Example sentences of "john the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | The ape that Alison makes of Absolon , the excluded potential lover ( 3389 ) , re-emerges as John the clerk after Alayn has jumped into bed with Malyne ( 4202 ) , while throughout the night the miller , with his skull " " piled as an ape " " ( 3935 ) is left in the same position . |
2 | Well fuck when I come back up he near had the fucking front door broke trying to get it open so that they 'd come in the front and I see the kitchen door 's closed and I just walked in and I said well John the dishes or nothing 's done if you wan na go and have a look because he would n't do them . |
3 | Dedicated to St John the Evangelist and St Wenceslas in 1367 , the latter 's remains were reburied here , near the site where his murderous brother had lain them in the 10C . |
4 | That 's the next craftsman 's evening , that 's John the potter and tiler and he 'll be very very good . |
5 | As I 've just said , Herod did not intend to kill John the Baptist but his wife , Herodias , did . |
6 | All four evangelists record the promise of John the Baptist that whereas he baptises in water , the One who comes after him will baptise with the Holy Spirit ( and , according to Matthew and Luke , ‘ with fire ’ ) . |
7 | Like you think you 're John the Baptist because an angel pointed at you . ’ |
8 | John the Baptist when he saw Jesus at the beginning of the earthly ministry of Jesus , he says behold the lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world and on him was laid all of our sin all of our debt . |
9 | The painting on the altar is the Death of St Joseph by Kracker , with a St John the Baptist and a St John the Evangelist sculpted by Platzer . |
10 | I have dedicated him to the blessed St John the Baptist and had him circumcised . ’ |
11 | On the left are the Church of Saint John the Baptist and the former Jesuit College ( the Colégio ) . |
12 | Thus , when John the Baptist and then Jesus spoke of the ‘ Kingdom of God ’ or the ‘ Kingdom of Heaven ’ they were not introducing a novel concept which needed explaining . |
13 | She was present at the birth of the Blessed Virgin , who was then given over to her care for twelve years , and at the Visitation and the birth of St John the Baptist and even at the birth of the Saviour , when she was allowed to provide bedding for the Virgin and swathing-clothes for the Child . |
14 | A similar violence — both theological and political — can be discerned in the careers of John the Baptist and of Jesus . |
15 | Instead John looks back to the creation of the world … and then skips over the millenia to the ministry of John the Baptist and to Jesus , as an adult . |
16 | I knew Jesus was related to John the Baptist and the Virgin Mary , but could not quite remember how . |
17 | Thus a recent pamphlet by Father J. M. Charles-Roux , published by the SKCM , states that ‘ The destiny of Charles I discloses a singular closeness to that of Moses , David , St John the Baptist or even of our Lord Himself . ’ |
18 | But still greater losses were Sir Simon Fraser , Sir Alexander Lindsay , Sir John the Graham and the two uncles of the Steward , Sir James and Sir John Stewart . |
19 | We do not need to wait for the Reeve 's Tale for a fabliau in which the Miller can be identified with a target figure : the Miller 's Tale itself links its dramatic teller , the Miller , with John the carpenter as John repeats the Miller 's axiom found in the Miller 's Prologue : in his own homespun wisdom : — a valuing of ignorance which Nicholas is able to play upon ( 3558 ) . |