Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] the [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Keep them out of the way , take them through the ugliest country you can find , confess them the miserable things they are , and spend nothing on them but for safety and speed … |
2 | We 've got out back , it 's all sheltered , next door 's got more for years to put them down the front , my wife wo n't let me for the same reason she says if you blind yourself then any bugger can come in . |
3 | I also told them about the financial statement we had issued and afterwards received a letter asking if I would send on a financial statement , which I did " . |
4 | As Uncle George drove off , Carol began to tell them about the strange flight she 'd had on the broomstick , but then her gaze was caught by several dark objects lying in the snow of the lane ahead . |
5 | Then Howard sits back and tells them about the terrible balls-up he made of his arrival in the city . |
6 | However I shall publish them as the only amends I can make , if it were so . ’ |
7 | They may put the blame entirely on the teenagers for failing to respond to their advice or orders as they once did , but the fault may be theirs for failing to treat them as the young adults they have now become . |
8 | They were left feeling drained , insulted and angry at a man who suggested he should bill them for the five hours he spent at their home . |
9 | And their Aussie coach Peter Walsh intends to repay them for the huge gamble they took when giving him the job last summer . |
10 | In exploring such environments pupils will experience the type of argument and logical analysis that will prepare them for the real-life problems they will tackle outside . |
11 | He is carrying the map the class have made , which his " friend " has delivered ; he thanks them for the excellent job they have done . |
12 | Fey was something they would tell me I had just invented , but it is something that never left me during the entire period I was an Instructor and sadly I was to learn very shortly after he left Kinloss that he did not survive very long on the squadron that he joined . |
13 | I 'd like you to tell me about the first time you were really aware of these symptoms , then the worst episode you can remember , and then the last … . |
14 | ‘ Your need 's greater than mine , ’ and then he 'd tell me about the new necklace he 'd bought for his missus . |
15 | I was wondering how on earth I should endure these hunting days , especially when they all came back and crowed over me about the jolly time they 'd had , and then I thought , by jove , there 's Alexandra Abbott and she does n't hunt and she made me laugh more than anyone has for years . |
16 | So when I came back to England , I consulted two elderly ladies , one a doctor , the other a spiritual medium , who work together , and who told me about the past lives I had had . |
17 | One hurricane was much the same as another to me after the two weeks I 'd just had , and I slept right through it . |
18 | No , his , his in the right place I suppose in the event of any thing happening are n't you . |
19 | This helped developers by relieving them of the expensive negotiations they usually have to undertake . |
20 | But I would sooner have my journal and fight against Tig than die , frozen , wolfmeat , without anything to remind me of the pure pleasure I 've had during my life . |
21 | He tells me of the only time he has seen his mother drink ; her infant grandchild vomited on her coat , and she spouted a fine , volatile performance , screaming Christ Almighty the cross a woman has to bear , taking the Lord 's name in vain for the very first time . |
22 | SEEING THE ARTICLE on the ‘ 109 in the July issue of FlyPast reminded me of the first time I saw it . |
23 | As we drank our wine , Pumblechook reminded me of the happy times he and I had spent together during my childhood . |
24 | That afternoon in the big , empty cinema , I gave him a private showing of the film , and there were many pictures of Danckwerts 's shipmates of thirty years earlier , including an interview I had had with his immediate superior , Captain Helmuth Giessler , the ship 's navigating officer , who told me of the secret preparations he had made for the midnight departure from Brest in February 1942 of the Scharnhorst , Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen on the eve of their audacious dash through the English Channel to Germany . |
25 | ‘ That when I ‘ dared ’ to so compel you , you flew out at me like the spirited filly you are under that demure exterior , ’ stated her ladyship with a quizzing look . |
26 | ‘ First let me thank you for the great job you are doing with the ‘ Nottingham Graduate ’ . |
27 | ‘ I would like once again to thank you for the major contribution you 've made to our AIDS education programme this year . |
28 | I want to commend you for the excellent job you have done on the Missing Girl story , from the time it broke until her body was found . |
29 | Thank you for the complimentary way you 've acted . |
30 | your partner tells you about the good times he/she had before meeting you |