Example sentences of "[pers pn] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christ had entrusted the government of His Church to St Peter and his successors in the words , " Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church " ( Matthew 16 : 18 ) and " I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven and whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth , it shall be bound also in heaven " ( Matthew 16 : 19 ) . |
| 2 | He began to tell me the difficulties of his life at home , and finally he told me that he had tried more than once to find a home with another brother or sister , but they had persuaded him to return to Cis and Elfed . |
| 3 | Ever since James brought me the clothes of that unfortunate young girl , I have been beset by a conviction that I failed to notice something of importance . ’ |
| 4 | They usually show me the letters in case |
| 5 | My sincere thanks to my amanuensis Simon Rose , to my personal assistants Cressida and Catherine and to my colleague Bargepole , for showing me the consequences of taking the wrong turning in life . |
| 6 | Now tell me the answers to two points . |
| 7 | The CNAA was a marvellous learning process which … drove me into intimate contact with a wide range of higher education courses , in dance primarily , which taught me the criteria for judging dance as a higher education subject … |
| 8 | It told me the figures in east London . |
| 9 | She unlocked the car herself and handed me the keys without comment . |
| 10 | He had to take a boat to Miami , and that 's why he give me the keys to Starkisser . |
| 11 | He installed me in the base-camp , an old redbrick gardener 's cottage with roses climbing up the side , offered me the keys to the crew bus so that I could pick up something to eat in nearby Worksop , and even had the foresight to take a pint of milk from the warden 's fridge so that I 'd be able to make a cup of coffee in the morning . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , if you give me the keys to the jeep , I 'll go and take a look at it for you — get anything you might need . ’ |
| 13 | Glendambo is the last petrol station for 200 kilometres , " warned the Budget car-hire girl , as she handed me the keys to a six-cylinder Holden Commodore . |
| 14 | He gave me the keys of the tower . |
| 15 | There 's another in the keep would have done just as well , but seal or no seal , they 'd have wanted a better tale than I could think of before they 'd have given me the keys of the keep . |
| 16 | If you can tell me the initials of my name , you can have what 's in this bag . ’ |
| 17 | Then she would bring me the diaries of a grand-duchess and the poems of the Hapsburg princesses . |
| 18 | Gerry offered to be my guide , and show me the sites of the county . |
| 19 | Yeah get the get get me the prices on those will you . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Prabhaben , a woman in her thirties , described to me the conditions at the laundry where she works . |
| 22 | ‘ While you work with me the interests of IAP and its clients come first . |
| 23 | ‘ Could you tell me the times of the buses to Ibiza Town , please ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It gives me the willies to even think about the rent , ’ Dustin averred . |
| 25 | When I arrived , Small showed me the bodies of two lambs killed by foxes the previous night . |
| 26 | Dear Willis — As I am informed by those who ought to know that you have " taken the ground " somewhere near London River , I expect you can tell me the whereabouts of the dear old Fortuna , built 1892 , rigged when I last saw her in 1920 as a square foresail brigantine . |
| 27 | He gave me the thumbs up sign then disappeared into his trench . |
| 28 | He gave me the thumbs up sign , half a wink and I marched head high to the door . |
| 29 | Teaching me the names of all the grasses |
| 30 | He 'd tell me the names of ten books where it 's all said much better . |