Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've also had people at forty plus telling me the same thing which is a nonsense . |
| 2 | THE VISUAL richness of Philip Prowse 's stage for his adaptation of Oscar Wilde 's novel is such as to make it the theatrical equivalent of one of those packed galleries in the Louvre , so pell mell with works of art that the task is to know where to fix the eye . |
| 3 | By sliding the narrow strip through the slots , combinations such as Give me the English book may be formed . |
| 4 | There was no doubting her sister 's passion as she struggled to express her resentment , writing : — on my life Lily I declare I want only what is best for the child and would not be Cruel to him nor the cause of Cruelty and what you asked was Cruel the child knowing no Italian and being Fearful of leaving me the only Mother he has known and who he loves as his own . |
| 5 | It is a good sound bite , but it is not any better for hearing it the second time . |
| 6 | Fear , attraction , dismay , and total confusion : she had experienced them all since meeting him the previous day . |
| 7 | Like the emerging national plan , the Florida measure seeks to make health-insurance benefits available to the working poor by giving them the same clout in the marketplace as employees of big companies . |
| 8 | Personal preference naturally varies but more benefit is to be gained by having a reasonable breakfast and lunch and a smaller evening meal ( even though most of us are used to doing it the other way around ) . |
| 9 | The Bölkow 207 is fitted with toe-operated rubber pedals on the P1 position only , so Nigel was being very trusting in giving me the only set of brakes . |
| 10 | He seemed very intent on showing us the precise spot where Mr Marr 's body had lain . |