Example sentences of "[pron] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're happy doing nothing THE CULTURE OF CONTENTMENT J K Galbraith Sinclair-Stevenson , £14.95 William Keegan |
| 2 | ‘ There 's nothing the matter with your tongue . |
| 3 | There was nothing the matter with him , simply that he did not thrive . |
| 4 | ‘ There 's nothing the matter with Anna that need trouble him . |
| 5 | There is nothing the matter with this , except that it ai n't so . |
| 6 | " There 's nothing the matter with me . " |
| 7 | Having read the transcript of evidence and having reviewed the findings of fact made by the deputy judge , I can find nothing the matter with his conclusion that the onus of establishing testamentary capacity had not been discharged . |
| 8 | I can see nothing the matter with the use of Form N111 although I agree that the form would be improved by a reference to the contemnor 's right to try to purge his contempt . |
| 9 | There 's nothing the matter with me ! |
| 10 | By this time I was really getting worried , so I took him back and the doctor said , ‘ Oh , it 's all right , there 's nothing the matter with him . ’ |
| 11 | There 's nothing the matter with me . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ There 's nothing the matter with your horrid back ! |
| 13 | There is nothing the matter with me . |
| 14 | There was nothing the matter with his features . |
| 15 | ‘ There 's nothing the matter with me . |
| 16 | There 's nothing the matter with your hair ! |
| 17 | I do n't think there 's nothing the matter with oral sex as long as , |
| 18 | Please could you tell me the ratio of male to female Platies I should have in my tank ? |
| 19 | He is for me the epitome of the Italian style at its best — he is Spanish , of course , but he has the true Italian style . |
| 20 | Flaubert was delighted with the story : ‘ Do you know , Lapierre , you 've just given me the subject of a novel , the counterpart of my Bovary , a Bovary of high society . |
| 21 | The report , for the local authorities reports mentioned in the committee item is an attempt to give me the subject of car boot sales a fairly wide airing . |
| 22 | Tonight Lorenzo gave me the doge 's ring , and told me the history of this lovely old house . |
| 23 | If I could take away with me the beginning of such an understanding it would be enough . |
| 24 | Your father has extended to me the hospitality of his house for as long as I care to take it , or until he grows sick of the sight of me . |
| 25 | Right let's just briefly run through this er essay on migration that so some of you answered , ca n't remember , would somebody tell me the title of it again ? |
| 26 | It strikes me the symbolism of this whole venture would be better were it he and Andy balancing together on the seat , but I get the impression Andy 's partner is n't fully into such flamboyance . |
| 27 | Clearly the whereabouts of those bottles , and the number of them , had been one of the P'daytabird 's little secrets , for Warnie writes , ‘ Nothing brought home to me the finality of the old life as did the carrying out of those bottles and putting them into [ the ] car — to see the mysteries of that jealously guarded secret room emerge as plain matter of fact bottles , and the cellar stand revealed as an ordinary empty cupboard was an unpleasant feeling . ’ |
| 28 | Second , for me the sacrament of Holy Communion is a focal point of feeding . |
| 29 | She 'd explained to me the origin of the Paisley pattern ; I had the history of Notting Hill Gate , the use of a camera obscura by Vermeer , why Charles Lamb 's sister murdered their mother , and a history of Tamla Motown . |
| 30 | My intervention , such as it was , became well known and earned me the enmity of two or three people whose awards had been either altered or struck out . |