Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [num] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The count led them through one of the doors into what was a very beautiful drawing-room and almost immediately a servant came in with refreshments . |
| 2 | ‘ When she left me for one of the other guys in the team , somebody I 'd kind of thought of as a friend … well , ’ he went on hurriedly , ‘ I was n't surprised she 'd gone . |
| 3 | This abberation apart , Chuff Chuff offered one of the best days out of the summer — little surprise to those who already know them as one of the Midlands ' most reliable and imaginative club promoters . |
| 4 | As well as being one of the rarest breeds in the world , there are those who 've labelled them as one of the ugliest . |
| 5 | He did not like this and changed them for two of the same length . |
| 6 | I think that the hon. Gentleman 's colleague , the hon. Member for Antrim , North ( Rev. Ian Paisley ) came to see me about one of the cases to which he refers . |
| 7 | A theatrical gentleman approached me after one of the performances , said he was impressed by my singing , and that he could obtain a part for me with the Schikenader Company in Vienna . |
| 8 | Much to my surprise , he led me towards one of the public beer tents . |
| 9 | Frankly , this proposal reminded me of one of the quotations with which Taylor prefaces his chapter on ‘ Value-added Processes in Information Analysis ’ : |
| 10 | What I 'd suddenly recalled was a picture hanging over the altar in the caravan ; this in turn had reminded me of one of the statues over the south porch of the Cathedral . |
| 11 | She said nothing and a moment or two of silence fell on them like one of the Moor 's deadly mists . |
| 12 | He stood holding the bridle of my horse and stared innocently up at me like one of the children from his own school room . |
| 13 | Q I 'm writing to you about one of the programs on your November Mega Disk . |
| 14 | The program guides you through six of the most important questions you should consider when buying a PC : |
| 15 | The Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path are combined to make a National Trail , taking you through one of the best-known lowland areas of Britain . |
| 16 | Well , coming up is the six o'clock news , we 'll leave you with two of the highlights this afternoon from United 's F A Cup game , away at Spurs . |
| 17 | Bearing left off the U kasáren will take you into one of the most enchanting corners of Prague , the Nový Svět or New World . |
| 18 | Most of the solar system seems intent to hurl you into 1992 with the greatest éan . |
| 19 | What they will do is leave an envelope for you in one of the lockers at the airport . |
| 20 | Were you in one of the services ? ’ |
| 21 | On my way back downstairs I saw you in one of the bedrooms with Melanie . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We are pleased to welcome you to one of the country 's finest footballing cities . ’ |
| 23 | I hope to see you at one of the shows soon but do join me here next month for hints on lace knitting . |
| 24 | ‘ And if I could make one more suggestion — if I ask to see you at ten in the morning , and you wander in at ten-thirty , you will be looking elsewhere for employment . |
| 25 | I took my clothes off and put them into one of the largest warships . |
| 26 | To give them the right to vote by absorbing them into one of the English constituencies and it could have easily been done . |
| 27 | Conversation can also provide them with one of the most effective means for trying out ideas and modifying them in the light of the feedback received . |
| 28 | Suragai and Kadan were walking their st'lyan on the grass where the stream curved away out of sight , each of them with one of the twins in the saddle . |
| 29 | I wondered what Connie Fraser thought about living in a place like that , and whether she was watching me from one of the dozens of balcony windows that faced the front . |
| 30 | She could see Dennis watching them from one of the stables behind Bill . |