Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did draw the line at giving up the spices I cooked with even though for years I continued to receive remarks about my stinking of garlic , yuk , with monotonous regularity . |
| 2 | I forget how it was that I told Maurice Reckitt about it before Eliot , who usually received prior intelligence about my activities in this sphere . |
| 3 | Naturally , Eliot was pleased about my enthusiasm for Collingwood , for whom he had considerable regard ; but although he told me he liked the Essay on Philosophical Method , which had appeared in 1933 and concerning which I had attended Collingwood 's lecture-course in my first year , I could see that he was more interested in such works as A. E. Taylor 's Faith of a Moralist , or more directly theological works , such as those of Jacques Maritain . |
| 4 | The article said nothing about my answers to these critics , and nothing about the content of my actual talk at Wellesley College . |
| 5 | There was summat about my head in the stars and walking on clouds in it . |
| 6 | My hands dart indignantly about my desk as if they were offended mice , opening files , annotating minutes , picking up the receiver . |
| 7 | ‘ I have no real idea what people have been telling you about my involvement with MI6 at the time . |
| 8 | That you 're going to do a story about my involvement with Martin ? ’ |
| 9 | That morning I was so ecstatic about my triumph in seducing the dog-owner 's daughter that I 'd completely forgotten about Jamila 's big decision . |
| 10 | I want now to turn to a less philosophical question about my passage from my armchair to the kitchen . |
| 11 | ‘ I told you about my holiday in hospital . |
| 12 | Read had not been particularly interested in my political book ( which I had submitted to him in fulfilment of the option clause in my contract with Routledge , so I got together some more representative pieces and sent them to Eliot , no least because he had published my article on ‘ Philosophy and Politics ’ in The Criterion , and because I had again spoken about my plans at our first meeting after the war . |
| 13 | I felt shy of talking about my feelings with Terry and Tom and wished I could have half an hour alone with Brian . |
| 14 | I do not need the hon. Member for Gordon to lecture me about my affinity with the mining industry . |
| 15 | ‘ I was very nervous about my grandmother at that time . |
| 16 | He said nothing to me about my fears for my sanity and behaved as if what we were doing were a common exercise , undertaken for purely scientific purposes . |
| 17 | It 's difficult to explain , but I know I 've been doing some thinking about my obligations to my parents , about where I 'm coming from and where I 'm going . |
| 18 | Mrs Castle had formed a rather eccentric view about my scale of living . |
| 19 | Their plight made me feel rather guilty about my concern over the mosquito bites on my face . |
| 20 | Erm when I got married erm I had a , a , a lump sum of money and erm I was thinking about my daughter about putting some money on one side . |
| 21 | I ca n't claim to have been entirely candid about my promise after making it . |
| 22 | Then I saw the senior registrar , who had already been briefed by the house officer about my history of abuse . |
| 23 | A while back , I wrote about my experience of keeping some of the newer catfish on the market . |
| 24 | But I thought about my experience at Wilhelmshaven , and the fascination of the task there , despite the appalling environment . |
| 25 | ‘ There 's nothing romantic about my relationship with Florian , ’ Maria asserted abruptly . |
| 26 | ‘ You do n't know the first thing about my relationship with Florian ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I did n't bring you here to talk about my relationship with Marianne , ’ he cut in brusquely . |
| 28 | What about my pen in the coat pocket ? |
| 29 | During the next few days I went about my duties with propriety and correctness . |
| 30 | I demand a reply from the Minister about my request for an inquiry into the financial ramifications for Mid Glamorgan TECs . |