Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir I commend to you the expert evidence relating to the historic character and I hope sir when you visit this site , although it may look very different at this moment from the way it would have done had you been able to visit it after the originally scheduled date of this enquiry , when the daffodils were out , |
| 2 | That is the true gospel ‘ I declare unto you the gospel … |
| 3 | I mean to me the boss of of our bench , there was probably twenty people on the bench , to me the boss of that it was n't what you call a particularly good job but she 'd always worked at the and of course when when went on War work er th those that were still there they got the better jobs you see , to organize us that had n't been , worked there before . |
| 4 | I mean I 'm I mean for me the issues is avoiding guilt tripping them , but at the same time erm I want them to know erm that they are real children who are being really affected and hurt and damaged and losing their parents as a result of this war , and that is a hurtful thing to know . |
| 5 | I passed to her the wisdom I picked up eavesdropping on our two eldest sisters , whose lives were then lived in romantic turmoil . |
| 6 | When I came across it the other day , I was slightly embarrassed . |
| 7 | The more I put into it the worse it goes . |
| 8 | When I walk on it the whole thing starts to move and I am soon covered in the grey dust I am stirring up ; it fills my nostrils and triggers a memory that links the smell with rock climbing . |
| 9 | In fact the more I look at her the more convinced I am that she resembles one of the Yorkies . |
| 10 | As I look behind me the queue was getting bigger and bigger . . |
| 11 | I er I forgot about them the night before and I forgot to tell her about it last night so . |
| 12 | I mean I 've never met Mrs. Thatcher , the only thing I know about her the only facts I have about her I 've got through the press . |
| 13 | And in return , I promise you that if I get from you the reply for which I hope , I will be about your business presently . |
| 14 | You may remember , Mr. Speaker , that last year I raised with you the problem of coaches parked in and around Parliament square , which makes it impossible for the Sessional Order to be complied with . |
| 15 | You will recall that , over a week ago , I raised with you the fact that an hon. Member had clearly used the free post improperly on behalf of Islington , North Labour party . |
| 16 | the more I worked on it the more it began to evolve into another kind of idea and the more removed it became from my initial study which had so much freedom and energy , so I stopped . |
| 17 | After three enjoyable years as chairman I believe it 's time to stand down I shall miss those monthly meetings at thank you Betty for all the tea and coffee making but I shall have many happy memories , I suppose to me the highlights were the fiftieth anniversary celebration and the brilliant production of Stepping Out . |
| 18 | ‘ In fact , the more I talked to him the more I felt he was not being detached about what he was saying and certainly not professional . ’ |
| 19 | Hardly had I uttered the word — or the phrase signifying it — than I felt within me the need to become what I had been accused of being … . |
| 20 | I clutched to me the note I had written to Sylvia Grey . |
| 21 | If our young girls are to learn the profession , let them serve a seven years apprenticeship and when they have completed it , I ask for them the same wages as are paid for journeymen … |
| 22 | I pierced the mask of the temporal that is a facade made hideous by the graffiti of desires and I saw behind it the real of human beings , that is , a masterpiece on the wheel of Eternity . |
| 23 | For a moment I sensed his eye staring at me through the hole in the door but as soon as I looked at it the lens flashed and the cover on the other side swung quickly to rest . |
| 24 | I looked at it the other day and I thought I must remember to ask . |
| 25 | The more I looked into it the more the paintings seemed to go beyond simple unitary ideas of authorship and meaning . |
| 26 | I began to see that you might have a grain of truth lurking there somewhere , and the more I thought about it the more it made sense . |
| 27 | About the homework bit er I thought about it the other day and obviously mine was n't brought up we 're having a set detention night are n't we ? |
| 28 | Yeah , I remembered it while I was walking round the shop , cos the more I yeah , the more I thought about it the worse I got when I stood by the machine . |
| 29 | I leave with him the thought , especially as Labour is apparently committed to adding another £9 a week to national insurance contributions for 3 million or more people , that if such a policy had been pursued , contributions for an employee on average earnings and his employer would now be about £9 a week more than they are . |
| 30 | I spoke to him the night before last , and he 's doing fine . |