Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] the [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if Posidonius had paid attention to the structure of Italy before or after the Social War we should know it from Strabo who used his work extensively . |
| 2 | What can the orthodox practitioner do if a patient tells him that she has never been well since her husband died some ten years ago ( grief reaction ) or since the dreadful fright she experienced when she had a car crash many years ago ? |
| 3 | It was often a lower middle-class phenomenon , and was always fiercest in central and eastern Europe where the great mass of the population had little commitment to capitalist society or to the liberal values it generated . |
| 4 | traditional grammatical structures … are not appropriate to Mayan structures : they can be applied only with violence to their common usage or to the structural features they are intended to fit … |
| 5 | But Souness last night stressed that James is not being made a scapegoat for Liverpool 's disastrous start , nor for the eight goals they have conceded in the last two games . |
| 6 | Although hundreds of identified Spitfires are recorded in the book as having been transported to Malta either in their holds or openly on the decks of many named cargo ships , it was interesting to note that the Author could find no mention in Spitfire — The History of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp nor of the serialled Spitfires it transported to the Mediterranean in 1942 for the defence of Malta . |
| 7 | ‘ The Seconds needs a manager and as the senior professional I took the job on for four or five weeks . ’ |
| 8 | So if we can hurt them or certainly gang together if you like , cos unity is strength , and between the three workforces they 'll certainly slow down production and hopefully force things . |
| 9 | Already quite a lot was known about the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ( NSAIs ) , used mainly to treat arthritis and other joint inflammation ; about who was likely to receive prescription for them ; and about the adverse reactions they had caused . |
| 10 | ‘ All this type of modern music that we play , if you think back to when it all started , whether it 's thrash , rap , disco , rock'n'roll , it all started with black people in slavery and poverty in the southern States , and about the only thing they could ever have a good time with was sex . |
| 11 | ‘ She was smashed out of her brains , Fergus , and about the only thing she remembered was that she wanted to get your trousers off . |
| 12 | Economic circumstances have been poor and for the chemical industry they were absolutely diabolical by the middle of the past year . |
| 13 | Apparently during the First World War some professor erm was using a bunsen burner and he burned himself quite badly and by him he just happ he just happened to have some lavender oil essential and for the nearest thing he put his hand in there and apparently it was supposed to have calmed it down and it healed very quickly . |
| 14 | it was for men that he felt the hot , flushing , roused attraction which a man is supposed to feel for the other sex … the male physique had a fascination for him , and for the female physique he felt only a fondness … |
| 15 | Deer , antelope , buffalo and other grazing mammals have long been hunted by man for their meat and hides and for the other products they yield . |
| 16 | She never knew them , she pined for them and for the better life they might have had together . |
| 17 | For some years now Yamaha have played a major role in digital sound processors and for the new season they have produced several new models . |
| 18 | Also to you — the readers — for buying my first book , and for the many letters I received , mainly nostalgic . |
| 19 | In the first place , we all need to mourn for our own sins and for the negative contribution we bring into the world . |
| 20 | They were awake before dawn and for the second time they heard the chorus begin as a trickle and grow swiftly to a torrent as the birds welcomed the great Trumpeter . |
| 21 | He started to smile , teasing me , and for the second time I was convinced that someone would flourish it back to existence , that it was all only a game . |
| 22 | For the second time he should have said no , and for the second time he did n't . |
| 23 | He saw Madra fighting with her reins , hair wild ; then a face out of a nightmare lunged up at him , and for the second time he confronted the tusked maw of a grypesh . |
| 24 | At this point , Scorsese 's vision freezes — as it will throughout the movie — and for the first time we hear Henry 's thoughts on the matter . |
| 25 | At this point , Scorsese 's vision freezes — as it will throughout the movie — and for the first time we hear Henry 's thoughts on the matter . |
| 26 | The impact of the section has been very broadly based in the city , and for the first time we 've added for you in very brief terms , a Domiciliary Health information of just the total number of visits made by the city health care , erm and the level of work in terms of notices served , and prosecutions , note , going up in most of the sections , particularly their units they 're small numbers , but they are significant , just the same , and the table on the top of page forty-four , erm as I said earlier , I think we reached the highest level of insect complaints in the summer that we 've ever had to deal with , it 's very usual for us to deal with a thousand , over in the summer period , this time we dealt with sixteen hundred . |
| 27 | It is eager to scotch rumours that the withdrawal of the Official Custodian will mean that its COIF ( Charities Official Investment Funds ) common investment funds will also disappear , and for the first time it has issued a brochure to advertise its products . |
| 28 | For many women in coal communities it provided the only wage labour available to them , and for the first time it provided wages for the work they 'd always done . |
| 29 | She hesitated at the corner , reluctant almost to discover that she was now , as of this moment , completely lost in the world , and for the first time she asked herself clearly why she had decided to come here . |
| 30 | It reminded her painfully of Jordan and for the first time she thought about how she was never going to touch him again . |