Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to stand in front of the whole school which gave me ample opportunity to observe the envy on some girls ' faces because knitting for the troops was a popular pastime then . |
| 2 | I have been using it for some years and encourage my junior staff to do the same . |
| 3 | The tackle looked two-footed but Hirst argued : ‘ I only went in with one — my right foot scraped the ground . ’ |
| 4 | By using my right knee to steady the wheel when I changed gear , I managed to get Armstrong out of the hospital car park . |
| 5 | He was fully aware , I now realize , of my absorbed interest in his loose-limbed , perfectly proportioned body , its stocky compactness , and exploited my obsession , my helpless longing to touch the untouchable . |
| 6 | Nothing had been disturbed here — although the air of desertion and my timid light lent the place a sinister aspect . |
| 7 | Today my black-gloved fist grasps the most interesting stick it has held to date . |
| 8 | I stood a few yards away from him , my sandalled feet feeling the mossy lawn underneath , — and then he opened his eyes . |
| 9 | There was no denying that his penetration of my mind , using my eidetic memory to distort the relation between representation and that which was represented , was strident , aggressive even . |
| 10 | That did n't stop my old man pocketing the money , touching his cap and then heading off towards the Black Bull . |
| 11 | ‘ My old man worked the river all his life , doing deliveries , pick-ups . |
| 12 | My old man worked the length of it . |
| 13 | I held out my free hand to catch the gooey bits before they fell on the rug and , mischievously I thought , Dawn proceeded to place them in a precise bloody pile in the palm of my hand . |
| 14 | My favourite story involved the joint telecommunications company set up by GEC and Plessey in France and called GPT . |
| 15 | One of my favourite bits concerned the column she was commissioned to write for a newspaper during the general election . |
| 16 | This debate is taking place in the early hours of the morning , but the presence of so many of my hon. Friends underlines the importance which the Opposition attach to it , which contrasts starkly with the importance that the Government attach to it . |
| 17 | Has my hon. Friend seen the latest survey from the Institute of Purchasing and Supply which publishes a regular report based on surveys of purchasing managers throughout British industry , studying their purchasing activities and intentions . |
| 18 | Does my hon. Friend know the estimated figure for his local authority ? |
| 19 | Does my hon. Friend know the comparative costs involved ? |
| 20 | If they do not give an answer , will my hon. Friend take the Leader of the Opposition out for an Italian meal ? |
| 21 | I can not answer in the unconstrained sense in which my hon. Friend asked the question , but , clearly , we are prepared to play our part — bilaterally through the provision of know-how and technical assistance in appropriate matters and , of course , through the European Community to which we are a substantial subscriber . |
| 22 | Will my hon. Friend repeat the commitment given by the Secretary of State for the Environment when he said that the new councils of Avon , Cleveland and Humberside would be among the first to receive the benefit of that new commission ? |
| 23 | My hon. Friend represents the important views of a number of colleagues . |
| 24 | My hon. Friend raised the important point of what happens under the Bill if a man or woman leaves a child in the car and the car is taken . |
| 25 | Has my hon. Friend heard the call from the many people who run village halls about the burden that VAT imposes on their activities ? |
| 26 | Will my hon. Friend ask the Opposition whether they will continue to embark upon their policy of abolishing those trusts ? |
| 27 | When my hon. Friend meets the chairman of the East Cumbria authority , will he congratulate him warmly on the fact that having , since 1982-83 , secured a budget increase , after inflation , of almost 15 per cent . |
| 28 | Given that the burning of municipal waste is a major element can my hon. Friend estimate the number of landfill sites that will no longer be needed , and whether an increase in the burning of waste will lessen the problem in places such as Crossways in my constituency , where vast areas are threatened with landfill ? |
| 29 | I will let my hon. Friend know the decision when we have made it . |
| 30 | Will my hon. Friend accept the congratulations and thanks of parents , children , teachers and all concerned with education on the great improvement on the 1979 figures ? |