Example sentences of "[noun prp] is [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In a way , Jeff is putting himself in the position of being a cultural martyr , ’ says Ned Rifkin , exhibition curator for Washington DC 's Hirshhorn Museum , part of the prestigious Smithsonian Institution . |
| 2 | Stylistically , Samson is distancing itself from the very audience it should inspire , but by doing so Milton is helping to avoid potential censorship and a silencing altogether . |
| 3 | The Royal Bank of Scotland is suing him in the High Court to recover the money , which includes a £500,000 overdraft . |
| 4 | Souness is fixing me with the glare he reserves for the enemy , the look that countless midfield players must have known to their terror , a look that threatens to rupture my Achilles tendon , if I hover on a question too long . |
| 5 | GERRY JOHNSON is driving me along the winding roads of south-western Virginia . |
| 6 | ‘ Lieutenant Lapointe is escorting me to the opera on Wednesday , ’ she announced defiantly . |
| 7 | Claire is sewing something in the comer . |
| 8 | The Wantage white horses swim club are off to the Palace tomorrow … that 's the Crystal one … world number one Mark Foster is coaching them for the day … |
| 9 | Everyone is being extra nice to me and , best of all , Pa is taking me to the yard tomorrow . |
| 10 | To the extant that Professor Preston is warning us of the dangers of oversimplification and bad herme-neutics then we do well to listen to him . |
| 11 | Another way of expressing the ‘ tension ’ that racked Paul VI is to consider him as the heir of Pius XII and John XXIII . |