Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I therefore continued to stand there awkwardly , waiting for my employer to give me permission to undertake the motoring trip . |
| 2 | The maid had retired , tossing her head at the thought of such low people as them gyppos having the sauce to interrupt the master at his supper . |
| 3 | Jumping on the chance of making an example of them Dalrymple issued the order to slaughter the clan Macdonald . |
| 4 | The doubts arise not from any ambiguity about whom el-Kefevi intends the statement to apply to , since it clearly relates to Molla Yegan , but simply from the suspiciously close coincidence of the circumstances of , and the wording of the statements about , the deaths of the two men . |
| 5 | Many such contracts are not sale contracts as such but are licence agreements ; this is particularly so with respect to computer software where the owner of the rights subsisting in the software grants licences to customers , giving them permission to use the software in return for a licence fee . |
| 6 | Many were ex-Servicemen whom Frankie toured the world to entertain . |
| 7 | 45% of the respondents were non-enrollers , of whom 14% lacked the entry qualifications to get onto the courses we covered in the study . |
| 8 | During my term as manager I have made few friends and my enemies stalk the boardroom in ever increasing numbers . |
| 9 | ON Saturday 4th January 1992 I took three of my sons to watch the Harlequins v Bath match at the Stoop Memorial Ground . |
| 10 | And I had a bit of tulle in my hair to match the dress … |
| 11 | ‘ And my dad might cut my hair to match the others . ’ |
| 12 | Handwriting , I could make my handwriting neater , larger , I could try joining my handwriting have the letters joined , some people are still more comfortable printing in year seven . |
| 13 | My grant covered the school fees only , and no provision was made for other necessities . |
| 14 | It is my privilege to open the debate on the report of the Select Committee on Social Services into the financing of private residential and nursing home fees . |
| 15 | I knew he 'd fought James on it tooth and nail , and though in all honesty I felt I 'd won him round to some extent since , the prejudices remained beneath the surface of benignity , waiting only for some unwary blunder on my part to crack the surface and let them burst through . |
| 16 | I do not for my part find the objections in principle to be strong and I would certainly be prepared to agree the rule should no longer be adhered to were it not for the practical consideration to which I have referred and which my noble and learned friend agrees to be of real substance . |
| 17 | Having regard to the terms of that subsection in its substituted and current form I would for my part place the duty which it imposes on the local authority on the decision-making , as distinct from the executive , side of the line . |
| 18 | If I do not get the chance later in my response to answer the comments of the hon. Member for Caernarfon ( Mr. Wigley ) on students with special needs in further education , I say now that I attach great importance to those students . |
| 19 | The hon. Gentleman may have noticed that my proposals increase the independence of Her Majesty 's chief inspector . |
| 20 | Certainly it was the view adopted , for example , when we had a 6 month interregnum in Dublin , and it was assumed it was my responsibility to hold the fort . |
| 21 | I do not know what purpose the meeting served in persuading Wapping of the merits of our plan , but it did enable me for the first and only time to see the terrain on which we were working and reinforced my enthusiasm to kill the committee at the earliest possible moment . |
| 22 | My negligence abetted the theft of time . |
| 23 | I hope that my successor enjoys the A. S. M. Presidency as much as I have . |
| 24 | So perhaps my overkill misses the target : perhaps the behaviourist analysis of perception is sound , even though a general behaviourism is not , and what BS lacks is not knowledge of the nature of certain mental states , but only the ability to respond spontaneously to visual stimuli , that is , to respond as a result of actually seeing them . |
| 25 | My mum took the bike from the fireman Mister Dean . |
| 26 | Last year my mum took the Sixers and Seconders from my Pack to the opening of Pax Lodge , the new World Centre . |
| 27 | Because my mum took the trouble to buy a Black doll . |
| 28 | I got out of the car and ran to my front door , my mum answered the door , she looked quite different but I gave her a massive cuddle and went indoors . |
| 29 | While Lynn and Thomas and Vicky and Dennis chattered , I sat back and let my fingers do the talking . |
| 30 | A skylight above the street door was closed and out of reach , but I tried to reach it anyway and was surprised when my fingers touched the ledge . |