Example sentences of "[pers pn] and [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I always make the statement at the time — as I did last Thursday — based on the information available to me and on the right process for the House for the following week . |
| 2 | But the whole incident has depressed me and for the first time since being diagnosed it occurs to me that I might be dying . |
| 3 | Of course what is going on in the Bolsover area is a matter of great concern to the hon. Gentleman , as it is to me and to the whole House . |
| 4 | I should be grateful if you would , in accordance with the confidentiality undertaking , now return the Information memorandum to me and at the same time confirm in writing that you and your advisers have destroyed any further copies of the documentation . |
| 5 | On one occasion a man sat next to me and after a preliminary bit of footsie , he invited me to slip my hand into his pants . |
| 6 | Mike Powell was handing over to me and in the general melee of the race he had run out of his box and I had run out of my lane , so we were disqualified twice ! |
| 7 | Well , since I am going to kill you anyway — an intruder in my house , I met you , drew my gun ; you attacked me and in the ensuing fight the gun went off , unfortunately killing you — I — ’ |
| 8 | It was thought fit that the men should meet at Kendal on the 29th of July at night , where the leasors , or one of them , would attend them and on the next morning take them to visit the " said Myne " and examine its prospects . |
| 9 | As American supplies could only effectively reach the British , the American economy became heavily involved with that of the Allies , benefiting them and at the same time making considerable profits for American businessmen . |
| 10 | According to the census of 1897 , only 43 per cent of the population were Great Russians , and the regime 's overt identification with them and with the Orthodox Church alienated the minor minority nationalities . |
| 11 | At the turn of the century only 43 per cent of the population were Great Russians , and the tsarist government 's overt identification with them and with the Orthodox Church alienated minority nationalities . |
| 12 | As a consequence of these and other disasters , of rapid and world-wide broadcasting of them and of the concerned action of many individuals , the environment is now ‘ moving fast up the political agenda ’ ( Patten 1989 ) . |
| 13 | They rode silently and watchfully , aware all the time of the footprints of the Friar ahead of them and of the silent menace of the trees on either hand . |
| 14 | These were doubtless satisfactory for the individuals who had collected them and for a short period of time , until perhaps superseded by rulings that were seen to be more appropriate . |
| 15 | She never knew them , she pined for them and for the better life they might have had together . |
| 16 | The generations of Marxists who have lived through the grievous experience of Fascism and who , in another order of things , have experienced Stalinist degeneration , appraise the concept of democracy in a different way [ from Lenin ] , and not in opposition to socialism and communism , but as a road towards them and as a main component of them . |
| 17 | They heard no more from behind them and as the small amount of sky they could see between the tree-tops was clouded over there was nothing to give them direction . |
| 18 | From them and from a local solicitor , Thomas Watson Brown , he learned much about trade union administration and the drafting of trade union rules ; they also , he claimed , fed his ambition to lead a national seamen 's union , initially at the cost of some domestic disharmony , his wife and his mother-in-law accusing him of neglecting his own restaurant business and resenting the time he spent with his own visitors , particularly " old long-faced Brown " the lawyer . |
| 19 | At Standard Grade pupils carry out an investigation in a topic which interests them and by the Sixth Year each will be capable of using the Heriot-Watt University computer model of the economy . |
| 20 | He will need help , of course , other agents or what have you and at the appropriate moment you arrest the lot . ’ |
| 21 | But I ca n't explain it , it 's as if the devil himself is down there , and there 's this horrible smell that chokes you and at the same time you get the feeling that something evil is lying in wait for you . |
| 22 | Do n't just limit this to everything in front of you , but look [ all ] around you , even behind you and on the other side of the sail . |
| 23 | The American camp withdrew him and under the same rule that is used in Ryder Cup matches his match was declared to be halved . |
| 24 | The party turned around to face him and for the first time the fat man moved . |
| 25 | She forced hatred to her soul , for him and for the unwanted desire that leapt unbidden to her pulses at the taste of his mouth on hers . |
| 26 | And his quality show earned the praise of manager Steve Gritt , who said : ‘ That is the best all-round performance I 've seen from him and for the second game in succession he 's earned us a draw . ’ |
| 27 | Nevertheless she followed him and for the next quarter of an hour they streaked up and down the pool . |
| 28 | Yet somebody had sprayed those two words on the wall , somebody who knew what they would mean to him and to no other occupant of Breakspear College . |
| 29 | For Emerson I972 was a fine year : with a full season in FI behind him and with a winning car , he drove with assurance , confidence and verve , though still finicky if conditions were not favourable to him , as at Monaco in the rain . |
| 30 | Panic seized him and with a sudden curse he turned away from the wicket-gate of Clark 's Wharf and gestured at the others to get away . |