Example sentences of "[pron] [art] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can see nothing the matter with the use of Form N111 although I agree that the form would be improved by a reference to the contemnor 's right to try to purge his contempt . |
| 2 | He is for me the epitome of the Italian style at its best — he is Spanish , of course , but he has the true Italian style . |
| 3 | Clearly the whereabouts of those bottles , and the number of them , had been one of the P'daytabird 's little secrets , for Warnie writes , ‘ Nothing brought home to me the finality of the old life as did the carrying out of those bottles and putting them into [ the ] car — to see the mysteries of that jealously guarded secret room emerge as plain matter of fact bottles , and the cellar stand revealed as an ordinary empty cupboard was an unpleasant feeling . ’ |
| 4 | She 'd explained to me the origin of the Paisley pattern ; I had the history of Notting Hill Gate , the use of a camera obscura by Vermeer , why Charles Lamb 's sister murdered their mother , and a history of Tamla Motown . |
| 5 | " During one of these fits , " he later recalled , " while again considering the problem of the origin of species there suddenly flashed upon me the idea of the survival of the fittest . " |
| 6 | This at once gave me the idea for the experimental design I wanted . |
| 7 | ‘ I failed by one shot when I should have made it easily , and that gave me the kick up the backside I needed . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ All credit to Gavin gave me the ball in the end , with a little persuasion . |
| 9 | But to me the excitement of the job is so much that if something comes along , I do n't think twice . |
| 10 | the condition is there must be at least of 'em who are prepared to go , to bring me the money for the registration |
| 11 | ‘ Essentially they did n't know me from a hole in the ground when I first approached them and were willing to give me the benefit of the doubt . |
| 12 | But give me the benefit of the biochemical doubt , for that is perhaps not , except amongst professional biochemists , the most important question . |
| 13 | It 's nice to know that you 're giving me the benefit of the doubt . ’ |
| 14 | Ca n't you give me the benefit of the doubt ? |
| 15 | She thought about that one for a second , then decided to give me the benefit of the doubt . |
| 16 | And the , the importance of that for me , that shows me the shape of the month , so there 's nowhere I 'm going to be on the tenth other than my office , because I 'm going to be out for the rest of the week . |
| 17 | The Minister of State , my right hon. Friend the Member for Oxford , West and Abingdon ( Mr. Patten ) , was on the Front Bench yesterday and has reported to me the content of the ten-minute Bill and the vote . |
| 18 | Rounds of 67 , 69 , 66 and 65 made me the winner of the Lancome Trophy and a very happy man . |
| 19 | They call me the Bard of the Boulevard on cause of my devotion to the immortal works of Master Will Shakespeare . |
| 20 | Show me the doll in the chair ’ and , ‘ The spoon goes in the cup . |
| 21 | We have ten volumes of those adventures to give away in our latest competition and they will go to the senders of the first postcards out of the hat telling me the surname of the puppet-master producer behind the so-called ‘ Supermarionation ’ series . |
| 22 | Glyndebourne offered me the part on the record , but the fee was pitiful — £40 or something like that . |
| 23 | After supper ( we 're back to normal ) Caliban handed me The Catcher in the Rye and said , I 've read it . |
| 24 | Give me the Monarch of the Glen any day . |
| 25 | I wonder if you could possibly give me the address of the ‘ Dogs for the Disabled ’ charity , as I would like to send a donation but do n't know where to send it . |
| 26 | The landlord showed me the way to the railway station and off I went . |
| 27 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
| 28 | When I arrived , the King of Blefuscu sent two guides to show me the way to the capital . |
| 29 | " Oh , Zora-djevojka , beautiful Dawn Maiden , wo n't you please show me the way to the sea-king 's palace ? " |
| 30 | History shows that the traditionalist in clinging to his past is doomed to extinction , so ’ Goodbye cruel world ’ and could you tell me the way to the nearest model shop . |