Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In 1862 the regime was hesitant about addressing itself to the broad governmental and social implications of the emancipation of the serfs , but new developments in the military and fiscal spheres signalled that its enthusiasm for reform was returning . |
| 2 | I do n't think I should say sorry for doing what at the time I believed to be right , ’ said the Prime Minister , receiving his loudest ovation of the night . |
| 3 | Her twin sister Sally , of Penarth , South Glamorgan , south Wales , begged school-friends and neighbours not to feel guilty about sending her on the venture . |
| 4 | I think you 're all being a bit heavy with all of this as treating her like a George Eliot heroine . |
| 5 | By the frequency of his visits he came to know most of the artists and was fond of addressing them in a loud voice by their first names as they came out of the studio . |
| 6 | If he is afraid of compromising himself in the eyes of Messrs Goupil and Co by keeping in touch with me , is his position with those gentlemen so shaky and unstable that he is obliged to be so careful ? ’ |
| 7 | If Ramsey was to be Archbishop of Canterbury , what was wrong with leaving him in the weighty see of Durham until the day came ? |
| 8 | Although I know that my hon. Friend is interested in switching it to the autumn , we have no plans to do that because there are different views about it . |
| 9 | This will equip those who are interested in developing themselves with the tools to reach greater responsibility and promotion , and of course greater rewards . |
| 10 | Well , we 'd like to think that er people , once they 've been introduced to these different sorts of drinks , and become a bit more aware about different sensible levels , would actually be interested in buying them in the future and trying them out themselves . |
| 11 | He was more interested in telling me about the tactics of the attorney general . |
| 12 | God is not as interested in getting us through a conflict as he is in how we respond to it . |
| 13 | ‘ I was wondering , ’ Brassard confided-to his wine glass , ‘ whether you 'd be interested in joining me in a new agency . |
| 14 | He said a small group of people who were interested in doing something about the issue would be interested to hear from people who had views or experiences on the subject . |
| 15 | The activities of a fan become intelligible if we can interpret them as being instrumental in establishing him in a particular role , or if such activities can be shown to be acceptable demonstrations of character and worth among his peers . |
| 16 | And in September 1988 , Donleavy seemed to confirm this by placing him on the ‘ inactive ’ list and arranging for him to rejoin the Boy Scouts of America as Director of Marketing and Public Relations for the Chicago Area Council . |
| 17 | But whereas the long version refers only to the words in Lamentations 1:12 ( O all ye that pass by the way , attend , and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow ) , the short version incorporates all the references to focus more sharply on the organic relationship between man and Christ whose natural growth is blasted by sin : And only in the short version does the meditator acknowledge this by identifying himself with the penitent thief pleading for pardon to be extended to him , and confessing his failure to acknowledge Christ as the true source of his integrity : In both versions the meditator admits that the very ability to recognise the life-giving power in Christ is a sign that he in fact has the love of God even if he does not feel it : And in both , as the meditator sees his betrayal and sense of deprivation borne by Christ in His words : " My god , my dere god , why hastow al forsakyn me … ( 89. cf.102 ) he imagines himself lying down among the bones of dead men on mount Calvary , taking the foot of the Cross in his arms , the stench of death in his nostrils . |
| 18 | It does this by disguising itself as an aphid , in order to avoid being detected by the ants . |
| 19 | When you show disapproval to a dog , reinforce this by ignoring him for a time . |
| 20 | They do this by adopting something like a structuralist understanding of signification systems , treating them as changing structures of oppositions and differences , where obvious meanings are always shadowed by the meanings they exclude . |
| 21 | You do this by assessing which of the ‘ stars ’ and their characteristics dominate his house at birth . |
| 22 | I did get around this by approaching it from the other side : I added gain to the clean modes and it all came together well . |
| 23 | He angered even the faithful by doing it in the middle of the night , announcing he would slash spending to close a gaping budget deficit and promising to use the new tax revenue to bolster poor school districts . |
| 24 | Even if this were true , he is still guilty of bringing her to a state of desire that he can not rightfully satisfy . |
| 25 | Because of the apprehension of a breach of the peace on the part of the inspector , it was held , there arose a duty on him to prevent a breach of the peace , and because the appellant had sought to hold the meeting in defiance of his instructions , she was guilty of obstructing him in the execution of his duty . |
| 26 | Another , contrasting function served by inverted commas ( besides direct quotation , which is discussed below , Chapter 5 , pp. 105 – 7 ) is that of distancing you from an expression . |
| 27 | Christ 's example is not that of helping us across a road , or showing us what good neighbours we must be — but costly , redemptive , self-emptying love ; love which lays down its life for others so that they might be restored to God . |
| 28 | A Devil , mischievous , destructive but lovable , appears and contrives by various ruses , such as that of disguising himself as a beautiful girl , to amuse himself in causing havoc and death among the soldiers and finally , by playing furiously upon his violin , to force the villagers to dance to death . |
| 29 | You can score points for the number of ceramic divisions you can move the butt over ( with extra for actually getting it down the hole and extra for doing it from the far end of the gutter from the hole ) , for the amount of destruction caused — apparently it 's very hard to get the little black cone at the burned end to disintegrate — and , over the course of the evening , the number of fag-ends so dispatched . |
| 30 | ‘ I think they were quite serious about leaving us at the time and thought they would get an objective opinion from Langford . |