Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Here , where it cut the highway , the steep bank of the river would give them protection from the full force of the hurricane .
2 It should acknowledge that there are conflicts between critical approaches , and should make the students ' confrontation of them part of the pedagogic process .
3 Play another sound effect — perhaps a door opening , keys jangling , a car moving off , a bomb exploding , or a dog barking — and it becomes difficult not to link the two sounds together and make them part of the same story .
4 Pimlico was shown to be comparatively resistant to clamping , as were Mayfair , Soho and Knightsbridge , all of them part of the original clamping area .
5 Field work to acquire the specimens that I drew took me scuba-diving in the warm , subtropical waters of Natal and Zululand and braving seasickness on a research ship off the Transkei coast .
6 Baldwin showed them some of the curiosities of the house and gave them tea in the Long Gallery , which lie described with more pride than accuracy as ‘ the finest room in England ’ .
7 The English kings , however , were unlikely to be willing to relinquish a part of their inheritance which brought them revenue in the early fourteenth century of about £13,000 a year , and whose subjects accepted English rule .
8 The drunken porter allowing them entrance after the usual altercation .
9 In common with any other community , the Deaf Community has had its share of people who have performed deeds of bravery that earned them recognition from the appropriate authorities .
10 The following day it gained me entrance to the main gate of the embassy .
11 The second place is that probably one of the reasons that physicians feel threatened by these kind of laws is that , without the law , I can cruise along and maintain my patients ' comfort and my sanity to the best of my ability .
12 This experience deepened my dread of the five fillings which awaited me .
13 As an Englishman I express my subordination to the political authority under which I live by paying a certain fraction of my money income to the appropriate official .
14 What I 'll do when I 'm , if all the if signs and buts are covered , I will put the mike on it 's stand when I 'm working tomorrow , put it on the desk and put the recorder in the , in my briefcase underneath the little desk
15 I had lost my heart to the little , golden flowers that brightened the meadows like a thousand suns .
16 The gentleman who saved me suggested I tell my story to the French authorities .
17 ‘ My respectful study of other religions has not abated my reverence for or my faith in the Hindu scriptures .
18 I waited three days for the sun to come out but to no avail , so on a very grey , cloudy day I set my easel by the French doors , put my paints and brushes on a high stool next to me and started .
19 I could have vomited with fear and had difficulty controlling my breathing at the silent horrors my master described .
20 Forced to listen to all those hoary chestnuts that cast me and my kind as the bad guys , and the butt of all the jokes .
21 ‘ He warned me that I 'd never get much credit — that people would be dismissive of my part in the great tradition , ’ said Carrick .
22 He would fight my case to the bitter end , he vowed .
23 For you , my children , my only defence , my protection against the cruel winds of fate , what do you do ?
24 He told them , ‘ Everyone had a codename in those days and , because of my admiration for the Irish struggle for Independence , I chose ‘ Michael ’ , a name I called myself after Michael Collins . ’
25 I yield to no one in my admiration for the great Iron Duke himself , but my favourite general of the Napoleonic wars was General Kutuzov .
26 As for my right hon. Friend 's personal position , may I express my admiration for the frank and manly way in which he has offered his resignation ?
27 In travelling around Australia I soon found out there was not too much of my kind of thing — little enough that feel within my category of the picturesque .
28 And the knowledge was dampening my shirt with the clammy sweat of anxiety .
29 My quizzing about the intellectual world which I was about to enter with some trepidation left him with a wry smile , which puzzled me for some time after , as my naïvety about the world of further education lasted well into my early days in college .
30 An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time .
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