Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven hundred boys , almost a third of them sons of the clergy , lived their ‘ ultra-Spartan ’ lives in an institution which combined frequently brutal discipline with a consistently meagre diet . |
| 2 | ‘ Ace , can you get me copies of the print-outs ? ’ |
| 3 | I thanked him and left , taking with me copies of the statements in the Southwark Bridge case file . |
| 4 | I took him to the St Petersburg library , let him show me pictures of the uniforms . |
| 5 | I mean in so I I come here today with a petition that I presented that also talks about proposing to abolish the merger , I mean this is a move just one step away from that but I still feel in what was proposed at the last full council meeting and I would express my views to the officers that in light of what has been suggested today is actually implemented to the wording as it stands because the joint working party that had been er written up previously never did meet although if I can inform it was only the officers who actually met up and I hope that in light of all the working group and the two heads of centres covering for each other would be implicitly applied . |
| 6 | ‘ I get all my suits from the movies I 've been in . |
| 7 | By some miraculous quirk of fate , I have so far managed to get through life as a jobbing hack without ever once having to put my opinions on the preachers into print . |
| 8 | I was quite satisfied , in the light of that information and my discussions with the persons referred to in paragraph 4 , that the documents the subject of the notice were required and indeed were necessary in order for the Bank to discharge its supervisory functions in respect of the [ defendants ] under the Act . |
| 9 | In my discussions with the police , it was one of the buildings we offered them , and I went with erm , the new inspector to look at that , and I still said they were somewhat put off by the cold austere sort of feeling of the place . |
| 10 | This was a surprise , as I had my doubts about the Windows driver , which offers intensity control , a number of different quality modes and not much else . |
| 11 | My immediate neighbours were miners ; and in my walks on the hills , eating up time and taking the free air , I had often met groups of miners going along the old Roman road that ran along the spine of the hill above my home . |
| 12 | Finally , without taking my eyes off the flowers , I may move the vase closer , or walk around the table and look at the flowers from different angles . |
| 13 | Running my eyes down the contents list of volume three , however , makes me think that I am about to encounter uncharted waters , featuring as it does sequencing , the MIDI studio and something called SMPTE … |
| 14 | The same Hebrew word for helper used in connection with Eve is used in Deuteronomy 33:29 when God is described to Israel as their shield and helper , and in Psalm 121:1 , ‘ I lift up my eyes to the hills — where does my help come from ? |
| 15 | I had the sun in my eyes from the windows one side and when I dipped a wing , the stars shining in the other . |
| 16 | If I could just add my thanks to the officers substantial piece of work , which is , I hope going to be used by many members to come for the next year . |
| 17 | I would like to record my thanks to the members of all sites who have given such enthusiasm and interest to this problem , this topic and that the erm County Council is now resourcing rights of way in a way which we felt was necessary and I would thank our staff for their persistence , patience and their continuing efforts with great er verseatue we I am grateful Chairman . |
| 18 | Pass on my words to the nobles for consideration . |
| 19 | I had to direct my words to the teachers , so I said they were like cardinals because they were the hinges on which the new South Africa would turn . |
| 20 | I WISH to add my experiences to the complaints which you have published about the poor service provided by Northern Ireland Railways . |
| 21 | I am allowed a say on this question of standing up at football matches because I first planted my feet on the terraces at Barnsley when I was five and spent the next 15 years or more rooted to the spot . |
| 22 | I stamped my feet on the cobbles as a sign that I was freezing . |
| 23 | It took an hour to break camp — half an hour inside the tent , securing lids , folding up the canteen , and packing food , maps , writing paper , foot powder , vitamin pills and the rest , everything into its own bag — before putting my feet through the flaps into cold boots . |
| 24 | We got chatting , he seemed intrigued by my descriptions of the carvings , and before I quite knew where I was he 'd accompanied me back here , appropriated a few of them , and disappeared . |
| 25 | One morning I drove out on my rounds with the headlights blazing against the grey curtain ahead , seeing nothing from my tight-shut box . |
| 26 | It 's the first time in all my life I 've been able to see the back of my nails from the palms of my hands . ’ |
| 27 | Heavenly Father , thank you that as I come to you with my concerns about the conflicts in my life I come to a God who understands my humanity completely because you shared this experience fully in the life of your Son . |
| 28 | Of course , things happen in politics for more than one reason , but these things did happen shortly after my visits to the countries in question . ’ |
| 29 | , writes : PLEASE settle a dispute with my workmates about the birthplaces of old-time world heavyweight champions John L. Sullivan , Jim Corbett and Gene Tunney . |
| 30 | I like my ghosts behind the footlights , darling . |