Example sentences of "the [noun] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time in over forty years someone had humbled him on the board he considered his own . |
| 2 | So surely if the government er , have , ca n't have the money they cut their own throat ? |
| 3 | In the Preface he resituated his earlier formulations as follows : |
| 4 | Even on the field he had his own personal trademark — flapping shirt sleeves and long , baggy shorts , which served both as a landmark for his colleagues and to help keep out the cold he felt so badly . |
| 5 | Sneaking across the kitchen she made herself some bread and margarine . |
| 6 | ‘ We are not for having any man turn sceptic , and disbelieve his senses ; on the contrary we give them all the stress and assurance imaginable ; nor are there any principles more opposite to scepticism , than those we have laid down . ’ |
| 7 | Gustavo Gutierrez has stressed the importance of this remark for Latin America , adding : ‘ The preference , the predilection ( not exclusive , let's be clear ) for the poor is not opposed in the mind of the Pope to his universal mission ; on the contrary it makes his universal mission quite concrete ’ ( Alberigo and Jossua , pp. 239 , 240 ) . |
| 8 | The lesson our Party draws is important that all of us , individuals and corporations alike , have a responsibility to reflect the values we expect our fellow citizens to exhibit . |
| 9 | In the diver-picture he shows himself ready to adumbrate the idea of a spatial setting , but he is far more cautious and conventional than his Etruscan predecessor . |
| 10 | Yeah so you see the point , if you 're making a presentation and you use words like that based on where you come from the geography you know your regional variations then it 's a bit it 's a bit difficult for er effective communication is n't it ? |
| 11 | In the interview she expressed her enormous relief at the return of the collection built up by her husband Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah since 1975 and now totalling around 20,000 items . |
| 12 | While she changed , she could hear the others laughing and singing and when she emerged from the changing-room she found them all in the foyer waiting for her to emerge . |
| 13 | This week William and his horse Chaka have been training with the rest of the British team at Badminton … back in the spring they enjoyed their finest hour here when they finished seventh in the annual championships … |
| 14 | In Australasia , for instance , the club you play your first game of the season for is your only club for that year and you are not allowed to transfer . |
| 15 | In the dream she lifted her right hand and stretched out her arm , the tiny pistol almost lost in the palm of her hand , pointed it at the man who had once been her lover — and shot him dead . |
| 16 | It is unsurprising , therefore , that the statutory approach to obscenity should also be grounded in our civilised concern for the obligations we owe our fellow men . |
| 17 | When we fed them before the winter we gave them proper er fertilizer for things that need acid soil . |
| 18 | An idea began to form in his mind , but the Governors were apprehensive about taking on more commitments — faced with the abolition of the Direct Grant , they had decided to go " Independent " , and in the circumstances they thought it best to consolidate and take stock , rather than expand . |
| 19 | Because they had been confused and upset early on in the campaign they found it hard to relax and trust us . |
| 20 | In the process he proved himself one of the sport 's great survivors . |
| 21 | In the process he proved himself one of the sport 's great survivors . |
| 22 | The other girls disliked her for her outstanding looks and her haughty ways and made no attempt to be friendly on anything but the most superficial level and the pattern cutters and sewing hands hurried home to their families and boyfriends the moment they finished their long day 's work . |
| 23 | On the spur of the moment I offered him 40 — he almost wept in gratitude . |
| 24 | ‘ I knew it the moment I saw it last Sunday . |
| 25 | I knew from the moment I saw my squashed , bloated foot and my ankle that my trousers would have to be cut off . |
| 26 | I would not rest easy knowing Araminta would see you off without so much as a penny piece the moment I breathe my last . ’ |
| 27 | Idly I wonder if she 'd have done the same thing had the play been Shakespearean : ‘ Now is the winter of our discontent … but leaving aside discontent for the moment I want you all to put your hands together for good old birthday boy Barry in Box B. All together now , Happy Birthday to you … ’ |
| 28 | Flowers looked a figure of total confidence from the moment he made his first save from Brazilian skipper Rai . |
| 29 | Sharpe tried to draw his own sword , but the moment he took his right hand off the reins he almost fell and the mare immediately tried to check . |
| 30 | Just at the moment she had her own anxieties without being expected to worry about other people 's . |