Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [pron] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In the distance the curving edge of it ; everywhere else below her nothing but the flat expanse of mottled brown and grey .
2 He planned to take care of her himself over the next five days , he told her .
3 North Africa had brought out in him something of the stern Roman .
4 The still joy of the mind in its state of non thought has in it something beyond the rational and it defies explanation .
5 His adaptation of Twomey 's words and manner had in it something like the meticulous grace of his dancing to his mother 's music .
6 They were thought to bring good luck to the wearer by extending to him something of the protective power of a Roman Emperor .
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