Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pn reflx] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having achieved this enormous distribution of people ( with all its many and continuing cruelties ) , the nationalist can point proudly to the result as itself the evidence for the prior existence of nations . |
| 2 | There is , however , plenty of help in the documentation and the QuickStart chapter guides you through creating your own first presentation and if you do not want to bother with typing in all the data for yourself the file for this presentation , QSTART , is available for inspection . |
| 3 | Picture to yourself the furore which they will make in the world when people read on the title-page that they have been composed by a seven-year-old child ; and when the sceptics are challenged to test him , as he already has been , imagine the sensation when he asks someone to write down a minuet or some tune or other and then immediately and without touching the clavier writes in the bass and , if it is wanted , the second violin part … every day God performs fresh miracles through this child . |
| 4 | Picture to yourself the whole theatre which by half past five was so full that not another soul could get in . |
| 5 | Picture to yourself the embarrassment of His Grace the Archbishop at hearing the opera praised by the whole family of the Elector and by all the nobles , and at receiving the enthusiastic congratulations which they all expressed to him . |
| 6 | I often please myself with anticipations of our return , picture to myself the joy and greetings when we meet , and I try to fancy the appearance of the dear children — they will be grown out of all knowledge . ’ |
| 7 | For example where the handbrake of a motor car is released and the car is allowed to run down a hill by itself the offence under section 12 would not be committed as it was not for his or another 's use . |
| 8 | He has even invented a punning , almost paradoxical , nickname for himself the man with the yellow rosette and the smile has become Never Say Dai Wilson . |
| 9 | Name to yourself the climax , so you know what you are writing towards . |
| 10 | The more people say such things to themselves the more these thoughts become automatic and fixed , and the less they are able to see a future for themselves . |
| 11 | It seems reasonable to assume that Oswiu certainly brought into subjection to himself the Pictish kingdom of Fortriu ( between the Forth and the Tay ) , for Bridei , the son of Bili , king of Strathclyde , and Ecgfrith 's cousin ( HB ch. 57 ) , who became king of the Picts on the expulsion of Drest and later fought against Ecgfrith , is described specifically in the Irish annals as ‘ king of Fortriu ’ at his death in 692 ( AU s.a . |
| 12 | The initial storyline came from Terry Nation , but as an amusement for themselves the two writers took it in turns to write the detailed story breakdowns , each leaving an impossible cliff-hanger which the other writer had to get out of . |
| 13 | The Queen of the Night must understand these instincts , if she is to have control over them ; she must know her own wildness , and sense within herself the vigilance of the owl and the cunning of the fox before she can bring them into her domain . |
| 14 | He became aware of the consequences to himself the next day . |
| 15 | Oh as I sa the part-time job we used to get , two shillings a week and he used to give us tuppence for ourselves the two shillings was for our parents , and the tuppence was supposed to be our pocket money , but er when we 'd finished on a Saturday night if , if there were any stale cakes we 'd all get a bag of stale cakes each you used to make a terrific fuss of those on a Sunday . |
| 16 | Although improvements are of value in themselves the effect these aspects of care have on outcomes ( for example , the patient 's recuperative ability ) , is poorly researched . |