Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Can you blame me for holding the very opinion which you deliberately instigated ? |
| 2 | So it 's cost me , it 's cost me for ordering the bloody thing |
| 3 | This was brought home to me after witnessing the rapturous welcome given to about a dozen young Cape Verdians as they carried their enormous radios and bottles of duty-free Scotch to their waiting loved ones in the airport arrival lounge . |
| 4 | And if he differed from his contemporaries in ethical matters , it was only because he accused them of taking the Old Testament commands too lightly and superficially . |
| 5 | Members of trade unions and other grass roots organisations have been particular targets of killings and ‘ disappearances ’ by the armed forces , who have accused them of supporting the armed opposition Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front ( FMLN ) . |
| 6 | Even so , like a dog at the bone , The Times was driven to search out the foreign disposition of the garotters , accusing them of abandoning the traditional civility of the traditional English highway robbery : ‘ Without the old challenge and parley in use among highwaymen , your garotter knocks a man 's head against the kerbstone as the best way of getting at his pocket . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Last night you accused me of importuning the young man on the canal boat ! ’ |
| 8 | The beetles protect theirs by turning the front pair into stiff thick covers which fit neatly over the top of the abdomen . |
| 9 | Thank you for returning the signed Confidentiality Undertaking . |
| 10 | Has anyone ever told you about moving the decimal point ? |
| 11 | I did warn you about doing the Barbarian Chop . |
| 12 | Always visualise your audience when practising , as this will help you in choosing the right tone for your voice . |
| 13 | All you had to do was to hold up the negotiations until I got desperate and then bully me into authorizing the Japanese deal on the pretext of raising money to pay for my release ! |
| 14 | Will my right hon. Friend join me in congratulating the Prime Minister on his initiative yesterday with President Mitterrand on the Soviet Union ? |
| 15 | Will my right hon. Friend join me in congratulating the courageous efforts of the European Community observers in Croatia ? |
| 16 | I am sure that the Prime Minister will join me in expressing the utmost admiration for the Australian people and the great commonwealth of Australia . |
| 17 | ‘ The appeal of Caran d'Ache Neocolor II lies for me in combining the exciting possibilities of using the crayons dry as a direct drawing method , or as a painting medium , when they can be dipped into water , finely sprayed for a diffused image , or washed over with a brush — releasing a full flow of colour and texture . ’ |
| 18 | I particularly enjoyed the article about Basil Cottle , who once tutored me in speaking the lilting cadences of medieval verse . |
| 19 | honourable friends join me in condemning the non-sensible advice given by liberty to truanting school children that they should defy police and is n't it absolutely typical that the party opposite tend to support them . |
| 20 | The opportunity to discuss problems with members of other district societies was a great assistance to me in leading the various debates of the Southern Society during my presidential year and would certainly not have arisen without the opportunity to travel . |
| 21 | Was n't it plain , common or garden cowardice , not the sturdy self-righteousness I 'd credited myself with , which prevented me from ending the whole business ? |
| 22 | He paused , frowning while staring ahead at some of the other riders , then he said , ‘ Excuse me — I must stop them from taking the wrong track . ’ |
| 23 | A long prison sentence is the penalty for an unlicensed firearm and to keep the three men on bail , year after year , with this terrifying threat hanging over them was a most effective way to deter them from exposing the monstrous injustice of their treatment either in the media or with the European Commission of Human Rights . |
| 24 | In addition to the cultural blocks there is a spiritual blindness in the hearts and minds of people which prevents them from hearing the Good News . |
| 25 | All bad spirits travel in straight lines from the south , and that mountain prevents them from entering the Imperial City . " |
| 26 | Variation in skin colour , for example , reflects not only levels of ultraviolet radiation , but also the activities of the people involved ; in the same radiant environments , seafarers are darker than terrestrial people because their dependence on tidal patterns constrains them from adopting the shade-seeking behaviour of their land dwelling counterparts . |
| 27 | Remember to check out the services provided by your own local banks — some regulations might prevent them from offering the above range . |
| 28 | Special ad hoc arrangements should then be made to compensate those partners whose age has prevented them from extracting the maximum benefit from the changes in fiscal legislation . |
| 29 | This model , while not recognising the absolute right of regulatory rules to modify common law and equity , gives some recognition to their public law nature by taking into account of them in ascertaining the precise content in a given context of a common law or equitable obligation . |
| 30 | Often the vendors and the purchasers each appoint a firm of chartered accountants to act for them in determining the relevant amount and reference to a third accountant occurs only if the two firms can not agree on that amount . |