts we give to old , sick animals , we deny to old , sick human beings . |
| 18 | The most obvious is that he felt it himself : to him his fictions were what the Silmarils were to Fëanor or their ships to the Teleri , ‘ the work of our hearts , whose like we shall not make again' . |
| 19 | We thank them from the bottom of our hearts . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Please thank your readers from the bottom of our hearts . ’ |
| 21 | We must put him out of our hearts for ever , he said . ’ |
| 22 | We have sought him in the promptings of our hearts or the resolutions of our committees . |
| 23 | Let's pray in the silence of our hearts that God will send the Holy Spirit to fill us with promised gifts . |
| 24 | The band of bleating chorus from Scotland is present , with its regular melody , played on the strings of our hearts , about how bad things are north of the border . |
| 25 | When , ten years later , neighbouring Norfolk set afoot proposals to follow suit , its two MPs were petitioned by the small-holders and labourers of the hundreds concerned to use their influence to prevent : that imprisonment of our persons , that separation from our children , that destruction of our race , that loss to the kingdom , and that curse from the Almighty which must attend establishing a poor house upon the specious fallacy of providing for our comfort , by the breaking of our hearts . |
| 26 | It is clear from this that for Rolle prayer was the most important exercise by which the reality of faith is realised , which is why he deals with it first after the section on the necessity for patience in adversity : Prayer is the means by which the transforming dynamic of the love of God is accessed in the innermost marrow ( " inhirliest mergh " ) of our hearts ( 7.118.28 ) and labour becomes light ( 11.123.30 ) . |
| 27 | After all , any reason that leads us to keep Christ out of our hearts is an , is an unworthy one . |
| 28 | Professor Peter Bullock , director of the Soil Survey and Land Research Centre offices at Silsoe , part of the Cranfield Institute of Technology , near Bedford , said : ‘ We have to realise that a significant proportion of our soils are fragile . |
| 29 | This prompts us to take a closer look at the bream , so we pick it up and immediately feel the narrowness of the belly where it rests in the crease of our fingers . |
| 30 | All kinds of attics have been raided to bring it together and it provides a sharp view of our Royals . |