Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [prep] the whole " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think Racedown is the place dearest to my recollections upon the whole surface of the island , ’ Dorothy later wrote . |
| 2 | And if you push me much harder , I 'll wash my hands of the whole thing and tell the Committee I ca n't cope , and make it clear I want you out — out , do you understand ? |
| 3 | ‘ Most men I know would hang a title round their necks for the whole world to see ! ’ |
| 4 | The British had obviously decided to wash their hands of the whole affair . |
| 5 | It is to the reptiles themselves one must turn to find the greatest display of armoured scales that are all-enveloping , protecting their wearers over the whole surface of the body . |
| 6 | ‘ It might be quite fun to hear his views on the whole phenomenon of fashion , ’ Alex said , thinking aloud . |
| 7 | War is in fact something about which Coleridge mentions quite a bit in the long poem Fears in Solitude , and from this we know his opinions on the whole affair are quite unfortunate : |
| 8 | Finally , in 1544 Stumpe consolidated his interest in the property by paying over £1,500 for a royal grant to himself and his heirs of the whole site of the abbey . |
| 9 | Howard would like to put his arms about the whole team , as they crowd round the journal , smelling of shirts , and squeeze them all , and fuse them into one perfect corporate human being . |
| 10 | And so probably what we need to think about is how you can improve your contributions to the whole thing . |
| 11 | I 'm told your memories of the whole period of the collapse of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire are fascinating . |
| 12 | The denial mechanisms will distort relationships and dealings with the client , and warp our perceptions of the whole situation . |
| 13 | The primary purpose of our defence policy is , therefore , that it should protect us , our allies , and our friends against the whole spectrum of possible aggression and military threats , from small local action which might be the beginning of larger and more dangerous adventures through ‘ nuclear blackmail ’ to nuclear war . |
| 14 | Or perhaps you 're going to wash your hands of the whole business ? |