Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember in the evening when your ‘ little horror ’ goes off to sleep that tomorrow you will be with them through all the trials and tribulations and can be there to soothe their pains and congratulate their achievements . |
| 2 | I felt this was a chance for me to put to rest one way or another this thing that had been nagging at me for such a long time . ’ |
| 3 | I 've never even managed to get through a job interview , even if it 's a woman doing the interviewing ; I just have this feeling that she is looking at me and judging me for all the wrong reasons . |
| 4 | Then he said I was too innocent to realise how hard it was for him just to see me for half an hour and a kiss and cuddle . ’ |
| 5 | And because the Crabb operation was unauthorised the Director General of MI6 could also honestly tell the inquiry that he too knew nothing about such a plan . |
| 6 | I was just going to tell them about all the things that were on my mind , about my dad and about Jesus and about aliens taking over the … |
| 7 | Michael Abbell worked at the Justice Department for 17 years until 1984 , the last five of them as first the director and later deputy director of the Office of International Affairs . |
| 8 | We do not remember them for all the facts which they rammed into our heads , nor for praise or punishment , but for the way that they seemed to recognize our inner selves , and spoke to our essence . |
| 9 | He had known most of them for half a lifetime . |
| 10 | I talked to them for half an hour on maximum range and fuel economy . |
| 11 | Sister Monica stayed with them for half an hour . |
| 12 | " To a pint of cream put a pound of double-refined sugar , the juice of seven lemons , grate the rinds of two lemons into a pint of white wine , add half a pint of sack , then put them all into a deep pot , and whisk them for half an hour , put it into glasses the night before you want it : it is better for standing two or three days , but it will keep a week if required . " |
| 13 | It was like , get on to those bloody phone people , he said , I was on the phone to them for half an hour , yesterday , he said have n't turned up , he said , and I organized m I work around and everything . |
| 14 | and that means that I can photocopy them for half the price . |
| 15 | But he wo n't see me through all the steam and the smoke . |
| 16 | Given its urgency , I am surprised that the hon. Gentleman did not write to me about such a detailed case , which would have enabled me to deal with it earlier . |
| 17 | Suddenly , the other evening , he starts asking me about all the new sorts of mobile phone on the market — how they work , what their range is , how much they cost . |
| 18 | ‘ As the managing director of a large commercial organisation , I employ solicitors to work on all the legal issues arising from the operation of my business and to advise me about all the new developments in legislation and case law . ’ |
| 19 | He would later swear that he had cautioned me about this the previous night . |
| 20 | To disturb them after all the work that has been done would be a disaster . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ To disturb them after all the work that has been done over many years would be a disaster . ’ |
| 22 | So he called me up and asked me if I wanted to play it , which was incredibly flattering because I 'd been a fan of his for such a long time . |
| 23 | Another older woman , who had lived alone with her mother since her father died , recalled the satisfaction of coming home to someone with all the time in the world to listen to what she had to tell about her day in the office or an evening at choir practice . |
| 24 | He disappeared into his cabin and , with the air of someone with all the time in the world , set about checking Loretta 's bona fides . |
| 25 | He 's an obedient kind of fellow , and after being kicked out of the castle by his master he sets about his task with a determination unusual for someone with such a cowardly disposition . |
| 26 | Otherwise there would n't have been a chance for someone with such a large family , almost any of whom could have taken her in . |
| 27 | How curious that someone with such a short , neatly waved cap of brown hair should be talking to someone with such a fuzz of ginger hair — and talking so seriously , with no sense of disparity ! |
| 28 | How curious that someone with such a short , neatly waved cap of brown hair should be talking to someone with such a fuzz of ginger hair — and talking so seriously , with no sense of disparity ! |
| 29 | And I fail to see why someone with such an inventive , lively mind as yours can be so dog-in-the-manger about updating things in the office . |
| 30 | We have pleased to reserve this hearing until we had had an opportunity of acquainting ourselves with all the circumstances . ’ |