Example sentences of "[prep] i [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Through me the defendants tender their sincere apologies to the plaintiff for the distress she was caused by the publication of the article . ’ |
| 2 | Whereas for me the rigours of the Second World War meant two ounces of butter a week and five inches of bath-water , for Jean-Claude they had involved near-starvation on a diet of turnips — and the dangers of being on the run . |
| 3 | Thirty years later , recalling the revelation of tribal art , Picasso spoke of the Demoiselles as his ‘ first exorcism picture ’ : ‘ For me the masks were not simply sculptures , they were magical objects … |
| 4 | MKM is for me the tops ! |
| 5 | You conjured up for me the legions of the unborn , and I found them as grisly a sight as the legions of the dead . |
| 6 | But for me the years in Nigeria were marred by serious blunders . |
| 7 | I rang Seddon at home before he left for New Scotland Yard and asked him to find out for me the names of the officers who had dealt with the Southwark Bridge case . |
| 8 | I mean I 'm I mean for me the issues is avoiding guilt tripping them , but at the same time erm I want them to know erm that they are real children who are being really affected and hurt and damaged and losing their parents as a result of this war , and that is a hurtful thing to know . |
| 9 | For me the arts embrace far more than the visual and dimensional . |
| 10 | Below me the clouds parted with alarming speed , revealing the glen below in astonishing clarity . |
| 11 | Behind me the wolves howled as if sure of their prey and calling others to join them for their banquet of good English beef . |
| 12 | ‘ While you work with me the interests of IAP and its clients come first . |
| 13 | When I leave my newfound sanctuary , I will remain calm and peaceful within , taking with me the gifts I have been given . |
| 14 | With me the choirs never use music , which has the double effect : their eyes are not fixed on the page in front of them and they can communicate directly with me . |
| 15 | I thought of Tagore who said , ‘ withhold from me the things that man desire and want ; leave me only what they despise and overlook , they will be enough for me . ’ |
| 16 | Without me The Pistols would have been nowhere . |
| 17 | We saw some wild boar which paid little attention to our passing elephants , and we saw several magnificent peacock and a number of monkeys ; to me the monkeys were bandar log , straight out of Kipling 's Jungle Book . |
| 18 | For to me the stars are mote-like , just twists of dust . |
| 19 | Prabhaben , a woman in her thirties , described to me the conditions at the laundry where she works . |
| 20 | He pointed out to me the benches where the Frankenstein family sat . |
| 21 | After three enjoyable years as chairman I believe it 's time to stand down I shall miss those monthly meetings at thank you Betty for all the tea and coffee making but I shall have many happy memories , I suppose to me the highlights were the fiftieth anniversary celebration and the brilliant production of Stepping Out . |
| 22 | A year later , on Tuesday , 13 April 1773 , Boswell ‘ again solicited him to communicate to me the particulars of his early life . |
| 23 | Sometimes this was stated explicitly , as by a physiotherapist : ‘ I look on the disability as being the overall diagnosis … to me the children have got a disability , i.e. spina bifida , cerebral palsy , to me that 's the disability . |
| 24 | All around me the waves looked grey , but far away at Ireland the sea glowed an ethereal soft green , for it ringed a fairy island . |