Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Red lights bleed from behind wire mesh , ankle-height , like the burning eyes of something in the sewer out of a John Carpenter film . |
| 2 | As though he could see beneath her skin with those piercing dark eyes of his to the anguished pulsing ball that was her heart at this moment . |
| 3 | You and your so-called friends make spectacles of yourselves at the party , litter the garden with debris and vandalise this fountain . |
| 4 | Although the links and influences of one upon the other are far from clear , it is not irrelevant to an understanding of the accounts to know how the pupils represent the character of their community . |
| 5 | She had brief glimpses of him in the wings , his head unpleasantly close to the head of a girl called Mona who was playing Prince Charming . |
| 6 | Every gesture , each movement has something planned , even the way he arranges himself in a chair , his hands behind his head , catching glimpses of himself in the polished surfaces , squinting at his reflection , all with an inquisitive vanity . |
| 7 | Michael Heseltine had his own way at the Department of the Environment and will continue to do so at Trade and Industry , where supporters of his during the leadership contest have been given junior positions . |
| 8 | It still stank and his nobles were so keen to avoid the putrid smell , they sent waxen images of themselves to the church . |
| 9 | ‘ The thanks of everyone in the company are due to them for really pulling out the stops when it was needed ’ . |
| 10 | In case we become aware of its tricks , the Ego tries to throw us off the scent , by projecting aspects of itself onto the outside world . |
| 11 | But the resurgence of nationalism in Europe and in other parts of the world , in diverse forms , has made this once again a major issue for political analysis , and I shall return to various aspects of it in the next chapter . |
| 12 | And because we are reading the story , we are at an imaginative level participating in the events , recognising aspects of ourselves in the main character . |
| 13 | Claptrap — or the words of someone on the Aids scene who really knew the score ? |
| 14 | The last thing we want is pictures of him on the back pages having a punch-up . |
| 15 | Many physicists ( pronounced ‘ fizzy-sists ’ ) have large pictures of him on the walls of their laboratories — just as you might have pictures of your favourite pop stars on the walls of your bedroom at home . |
| 16 | All the pictures of us on the beach , with got all . |
| 17 | They went to considerable lengths to remove all traces of her from the offices and rooms she had used at the Palace . |
| 18 | I must want my head tested sorting mail all day when I could be picking up wads of it on the lorries . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You 're right into the teeth of it over the first five holes . |
| 20 | What I recommend you , you look at , I do n't think it 's on your reading list , no it 's not , it 's not on your reading list , but there are copies of it in the library . |
| 21 | The article gives the possibility of legal action against individual sellers or suppliers , or groups of them from the same economic sector , or against their trade associations . |
| 22 | ‘ Did you make sketches of me through the spy-hole when I was undressing ? ’ she asked . |
| 23 | There were no signs of him about the place . |
| 24 | These hands , and the crisp white shirtsleeves that lead away from them , are the only signs of me in the room . |
| 25 | There were definite signs of something in the wind and when I saw who we were drawn with for the first rounds — Nick Price and Ray Floyd — both Nick and I were delighted . |
| 26 | ‘ There 's loads of them at the Standard , ’ said Cooper , persuasively , so persuasively in fact , that we ended up at 7.00 am outside Holborn Tube with a banner declaring Flirting for London , handing leaflets to men and flowers to women , so he could get a good photograph for his story . |
| 27 | she said there are loads of them on the cycle path without lights on ! |
| 28 | I tell you what , if you get one of the earlier mountain bikes there made of five three one tubing which is lighter than what you 've got , there 's loads of them in the paper for sale and there so cheap |
| 29 | ‘ Loads of it on the desk , ’ said Nooty . |
| 30 | This relationship is expressed by the word ‘ friendship — , and includes many manifestations of it among the denizens of the earth both human and otherwise . |