Example sentences of "[verb] our [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better , we 'll do the circuit , we 'll fuck our way round the whole of it , we 'll circumnavigate . ’ |
| 2 | President Gorbachev 's record as fairy godmother to the cause of democratic revolution , first in Beijing and now in East Berlin , may have caught our fancy in the West , but to some in Moscow he must seem more of a wicked stepmother , turning the achievements of Socialism to dust wherever he goes . |
| 3 | By contrast , the definition of a good frame is almost exactly the opposite ; it should be immediately absorbed without any period of consideration and , rather than being the focus of attention in itself , should direct our attention to the object within it . |
| 4 | The state of a country 's trading balance on a geographical basis may direct our attention to the condition of the trade balance with the rest of the world . |
| 5 | Unless we place our hope in the rebirth of true Hellenism through tragic music , there is no hope anywhere . |
| 6 | ‘ We should turn out in droves , all of us , and place our cross against the name of the person in whichever party will care more for the people , ’ said Mr Harper . |
| 7 | We shall concentrate our attention on the sterling contract . |
| 8 | It seems we can now qualify our position on the relationship between dramatic playing and performance modes by saying that although the ultimate intention of the performer is to ‘ describe ’ an emotional event , the quality essential to dramatic playing , the quality of ‘ being ’ may also enter the performance mode , given the Stanislavsky approach . |
| 9 | We have been able to consolidate our position as the major private label breakfast cereal supplier to the French market and enjoy further growth in other European markets . |
| 10 | However , half-a-thumb's-length beyond it ( roughly two minutes at 75kts ) is another very distinctive marker point , a 300ft mast reaching to over 700ft amsl ( L ) which we can use to back-confirm our time over the half-way point as we pass south abeam it . |
| 11 | Centres ' replies to the questionnaire , which will be treated in the strictest confidence , will be used to inform our thinking about the future development of these qualifications . |
| 12 | Along with feedback gained from interviews with centres and students , from seminars , and from correspondence , the results of this survey will be used to inform our thinking about the future development of general SVQ . |
| 13 | ‘ Between 150 and 200 prospective customers visited our stand on the first morning , ’ says Patrick Fitz-Gibbon , public affairs manager with Unipart , who organized the event . |
| 14 | He should have done that before instead of insisting on our groping our way up the Pan-Am Highway in darkness and bad visibility . |
| 15 | In the past where fee disputes have arisen following an M&A engagement we have always been able to establish our position to the lawyers ' satisfaction as a result of a clear and comprehensive engagement letter agreed to in writing by the client . |
| 16 | For it is prayer that enlivens our attitude towards the Bible , and that keeps open the channel of communication between ourselves and God . |
| 17 | The third is that will have singularly little effect , because of industry 's narrow base and uncompetitiveness , revealing our dependence on the deus ex machina of North Sea oil . |
| 18 | We peel our way down the hierarchy , until we reach units so simple that , for everyday purposes , we no longer feel the need to ask questions about them . |
| 19 | Wh what I 'd like to suggest , without going through it all again , is that perhaps we could agree to ask the Town Clerk to write to Planning Department and voice our concern at the way this matter is being handled . |
| 20 | Ash and I levered our way through the press of people while I undid my jacket and struggled to extricate my half-bottle of whisky from a side pocket . |
| 21 | Mourning leads to happiness when through it we sense our place within the human family , and our need for God 's love . |
| 22 | Mr. Munby , for the Official Solicitor , representing Miss T. , drew our attention to the line of probate cases which had considered undue influence . |
| 23 | Finally , on this part of the case , Miss Wicks drew our attention to the fact that in In re S. ( A Barrister ) [ 1981 ] Q.B . |
| 24 | Kay Evans who is greatly involved in work for the improvement of the quality of life of handicapped people , drew our attention to the fact that the United Nations has proclaimed 1981 as the International Year for Disabled People . |
| 25 | It 's time we shouted our message from the rooftops — being over 40 , middle-aged , whatever you call it , is fun . |
| 26 | I ask you , forty of us slogging into the Jungle all because we bought his line about needing to work our way into the reality of a couple of deeply dead Jesuit priests . |
| 27 | If such stipulations are made for so mundane a practice as motoring , they would seem to be reasonable precautions for protecting our environment for the rest of time from possible damage by man-made creatures . |
| 28 | We had cycled on the road from Bodø to Fauske and on the Sulitjelma ; pushed the bikes over to Sorjusjaure ; ridden and swum our way to Staloluokta within the Padjelanta National Park ; and then thrashed our way on the faster tracks through Arasluokuoktastugorna , Låddejåkkåstugana and Kisurisstugan to Akkastugorna and a ferry to Ritjemokk , before cycling by road to Vietas ; and gone by plane to Sitastugan at the north-west end of Sitasjaure . |
| 29 | I suggest that we delay announcing our existence to the press until we have a name and clearly stated function . |
| 30 | As we climbed up the canyon we made a great clatter with sticks and stones and old tin cans , announcing our presence to the denizens . |