Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She could not but be gratified and relieved at the possibility of a small sum to see her through the likely lean period before she could get another post . |
| 32 | I had a thought for no-one 's but your ears , That you were beautiful and that I strove To love you in the old high way of love , That it had all seemed happy … |
| 33 | All we we 've agreed that we 're going to need someone to control it at the next fair . |
| 34 | One lady , daughter of the proprietor of Jura said to the Captain — " Captain , do you mean to say you are going to turn us off the only nice place in the steamer and put sheep in it ? " |
| 35 | The site 's owners , Hanson Plc , promised to preserve the site , to spare it from the two perennial dangers of the era — being covered by an office block or , worse , being renamed the Branagh theatre . |
| 36 | It may take several releases and many months before the company starts to see a return on its investments , so it is essential for an indie to have a relatively solid financial base to see it through the difficult early stages and to sustain the levels of promotion until an act on the label breaks . |
| 37 | The sovereignty of Parliament has been the linchpin of our unwritten and flexible constitution ; it can be traced back in our political practice and constitutional theory for almost three centuries ; and yet the constitutional authorities have come to see it as the fundamental constitutional problem needing challenge and change . |
| 38 | All things considered , however , the film does n't exactly fly so much as hope from one gag to the next , relying on the awe of Brando and affection for the Kellog character to carry it over the many black spots . |
| 39 | All things considered , however , the film does n't exactly fly so much as hope from one gag to the next , relying on the awe of Brando and affection for the Kellog character to carry it over the many black spots . |
| 40 | This is an extra allowance , worth £1,720 a year at current rates , specially given to widows to assist them over the first difficult period . |
| 41 | We found the nest with two brown spotted eggs , and the pair hovered overhead as we took a quick look , giving me a chance to photograph them against the blue Arctic sky . |
| 42 | It gave an opportunity for entrepreneurs to acquire the lands , workshops , fishponds and mines which the monks had worked , and to integrate them into the developing secular economy . |
| 43 | An influence strong enough to rob her of the natural exuberant self-confidence that had always been a central , unthinking part of her personality . |
| 44 | The musical setting is carefully selected too to remove him from the tawdry everyday fray of the pop marketplace : violas , accordions , pennywhistles and assorted kitchen utensils conjure up the timeless integrity of Irish folk music ( or ‘ roots ’ in 1990-speak ) . |
| 45 | The passers by stopped to admire her from the large wrought iron gates at the bottom of the drive . |
| 46 | His refusal to grant extra funding on the grounds of ‘ basic need ’ at the two schools in his own constituency created a political storm which threatened to deprive him of the Roman Catholic vote in the general election . |
| 47 | Do they still own the name or do we have to change ours to The Screaming Yellow Cassettedecks ? |
| 48 | ‘ The Palace wants to portray us in the worst possible light . |
| 49 | To get us to the sustainable financial position I have just referred to , we have accelerated the pace of implementing our strategy of focusing our assets , increasing our cost-efficiency and improving our performance . |
| 50 | As Duncan had already decided not to leave the policeman to his own devices , he had no alternative but to join him on the next available flight to Tobolsk . |
| 51 | part of her expected to find them laughing at his wild reaction beyond all sense and to return her to the blessed normal but when she looked around only Maggie stood in the room . |
| 52 | Dorothy 's Wrinkled Stocking tearoom — named after broom-wielding battleaxe Norah Batty — has been overrun with trippers since BBC chiefs chose to feature it in the evergreen Pennine series . |
| 53 | Surkov signed the bill for our teas , and it was time to board the coach to take us to the late-afternoon theatrical performance . |
| 54 | Onions are the link to take us to the nearby open market where we see these and other vegetables on display . |
| 55 | The colours are bright and are called fluorescent to distinguish them from the normal opaque colours in the usual felt-tip pens . |
| 56 | He paused and said , his glasses catching the glint of the moon , ‘ Naturally , if you come to your senses and stop hero-worshipping him , then there will be no need to introduce you to the empty-headed young pup . ’ |
| 57 | It was hoped to refloat her on the next high water at 2120 and the Greek master had requested lifeboat assistance . |
| 58 | While the proposal was known to have been received enthusiastically by some EC countries , including Portugal and Greece , others like France opposed a CSCM which would include the Middle East , preferring to limit it to the western Mediterranean . |
| 59 | In particular , he reversed his previous position that Greece would recognize Macedonia if it adopted a prefix to distinguish it from the northern Greek province of Macedonia . |
| 60 | Although everyone was a bit wary of an undeserved Soton equaliser , Beeney mopped up any semblance of an attack , and after good work by Strachan in not letting Benali shepherd the ball out for a goal kick , he dispossessed him , took it past another defender and played it across the goal for Speed to slot it into the bottom left corner . |