Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [pers pn] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than any other sound , more even than the grunting roar of a lion , their howling evokes for me the African night . |
| 2 | Although writing here with a different purpose from our own — and exclusively from a psychodynamic perspective — Anthony nevertheless articulates for us the final theme that remains to be developed in this chapter , which concerns the formal similarities between the mechanisms of mad and creative thought . |
| 3 | However , although these five writers belonged to a minority group in their society , and although they say that their experience derives from a source greater than human reason can comprehend , they are fired with a certainty that it is intimately related to the deepest needs and purposes of human being , and has about it the simple inevitability of fulfilment . |
| 4 | He finds Miriam appealing and she holds for him the added attraction of being married and committed herself . |
| 5 | But the second is surely contradicted by the first ; especially if one adds to it the sympathetic view he evinces of the widow 's plight . |
| 6 | Do they know who lies beside them the long night through , under the overhanging cliffs recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as having the only sunless spot in Britain , summer or winter ? |
| 7 | As he opens the door the lid snaps up and as he looks at me the social dimension locks me in its perspective . |
| 8 | You ought to find someone on the same wavelength , who knows your mind , your love of freedom , who thinks of you the same instant you think of him . |
| 9 | His poem exemplifies for me the many wonders and the brilliant light of the transcendent ; and also the unity of our soul as it basks in the warmth of that light . |
| 10 | I guess an inexperienced parent just does n't know what to do with these intruders in the nest , and disposes of them the only way it can . |
| 11 | Unemployment steals from them the economic conditions which supported the new wave of feminism in the sixties and early seventies , but the welfare state , the provision of child benefit , minimal as it is , and supplementary benefit , mean they can survive in the absence of jobs and wages of their own . |
| 12 | This fascinating display holds , and reveals to you the vital spirit which eventually triumphed in 1945 . |
| 13 | It hangs over me the whole time . |
| 14 | He keeps with him the Thirteen Treasures of Britain which are ancient talismans and magical objects . |
| 15 | Because the object of contemplation is God himself , who opens to us the infinite possibilities of himself and of our own lives . |
| 16 | She does not , apparently , test her spellings by saying them as they look , but imposes upon them the correct pronunciation . |
| 17 | One comes from perhaps the pharmaceutical and the medical profession side , and it seems to me the other side is really the public side . |
| 18 | It seems to me the only people who do persist in that phase and make something tenable out of an unsatisfied , unsettled life , are rock musicians , and rock critics . |
| 19 | It seems to me the only thing to do . ’ |
| 20 | One thing about the strategy is that it seems to me the ultimate goal is perhaps to get rid of the warlords |
| 21 | To conclude , the play does give us the answers to the questions we demand from Hamlet , we understand the delay 's he makes in killing Claudius due to the nature of his thoughts , he is concerned with the future of his soul and this seems to me the central issue in Shakespeare 's Hamlet . |
| 22 | It seems to me the Freudian view takes both into account . |
| 23 | ‘ When I say to people that Edward Wood [ Irwin 's name before his ennoblement on appointment to the viceroyalty ] seems to me the highest kind of Englishman now in politics , many of them ’ , Begbie admitted , ‘ look surprised and perplexed . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It is not who governs , ’ contends Hayek , ‘ but what government is entitled to do that seems to me the essential problem . ’ |
| 25 | I imagine that many honest people would sympathise with Weatherhead and happily echo his final paragraph : ‘ All this gives me as much as I need , and seems to me the essential credo of Christianity . |
| 26 | So , as an all-rounder that can cope with fingerpicking , strumming and solo work , the ultra-responsive D-18 seems to me the runaway winner ; but as a pure rhythm/accompaniment instrument , the D-32 perhaps just nicks the biscuit . |
| 27 | What some women are suggesting at Fem Sap — abolishing masculine endings overnight — just seems to me the wrong way of going about it . |
| 28 | Even the figure-drawing class , ( which seems to me the dreaded end , and the model has n't even got a beautiful figure ) has produced at least one lovely charcoal drawing . |
| 29 | No I am grateful to Mr because he 's finally crystallised in my mind something that 's been bugging me the longer I stay on this council about exactly what the Tories see their role here as and it 's now very clear to me , more than ever and that is that if you want to be obstructive and negative and if you go on long enough being obstructive and negative what you can end up doing is that you 'll find yourself eventually in a position going on long enough that you can make totally meaningless speeches but at least you 'll get nice headlines in the paper and that seems to me the whole essence of the Tory strategy . |
| 30 | ‘ It seems to me the whole set-up is racist , ’ said Robyn . |