Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The one thing my father likes about me , or rather about the only thing he is n't directly rude about , is my hair ! ’ |
| 2 | Round the corner , Meryl was also awake , pacing the room in her dressing-gown , thinking furiously about the dreadful position she was in . |
| 3 | Suddenly through the howling gale he heard a yodel from below . |
| 4 | All through the African campaign I longed to hear from you , and found it hard at times to keep a stiff upper lip without your help . |
| 5 | He did n't like the black Americans , so during the Civil War he fought against the men from the North , and with those from the South . |
| 6 | That 's unusual is n't it , because I always think , I mean I , this is really only about the second watch I 've ever had good one . |
| 7 | Perhaps for the first time he felt something akin to Eliza 's feelings , as he watched his boxes and bottles winched aboard ship and slowly disappear over the horizon . |
| 8 | But perhaps for the particular plot you have arrived at , the particular murder you have in mind , a good deal will have to be told to the reader about pre-murder events . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps for the same reason I foolishly asked you to stay with Anna in the first place , ’ he snarled . |
| 10 | Halfway through the second day we got our chance to bat after bowling 132 scalding overs . |
| 11 | So for the first activity you 'll need to be in twos or threes . |
| 12 | A GREAT big thank you to the people of Liverpool , especially for the magnificent reception they gave us on the march-past on Saturday morning . |
| 13 | While Rosa Guy makes some parts of her book easy to understand , it was only after the second time I read the book that I was able to give unanswerable questions an answer . |
| 14 | She must have been mad to consider the possibility , especially after the emotional battering she had received from Giles . |
| 15 | Tony said : ‘ I feel very sorry for Ian , who deserves his place , especially after the wonderful try he scored for England B against South Africa on Saturday . |
| 16 | I 've lost my job when money 's been tight , regardless of the good work I did and the commitment I showed . |
| 17 | After all , Mr Grey observed , ‘ after the first 10 days or so of the academic year we regard it as all over . |
| 18 | His filthy hands showed up starkly against the white mug he was holding . |
| 19 | Looking very much like the arrogant duchess he had once accused her of being , despite her wet and muddy state , she drew herself up to her full height , and stated with flat finality , ‘ You can both do as you please regarding the land . |
| 20 | So under the unlikely moon they were talking marital shop . |
| 21 | It was in the summer of 1932 that Duke paddled out alone into the biggest swell he had seen in his life , with a stiff offshore from the Koolau mountains pinning back the peaks , which he estimated at thirty feet , as big as the storm waves off Kaena Point . |
| 22 | Especially with the rough treatment it was being subjected to . |
| 23 | ‘ It was exhausting work , especially with the fake tail she was wearing . |
| 24 | Success in individual modules and in Group Awards , together with the formal recognition they have received , will be recorded in SCOTVEC 's Record of Education and Training ( RET ) , a computerised commutative certificate . |
| 25 | Although such numbers are obviously justified by the particular circumstances of Lewis and Harris , eg in the developing world they would be regarded as lavish for a much larger population . |
| 26 | 1,100ft below in the Ryvoan Pass you can see the Ryvoan bothy . |
| 27 | In an age when much more business is project-oriented when it is increasingly a case of throw it at the wall and see what sticks ( perhaps in the public sector they really wish they did n't have to be so careful with the dosh and could similarly try things out more just to see what might work ) , the role of the chief exec is to empower the team and keep informed of progress ( half a side of A4 and no hyperbole please ) . |
| 28 | Given that our primary concern is with perceptual learning it might be argued that this last process is what should command attention and that the processes involved in latent inhibition ( apart perhaps from the attentional change it involves ) are of marginal importance only . |
| 29 | At last she said slowly , ‘ Well , having done nothing but small-animal work for two years in London , I have to say that apart perhaps from the odd pony I never really considered anything else . |
| 30 | Obviously in the average garden it may be impossible or undesirable to place the pool in the lower part . |