Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each character sees something most abhorrent to himself in the tapestries — his loved ones being defiled and slaughtered , Clerics of his religion being massacred , his people being slain by racial enemies , or similar . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's just that you do get rather obsessive about them in the city . |
| 3 | She had been rather grateful to him at the time . |
| 4 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that I am extremely grateful to him for the wise decision to retain the St. |
| 5 | We felt so sorry for you at the shareholders ' meeting . |
| 6 | She was terribly grateful to him at the moment and it would n't require any effort on his part . |
| 7 | A gelding that is accompanied by a more may be extremely possessive of her in the company of other horses , and may be tempted to attack all and sundry — including other mares ! |
| 8 | Many British institutions are secretive , but few are quite so patronising about it as the City . |
| 9 | Denise Alexander said : ‘ People throughout the North of England have been fantastically generous to us in the past year . ’ |
| 10 | No , there 's no problem , I 'm just like , saying that , they sound really thick , they 're rubbish at being in a band , and it 's just all so down-hill for them from the beginning , really , they did n't really have a chance , did they . |
| 11 | For Michael Codron , it marked the start of an outstanding production career — which had seemed to bode so ill for him during the run of The Wit To Woo , a play that had no happier associations for him than it had for Ken . |
| 12 | ‘ They were so patient with me at the beginning until I understood English better ; they would ask one of the secretaries in Wales to type a letter if I could n't . |
| 13 | Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday and not sure about Friday evening and er she said then she 'll have trouble getting the money over that 's out of them , why the redundancy because been there over two year , so I presume redundancy or holidays or both so Sue said to her well if they were so good to you in the past , but that ai n't the point is it ? |
| 14 | No , no , the red 's not terribly helpful to you at the moment . |
| 15 | … Every time I have been in Annat since , I have remembered this further demonstration of Highland hospitality by people obviously poor in everything except the warmth of their welcome for strangers . |
| 16 | ‘ Tell Lady Franklin , ’ Gould instructed his wife in a letter to Hobart , ‘ I have her little page with me , he is a most interesting little fellow , throws the spear and waddy with the utmost dexterity and [ is ] extremely useful to me in the bush , an eye like a hawk discovers birds nests & eggs in a most astonishing manner . ’ |
| 17 | I weep to hear of this latest affliction and so unexpected with him in the prime of his life and never an illness and being a big strong man . |
| 18 | And yet the process for fixing expenditure allocations seems to be as much of a shambles as ever it was when you and Mr Heath were so concerned about it in the late 1960s . |
| 19 | However , it was extremely important for us in the next few years to develop this usage . |
| 20 | But the world of chapter 26 is not only familiar to us from the preceding chapters of Genesis . |
| 21 | There was a long , hot moment in which all three of us were penned in a triangle of critical regard — Laura fiercely indifferent to everything except the health of her blaze ; me awkwardly between , holding out my hand for the axe ; Edward , old man suddenly , hating his years and his uncertain hands , humiliated , furious with Laura , resentful of my youth , and profoundly unwilling to surrender the axe . |
| 22 | But I mean there was er , they were so kind to them in the hospital if there would of been any sign of distress they would of , you know , usually anyway you do n't usually have distress at the end you 're usually at peace are n't you ? |
| 23 | ‘ Well , I was n't entirely open with him at the Archdeacon 's meeting . |
| 24 | If only he could have been just a little less ruthless about it along the way . |
| 25 | It 's been so dreary for you in the last couple of weeks . |
| 26 | He was quite determined that I was going to try and escape , and followed so close behind me on the railway stations that I could smell his breath . |
| 27 | Daily Express : I am much obliged to you for the precis of Mr Bonar Law 's speech last night . |
| 28 | Whereas I would not be so aware of it at the time . |
| 29 | Upson would not normally run the winner again , but as he says , ‘ things are not exactly normal with us at the moment . |
| 30 | Towards the end of April , Alexander 's Eighth Army was approaching this area from the west , while Tito 's Yugoslav troops were already advancing into it from the south , in pursuit of the disintegrating German 97th Army Corps . |