Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [pers pn] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So for him the public sector has proved useful and at present he is a non-executive director of the Defence Research Agency Council . |
| 2 | Which was stupid — I mean , I had a really good girl right along with me the whole time . |
| 3 | All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat . |
| 4 | Once she 'd put the phone down on him the previous night she 'd regretted her skittish way with him , and , after a heart-to-heart with Marlin in which she 'd told him she wanted to go back to England , and he 'd replied that it would all seem different in the morning and why did n't she just take a pill and lie down , she 'd decided to call him back . |
| 5 | Now when it came down to it the national government essen sorry the Supreme Court essentially said if the national government wishes to create a national bank in pursuance of legitimate aims of the constitution then it should have the discretion to do so and it should n't be interfered with by a state government . |
| 6 | All around them the other coolies stared in disbelief at the sight of their tormentor so astonishingly struck down before their eyes ; then the floodwaters of their hatred burst some invisible dam , and several men dashed forward screaming incoherently to slash at the kneeling man 's head and shoulders with their coupe-coupes . |
| 7 | All around it the bloodstained undergrowth lay broken and flattened by its struggles , and as soon as it saw him , the animal lowered its needle-sharp horns that had grown in its prime to a length of nearly three feet . |
| 8 | Not for them the hollow reply , ‘ What meeting ? ’ when a call is made to check that they are bringing something to the pot luck supper at school that very evening . |
| 9 | Not for them the traditional lunchtime saunter down to the pub , then off to the match with their mates . |
| 10 | Not for them the sudden exhilaration of Crick and Watson on discovering the structure of DNA ( a rare thrill , even in the natural sciences ) . |
| 11 | Not for them the comfortable life ; they might get ideas above their station , which was to devote themselves to hard labour and be grateful for small mercies . |
| 12 | They were temporary , not permanent , migrants : not for them the single journey to a new land . |
| 13 | Not for him the cynical moralities of Pauson , who presented humanity worse than it is , or the fidelity of the painter Dionysus to observable particularity : he was beauty 's slave , and beauty is made , he knew , not found . |
| 14 | Not for him the glitzy party animal networking of the Beverly Hills A-list . |
| 15 | Not for him the blind search for a nipple , no free of the womb' spasms to jerk his limbs ; he was happy to be apart , independent , an entity unto himself . |
| 16 | Not for him the inane bromides of lesser managers ; outspoken wit and intelligence were the hallmark of his post-match reflections . |
| 17 | Not for him the intricate miracles of Gothic architecture . |
| 18 | Not for you the simple explanation of a dropped cigarette end or some such — ’ |
| 19 | Well I mo moved because promotion was in the line for me , I was in the Royal Marine Police in island depot in Plymouth and er I 'd been put on plain clothes work and I 'd been doing acting sergeant you know when the sergeant was off sick and all that business and er I 'd put , been put in for this to move because we had a two bedroom bungalow but the twins were getting big and I realized that we 'd have to have another bedroom you know , very soon and er , this seemed an opportunity to get a house and also in Plymouth , that Plymouth was a naval town , you see , there was still those days there was still kind of a , a lower deck of sons , what they call lower deckers , in other words you know people in the lower deck of the navy , their sons did n't really have much , ever have much chance of getting into places like Dartmouth College or Cramwell to do as cadets , well the headmaster at Regent Street School had said to me that Keith was very keen on flying , he was aeroplane mad you see , and , he wanted to go in the Royal Air Force , well he said to me he said oh no put him in the Navy and as a chief art as an artificer , so I said oh no , I said if he goes in the Navy or the service I want him to go in the front door not like me the back door , I had ambition for him |
| 20 | Somewhere behind him the huge figure loped . |
| 21 | My brief visit certainly brought home to me the grim realities that lie behind the many statistics on Third World debt . |
| 22 | Sabine 's eyes narrowed , and he laughed suddenly , his whole face changing , bringing home to her the full force of his considerable attraction . |
| 23 | This incident brought home to him the great contrast between his father 's uprightness and the godlessness of those who sneered at him . |
| 24 | The War itself , in which he served , brought home to him the ruthless destructiveness of man as weapon or mere machine . |
| 25 | The War itself , in which he served , brought home to him the ruthless destructiveness of man as weapon or mere machine . |
| 26 | And yesterday their lawyer told the Old Bailey : ‘ It brought home to them the serious nature of what they had done . ’ |
| 27 | But nevertheless I do want to er , bring home to you the underlying strength of our businesses there 's no question , we 're very wel very well faced for , for an upturn . |
| 28 | ‘ You were pretty fed up with me the other night — on the phone . ’ |
| 29 | The minute she set eyes on him , she seemed to take leave of her senses — and he 's been playing up to her the whole time . |
| 30 | Interesting Pauline at work , she 's ever so hurt , could n't get over it , she came up to me the other day she said , hello , how long has it been we have n't seen one another for two months . |