Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven hundred boys , almost a third of them sons of the clergy , lived their ‘ ultra-Spartan ’ lives in an institution which combined frequently brutal discipline with a consistently meagre diet . |
| 2 | ‘ Ace , can you get me copies of the print-outs ? ’ |
| 3 | I thanked him and left , taking with me copies of the statements in the Southwark Bridge case file . |
| 4 | ‘ And I want some of you to help me look for the others . |
| 5 | This gave them sympathy for the victims of the slave trade and slavery and , as the abolitionist John Bowring stressed , formed a strong bond of union between them . |
| 6 | In such a highly discouraging environment , female students were tempted to spend their college lives looking for ‘ Mr Right ’ , who could offer them companionship during the years of study and secure a good future afterwards . |
| 7 | After fifteen years some may have emigrated died … would all of them spring to the colours when called ? ’ |
| 8 | I took him to the St Petersburg library , let him show me pictures of the uniforms . |
| 9 | I mean in so I I come here today with a petition that I presented that also talks about proposing to abolish the merger , I mean this is a move just one step away from that but I still feel in what was proposed at the last full council meeting and I would express my views to the officers that in light of what has been suggested today is actually implemented to the wording as it stands because the joint working party that had been er written up previously never did meet although if I can inform it was only the officers who actually met up and I hope that in light of all the working group and the two heads of centres covering for each other would be implicitly applied . |
| 10 | The hon. Members for Birkenhead and for Halifax ( Mrs. Mahon ) and my hon. Friend the Member for Macclesfield referred to my part in the events of 1990 . |
| 11 | ‘ I get all my suits from the movies I 've been in . |
| 12 | It seemed only a matter of days before I was standing astride my bike at the gates of Sonning Common , together with my good friend Richard Smith ( who I think was twice as mad as me as he did n't have to do it ! ) |
| 13 | ‘ I could leave my bike in the bushes , ’ Virginia argued . |
| 14 | And it 's it i Seriously , it has happened a few I in my experience over the years I can remember it happening to me at least half a dozen times . |
| 15 | My experience with the pensions inquiry had already taught me one invaluable lesson . |
| 16 | Together with the Fifth , it happens to be my favourite of the symphonies . |
| 17 | What my hon. Friend says causes me some concern , in addition to my hesitation about the merits of regional banding . |
| 18 | Accordingly , the parties agree that each of them will accept my decision on the matters referred to me hereunder as conclusive and binding and that neither will bring any action or proceeding or make any claim against me as expert relating to or arising from the performance of my duties hereunder . |
| 19 | By some miraculous quirk of fate , I have so far managed to get through life as a jobbing hack without ever once having to put my opinions on the preachers into print . |
| 20 | I do n't have any help in the house , as I prefer to use that part of my budget for the twins ’ child minder , Audrey . |
| 21 | I might even have griped about my existence with the Gorengs and thought wistfully of alternatives . |
| 22 | My body will cease to be the temple of physical perfection that it currently is , my old aches and pains will return and my reliance on the ministrations of the NHS will increase . |
| 23 | I was quite satisfied , in the light of that information and my discussions with the persons referred to in paragraph 4 , that the documents the subject of the notice were required and indeed were necessary in order for the Bank to discharge its supervisory functions in respect of the [ defendants ] under the Act . |
| 24 | In my discussions with the police , it was one of the buildings we offered them , and I went with erm , the new inspector to look at that , and I still said they were somewhat put off by the cold austere sort of feeling of the place . |
| 25 | Since I 've done most of the really sexy west-coast mountains it 's time to start exploring the interior of the Cairngorm range , especially now I 've overcome my abhorrence of the ski-77tows and scone consumers . |
| 26 | This was a surprise , as I had my doubts about the Windows driver , which offers intensity control , a number of different quality modes and not much else . |
| 27 | What has emerged in my neck of the woods is how common such conflicts have become in the newly-prosperous backyards of rural Britain . |
| 28 | In my neck of the woods a boat to Ireland for a stay with the Dublin cousins was quite often handy . |
| 29 | Do you have any idea of the number of Jewish organizations there are in my neck of the woods and how many of their organizers have my phone number on the kitchen wall ? |
| 30 | Where do you think that more money needs to be spent ? erm well , the government are in the process of launching a massive new initiative called Care in the Community erm I 'm afraid a lot of people working in my neck of the woods find this rather well not amusing , but erm it 's slightly hysterically amusing , because the amount of money that would be needed to fund the projects that are identified as being necessary is enormous , and the government is in no way going to be putting up that sort of funds erm so it comes down to money , and particularly in this community care area . |