Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the finest of these were on the walls of Puang Sangalla 's house , where Ranteallo took us the following morning to meet his dead father , and barely alive eighty-seven-year-old mother . |
| 2 | In a constitutional democracy , there are individuals whose status or office gives them the automatic right to be heard . |
| 3 | ‘ The real problem is once again the Government is trying to rush through a complex pattern of assessment without the resources or time to give it the proper foundations . |
| 4 | It was said that Gertrude gave him the final result . |
| 5 | After all , days before the invasion surprised President Bush , his ambassador , presumably not speaking just for herself , told Saddam in so many words that Washington gave him the green light on Kuwait . |
| 6 | It was such a desultory question that Ruth gave him the filthiest look she could muster . |
| 7 | ‘ What I ca n't understand is that Helen told me the same thing . |
| 8 | I believe that Craigendarroch offers you the best of two equally irresistible worlds . |
| 9 | He flitted about on this machine ( which obsessed him ) wearing a helmet and goggles so that Gabriel called him The Invisible Man . |
| 10 | To achieve their objective , they have to rely on the efficient working of the price mechanism such that prices give them the appropriate ‘ signals ’ . |
| 11 | If she were interested in such a campaign , she could perhaps use as the model for it our own dear Speaker , whose radiant health and youthfulness make him the perfect epitome of a diet based on vegetarianism . |
| 12 | He was never equal to Self in Citrine 's esteem , and he remained jealous of intervention by Self in matters of engineering and the development of policy on the generation side , for which his background and experience made him the natural senior voice among other engineers and managers . |
| 13 | Daddy and Mummy greeted her the next morning . |
| 14 | A note from Bartram in 1745 seems to imply a slight difference of opinion as his account of some American pines had been questioned : ‘ But as I have great opinion of Miller 's learning and judgement , I am engaged in duty and friendship to inform him the best I can . ’ |
| 15 | They stamped round the sofa and did that tricky bit of acrobatics that Sid and Ethel showed us the other night . |
| 16 | Atlantic City 's vast beach and boardwalk made it the American seaside resort of the nineteenth century . |
| 17 | ‘ I enjoy using the Schut paper because the variety of weights and textures gives me the perfect surface for my work , from very detailed illustrations to the more spontaneous watercolours . ’ |
| 18 | So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us , who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ , who was I to think that I could oppose God ? ’ ' |
| 19 | Ezekiel was bold enough to long for this too , and God gave him the marvellous vision of the valley of the dry bones ( chapter 37 ) as an assurance that the longed-for day would indeed come . |
| 20 | From an early age , his mother and father showed him the illustrated books on the subject which they had brought back from London , and described at length the wonders of the ballets they had seen danced there by the Diaghilev company , ‘ when they were young and in love ’ , as John put it later . |
| 21 | On one side is the spineless Bishop Barrantes , representing the worst aspects of the Church 's mugwumpery and corruption ; on the other is Father Maby , confidant of Elena and friend to the poor and displaced in his jungle retreat ; his work is less glamorous than the revolutionary 's , but his wisdom and gentleness make him the unexpected hero of the novel . |
| 22 | Sandy and Dave had it the same . |
| 23 | More recent theories suggest the crossing place further down river at Rochester or Chatham , but Dunkin tells us the Roman Army ( the seventh and tenth legions ) then turned along through what is now Snodland and Halling burning and wasting the country as they advanced through the villages . |
| 24 | But Michael called me the other day to say : ‘ I was n't getting anywhere until you contacted the insurance company and my agents . |
| 25 | He had gained a sense of humour , or perhaps of irony , since Blanche questioned him the first time . |
| 26 | The best preserved of all , beautiful and often illustrated , shows Herakles supporting the sky while Atlas brings him the golden apples and Athena prepares to help them exchange roles.93 This comes from the east end and conforms strictly to pattern : figures ranged against the flat ground , in simple postures , frontal or profile . |
| 27 | The bus took a very long and roundabout route to Linby , through a dozen tiny villages and hamlets , but Cheryl thought the journey was worth it when Jessica handed her the promised signalling flags . |
| 28 | Christina cringed as Susanna pronounced it the American way . |
| 29 | People said things like for instance well females are n't intelligent enough to make choices and er which is , which is clearly pretty silly , and er there was also I think and the uncomfortable erm prospect that females could in some way or another control the evolution in males which I do n't think it appealed to the Victorians either and in fact many social Darwinists like Edward Westermark for example rejected the whole concept of sexual selection as Darwin called it the female choice , because it did n't promote survival of the fittest . |
| 30 | It is better still when parents set them the right example by not smoking themselves . |