Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was claimed that soldiers on a British training exercise had been caught by a fearsome ‘ flame weapon ’ which had burned dozens of them alive at the water 's edge . |
| 2 | There is nothing subjective in the act of thinking . ’ |
| 3 | Official human rights sources in the country reported 228 " extrajudicial executions " and 45 disappearances in 1991 , two-thirds of them attributable to the security forces and civil patrols . |
| 4 | One of the reasons why there has been nothing outstanding about the rate of growth of trade within the EEC and between the EEC and third countries may have been because its members have not been as assiduous as might have been expected ( by the British at least ) in removing barriers to trade between themselves and with the rest of the world . |
| 5 | She was intrigued and , as her meeting with him was social , she found nothing odd about the offer of a drink . |
| 6 | There was nothing odd in the stuff , as far as the Inspector could see . |
| 7 | If you do n't tell them about the deposit cheque if you do n't tell them about the banker 's order they will say , Well just a minute Ron you did n't tell me that on the phone . |
| 8 | Yet there is nothing inherent in the nature of work to produce such responses . |
| 9 | To force increased employment costs on such firms , as we do when we add all that baggage to employees , is likely to drive them nearer to the margin , nearer to closing down . |
| 10 | They looked very strange , it is true , but they kept me dry in the rain . |
| 11 | There is nothing specific about the ball bearings : nothing that makes them more suitable to one situation rather than another . |
| 12 | The DoH has begun a programme of child protection inspections which will cover interviews with children , but nothing specific on the memorandum is planned . |
| 13 | Hoomey could hear nothing specific above the diesel thumping noise of his own heart … some sort of bad-tempered conversation . |
| 14 | Now of course that , it is the defendant 's case I anticipate , erm is er , although there 's nothing specific in the rule about it , is said to be er only a possibility for a plaintiff if the plaintiff when they sell , he or she served the notice to complete is in a position to be able to complete himself and here . |
| 15 | He added : ‘ If Ian Lang is telling the truth in saying there is nothing political about the Government 's proposals then there is now good reason to think seriously about cancelling the reorganisation and instead giving consideration to setting up an independent commission . ’ |
| 16 | I formed the opinion that there was absolutely nothing undesirable in the case . |
| 17 | You should have told them that about the poppy seeds . |
| 18 | Erm thirty five percent and you will have worked you will te you will be able to tell them that on the phone . |
| 19 | Did you tell them that in the farm . |
| 20 | Those local authorities contain the number of Labour members that serve on them due to the choice of the electorate . |
| 21 | Quite simply , this will ensure that the loan repayments are protected if you are unable to meet them due to the death , illness or injury of specified members of your business . |
| 22 | And those bits again , either tuck them in out of the way or better still fold them over and put a big plaster over the top to get them right out the way so no ends are left dangling , remember for most people you 're doing this for they 'll probably be returning to their place of work , okay , so they need to be safe to return to work , everybody okay on that lot ? |
| 23 | See I do I get them right in the class |
| 24 | Over three days , speakers repeatedly conjured up images of incompetent social engineers , bent on disarming honest citizens and leaving them helpless in the face of criminals ; ‘ anti-gun fetishists ’ in the media , with their expense-account life-styles and homes far from the front line ; lawyers who turn criminals out on to the streets to kill and rape again ; and , above all , the federal government , which is determined to subvert the constitution by establishing a monopoly of arms . |
| 25 | Rune 's tone was casual , but there was nothing lazy about the way he leaned across the table towards her . |
| 26 | In the absence of an express confidentiality term in the contract of employment , it was said in Printers and Finishers Ltd. v Holloway [ 1965 ] that there would be nothing improper in the employee putting his memory of particular features of his previous employer 's plant at the disposal of his new employer . |
| 27 | There was nothing self-conscious about the way she moved , stood , sat down , or talked to a man . |
| 28 | We can then pay them direct with the possibility of obtaining a discount . |
| 29 | Manufacturers of goods such as machine tools , computers , ships and other large or expensive items tend to move them direct to the buyer without involving middlemen or intermediaries . |
| 30 | The charge was reasonable enough — a few pence per bird — and with a community in which many families kept hens or whose menfolk were able to buy them direct from the country farmer Rev. Levitt 's qualification as a slaughterer of fowls brought him a regular , if modest , bonus on his salary . |