Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , back in the ‘ bar area ’ the deadly serious cinephiles for whom going to the cinema had as much magic as attending evening class droned endlessly on . |
| 2 | In the following year , however , a plot was hatched by the English and their supporters , which regained for them control of the city . |
| 3 | Differences between them centre on the covering of the disk , numbers of tentacle scales , arm spine number and shape . |
| 4 | I do not need the hon. Member for Gordon to lecture me about my affinity with the mining industry . |
| 5 | Their plight made me feel rather guilty about my concern over the mosquito bites on my face . |
| 6 | What about my pen in the coat pocket ? |
| 7 | After the hearing , Miss Lamplugh said : ‘ I did not actually think about my sister at the time . |
| 8 | I have been enabled to think seriously and deeply about my approach to the subject . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ I was damned if I was going to have people going around talking about my system as the Cherkin shit experiment . ’ |
| 10 | In Chapter 12 I give additional clarifications about my use of the word " structure " and try to explain why a structural approach is incompatible with a description of the world in terms of objects and attributes . |
| 11 | Indeed this ‘ gender neutral ’ definition of sexism has become so prevalent even since the first edition of this book was written , it is necessary in this revised edition to be much more explicit about my use of the term . |
| 12 | ‘ The only blessing about my absence from the side recently is that owner Sam Hammam has not had to pay me my goal bonuses ! ’ |
| 13 | I knew you 'd get to know about my legacy in the will , the fact I was short of money , the row — and the whole thing just blew up in my mind . |
| 14 | I spotted a critical piece about my department in the Economist and drafted a letter to the editor for Mellowes to send but he did n't use it . |
| 15 | I had not told her about my summons to the Palace , but when I appeared in a tail coat , this unusual costume , combined with the insistence on punctuality , led her to make an accurate deduction . |
| 16 | ‘ Only the other day I was at the vicarage , seeing Mrs Ainger about my stall at the bazaar-I 'm doing the fancy work this year , you know — and there was pussy , bold as brass , if you please , walking into the lounge as if she owned it . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ This is one of the Australian birds ’ , noted Gould in his Handbook , ‘ which particularly attracted the notice of the earlier voyagers to that country , by nearly every one of whom it is mentioned as being very plentiful on all the islands in Bass 's Straits , and so tame that it might be easily knocked down with sticks or even captured by hand ; during my sojourn in the country I visited many of the localities above mentioned , and found that , so far from being still numerous , it is almost extirpated ; I killed a pair on Isabella Island , one of a small group near Flinder 's Island , on the 12th January 1839 . ’ |
| 18 | Early houses which remain completely untouched are few and far between , but a general rule emerged during my research for the book : the less important the house and the more remote its situation , the more old-fashioned it remained , like Hareston in Devon , which had no fashion-conscious owners wanting to show-off their taste and wealth to passers-by . |
| 19 | During my interview with the doctor a woman kept coming in and asking him where the party was . |
| 20 | I am a Word Processor Operator as well as a keen knitter and so I ‘ borrowed ’ a little high-tech knowledge from that field to solve my problem when it reared its ugly head during my introduction to the knitting machine . |
| 21 | During my time at the Centre , the strict vegan , detoxifying diet was recommended for three months as a minimum ; only after that should one go to the ‘ stay well diet ’ which does allow a little fish and eggs . |
| 22 | Every moment of Rainbow 's existence during my time at the Fair has been tracked , recorded , docketed and programmed for easy-edit , so I am able to wipe , play-back , freeze-frame or skim fast over the boring bits . |
| 23 | In fact during my time in the army I learnt to enjoy and respect it . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ The only other time I had to deliver a baby was during my time in the Army . |
| 25 | During my time in the army a regimental quartermaster who was repeatedly having to exchange soiled blankets would protest so vehemently to his commanding officer that drastic action had to be taken . |
| 26 | During my time in the Health Service , I have never known morale be so low amongst the staff and that includes middle management . |
| 27 | Because I was so small , I had several dangerous accidents during my stay at the palace . |
| 28 | Les Stewart , Senior Manager at Oban , who has responsibility for Scarinish , had perceptively anticipated that I would not be over-extended during my stay on the island . |
| 29 | Every day during my stay in the refuge the women would go out to see social security officials , the housing department , lawyers . |
| 30 | Er , I 'm sure we did n't put a brush through my hair in the bath . |