Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One small colony remained all the time on their beach , an isolated solitary place of grey pebbles below greenish breakwaters ; high above them the blind-eyed office blocks glittered pink and yellow in the sun . |
| 2 | High above them the constant roof of clouds would merely lighten and darken in a long solar axial period of 116.8 days . |
| 3 | High above us the celestial spheres of satellite communication look down upon us , observing any change in the weather , any reshuffle in the quiver of minutemen missiles in the United States ' desert arsenal , any time Mrs McGinty fails to hang out her Tuesday wash . |
| 4 | It is now the 6th September and my visits round the Commando units 3 , 4 , 6 and 45 Royal Commando , not forgetting French Commando , have made it clear to me the large number of casualties in this campaign . |
| 5 | She would remind Froggy of it the next time he ragged her for a noodle . |
| 6 | I know and to be quite honest with you the other day |
| 7 | No matter what Bob says or Harry or any other member of the Conservative group , and I accept that they 've always been consistent on it the same as the Labour group has always been consistently against the merger I accept that they 've been consistently in favour of a total merger . |
| 8 | I 'm sorry about the turning a blind eye I er I er Mr I really do feel that if you are passionate about it the one way to get rid of this debate is to vote for my motion . |
| 9 | Knowledge of the extent of this variation is required , especially on what are likely to he the worst conditions , and if possible sampling should be done in the winter and spring in the British Isles , when the run-off after rain tends to be heavy , as well as in the summer . |
| 10 | People often turn from fiction to biography as they get older , I expect because the real world comes to seem more mysterious and more valuable to them the closer they come to leaving it . |
| 11 | ‘ You were strange with me the last days and I was being so awful . |
| 12 | Lord Reid delivered the leading opinion in the House of Lords and he stated the general principles in fatal accidents claims as follows at p217 : They [ the dependants ] are entitled to such a sum as will make good to them the financial loss which they have suffered and will suffer as a result of the death . |
| 13 | This was evident to me the first time I attended a Karajan rehearsal , and even more so in the first of our long conversations . |
| 14 | Even if it is a sort of solution to the problem it is unlikely to he the simplest or the cheapest . |
| 15 | Nothing her eye fell upon aroused in her the slightest flicker of interest , except a bulletin board with removable plastic letters which declared , under the day 's date : J. Pringle & Sons welcomes Dr Robin Penrose , Rummidge University . ’ |
| 16 | The speaker has available to him the full range of ‘ voice quality ’ effects ( as well as facial expression , postural and gestural systems ) . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , he was rather offensive to me the other day . ’ |
| 18 | He 's worried about them the whole time . |
| 19 | But he had been very kind to her the past few weeks , and she knew he was right , that the showing would be a fiasco if it went on this way . |
| 20 | In spite of all the worrying about it the next stage with Edward still took Sally by surprise when it actually happened . |
| 21 | Yes , ’ said Joe , as he poured Runner 's unfinished cider into a bottle ready for him the next night , ‘ he 's blessed with a good woman . |
| 22 | And make sure the nose it to wall be , so you , so it 's alright for him the next morning , you know ! |
| 23 | Unknown to him the whole contest had been broadcast and his wife and mother-in-law had heard his name … |
| 24 | And it is always possible that unknown to us the present world differs radically from the way it appears to us . |