Example sentences of "love [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the many things which I love about New Scientist is the way you print the odd spoof article or two in the issue nearest 1 April . |
| 2 | That 's what I love about this business . |
| 3 | If Genet is seduced by the magnanimity of the fedayeen , their selflessness , courage , humour , and love for each other , he is also perplexed and disillusioned by the inseparability of these qualities from an ‘ underlying desire for self-slaughter , for glorious death if victory was impossible ’ ( pp. 271 — 2 ) . |
| 4 | Whether this has any foundation in science or whether it reflects the old-fashioned ‘ punitive ’ approach , men up and down the country , known for their ten-pint capacity or love for fine wine , are receiving old-fashioned looks as they ask for a half-pint of lime juice or a tonic on its own . |
| 5 | Swans love with inseparable love , and so our birdselves go |
| 6 | They know that it is not as important as good health , a contented mind , or that gift that the poet Ruth Pitter said was the one she would choose , above all others , to bestow upon a child at birth — ‘ love in old age ’ . |
| 7 | Love at first sight . |
| 8 | Favourite fairy tales are the need for spiritual growth , love at first sight , the pull of destiny or meetings in past lives , and we do not realize the primitive level of being in which the bond has its source . |
| 9 | But it was n't love at first sight … |
| 10 | It was n't love at first sight when I met Michael [ Williams ] — it was good friends at first sight , though , for nine years . |
| 11 | It was not love at first sight , but between the speaker and this member of his audience there developed a rapport that was fascination on her side and intense curiosity on his . |
| 12 | It was n't love at first sight for Monica . |
| 13 | ‘ Was it love at first sight ? |
| 14 | He just seemed to walk right into that one : love at first sight . |
| 15 | Life was sex , infidelity. divorces , Infatuation , yes , but love at first sight , smell , touch ? |
| 16 | Love at first sight . |
| 17 | He had never believed that anything like this could happen to him — this being , he supposed , love at first sight — but he acknowledged that it had . |
| 18 | ‘ Love at first sight ’ is a very apt description of how I felt when I saw you in church today . ’ |
| 19 | Though impulsive in some ways , she was an ordinary , practical girl who had never really believed in grand passion or love at first sight . |
| 20 | Love at first sight , quipped Charlie . |
| 21 | Love at first slap ? |