Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [vb -s] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In them Hooker discusses the Presbyterian system of government by church elders , the status of bishops , and the relationship between Church and State . |
| 2 | I know you 're going , my heart fears the worst … |
| 3 | At this point my story becomes the introductory scene of a fiction which could be continued . |
| 4 | My story concerns the last England cricket tour of South Africa in 1964–65 , when during the first morning of the Durban Test the pitch was so utterly dead that Peter Pollock , at full pace , could hardly get the ball bail-high and England 's batsmen were obviously headed for a huge total . |
| 5 | You will undoubtedly be aware that ‘ Green ’ is the marketing tool of the 90 's and that my department enforces the statutory measures which aim to protect consumers against misdescriptions and misleading claims by manufacturers . |
| 6 | The Minister will not be surprised to learn that my question concerns the regulatory environment of British Steel , in which the Government hold the golden share . |
| 7 | He is sound , very sound , but in my opinion lacks the extra something that can create a maître chef . |
| 8 | yes alright well let's leave that one and let's see and I stand corrected , but my point remains the same if er , erm , er my duty under article five is not to find to the anti competition laws is it ? |
| 9 | A woman who worked 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. said , " My husband works the same hours . |
| 10 | My diary records the frequent wish for ‘ interesting people and interesting places ’ . |
| 11 | My constituency has the highest level in England , Scotland and Wales with an average of 30 per cent . |
| 12 | My constituency has the second highest unemployment in the United Kingdom . |
| 13 | My father strokes the little soft pink downy body and exclaims how perfect a little machine it is and ideally suited for its mission . |
| 14 | The title I have given to my paper echoes the extended title of the conference . |
| 15 | As my breath scratches the last scribbles , and I write |
| 16 | ‘ I know I 'm no angel , Robyn , I know my temper gets the better of me at times , but you must understand the pressure that I was under too . |
| 17 | My hand caresses the surging wind ; I am deeper drowned in sorrow . |
| 18 | My dad thinks the same . |
| 19 | My memory does the same . |
| 20 | Where Scott 's reading presents designer chaos , my reading perceives the cybernetic construction of artificial intelligence taken systematically to its logical and difficult conclusion . |
| 21 | My third point is coming back to Chairman your point about the paragraph , the criterion paragraph of thirty three of P P G three , and the settlement in my view fails the first the first test , since the very city which it is supposed to relieve says that the need can be met , and I quote , within and on the edge of the urban area and villages . |
| 22 | , my mother does the same thing , no . |
| 23 | The diamond ring presented by two out of three Anglo-Saxon swains to their fiancées declares the enduring nature of their mutual love , just as the fact that the ring bestowed at their wedding , traditionally made of untarnishable gold , marks the entry into a permanent relationship . |
| 24 | This is a vivid and funny production and their expertise makes the intricate puppetry go like a dream . |
| 25 | The financial accounting question comes down to this : which year(s) bears the 10,000 ? |
| 26 | Their presence augments the local economy , but there are treasures greater than money . |
| 27 | A lot of people suspect that blocking savers ' access to their money violates the new constitution 's explicit ban on compulsory loans to the government . |
| 28 | Dr P 's argument disguises the reality that , as has been pointed out by writers as diverse as Spender ( 1981a ) and Eagleton ( 1983 ) , only a small group of people , historically , have participated in deciding which literature gets the best ‘ results ’ . |
| 29 | The tail wriggles and writhes in its mouth , or in its claws , and its liveliness preoccupies the would-be killer to such an extent that it hardly notices the rapidly escaping form of the rest of the lizard . |
| 30 | The emergence of these rules out of a common law which denies their existence has the added consequence , attractive to those who make them , that they are not subject to parliamentary or to adequate judicial control . |