Example sentences of "[vb pp] to i [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | THANK you to the great many readers who have written to me in the past couple of weeks about the Royals . |
2 | MUCH OF THE INTERIOR OF MY FATE AND THAT OF JEAN-Claude 's was revealed to me in the opaque , vaporous interior of la Sologne . |
3 | I think that a good job has been done by the ITC , but I am prepared to consider any representations that are made to me about the future determination of licences . |
4 | Leaving aside the phrase that the hon. Gentleman attributed to me in the early part of his question , I can reassure him that the budget for the health service will be £3.7 billion , an increase of £342 million , or 10.1 per cent . |
5 | But I flatter myself that I can meet this danger more calmly and securely than most philologists ; my philosophical seriousness is already too deeply rooted , the true and essential problems of life and thought have been too clearly shown to me by the great mystagogue Schopenhauer … " ( 1869 ) ; " I love the Greeks more and more … [ but ] … the philologist 's existence … seems to me more and more anomalous " ( 1870 ) ; " For me , everything that is best and most beautiful is associated with the names Schopenhauer and Wagner , and I am proud and happy to share this feeling with my closest friends " ( 1870 again ) ; and from the close of the same year , " Let us drag on in this university existence for a few more years ; let us take it as a sorrowful lesson … I realize what Schopenhauer 's doctrine of university wisdom is all about … |
6 | The earliest evidence known to me about the special devotion of the Fabii to Hercules goes back to Fabius Cunctator in the second Punic War ( Plin . |
7 | He said : ’ there is no statistical evidence that is known to me at the present time of people who are actually being discharged from the private sector We do not have evidence to bring to you of a substantial number of people who have been discharged against their will from the private sector . ’ |
8 | Before doing so I write to thank you all for the Loyal support and encouragement you have given to me during the past 14 years . |
9 | The official referred to me to the Homeless Unit . |
10 | He will be settling his own sundry bills but I would like the invoice for the room to be directed to me at the above address . |
11 | The Youngs were with the Unwins from Australia and Filmer and Daffodil shared a table with a pair Nell later identified to me as the American owners of the horse called Flokati . |
12 | The conversation was wide-ranging , but gradually I told her the full story of what had happened to me over the previous year or so . |
13 | I spent two hours responding to questions put to me by the Select Committee only a fortnight or so ago . |
14 | Harold Wilson had complained to me about the continuing hostility of the press towards him and wanted to know how to put it right . |
15 | For the first time I had an opportunity of seeing Barbara at work in detailed negotiations , and whatever small credit attached to me for the major idea , the scale and ingenuity that she expended on the detail and in making it possible to arrive at a suitable settlement was beyond praise . |