Example sentences of "[pers pn] [pron] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My clever chat would avail me nothing in the face of the fact that I had chosen to ally myself with a woman who practically peed her pants at some salesman 's blue jokes . |
| 2 | ‘ To me everyone in the pop has an image of being stoned and drunk every night . |
| 3 | To think that you are and will be mine and I yours through the mercies of God when this transitory life is past and gone , for all eternity ! |
| 4 | He had made them himself with the things the girl , Marie , had brought last time she 'd come . |
| 5 | He snatched up a handful of the medicaments and began distributing them himself to the coolies in the front rank . |
| 6 | Erm we also offered everything from sort of secretarial help and er use of photocopiers and duplicators , to the tenants ' group , through to I guess being able to perhaps suggest to them who in the council it might be that they needed to speak to , or perhaps tactically how to go about achieving their particular aims . |
| 7 | Here , it is quite simply that the religion has not lived up to the expectations of its followers , that is , it has provided for them none of the benefits that they were led to expect when they were first introduced to it . |
| 8 | But he gave them none of the honours accorded by Anwar Sadat . |
| 9 | Looking at the cassette and tape itself will tell you nothing about the film itself . |
| 10 | Such a statement tells you nothing about the meaning of the word — to discover the meaning you have to transmit code 538 to the semantic system . |
| 11 | If the concern is income inequality , this sort of approach is not very helpful as it tells you nothing about the numbers that have to ‘ share ’ each proportion of income . |
| 12 | we both felt you need to highlight erm can I ask you which of the areas you felt particular interest in ? |
| 13 | ( Stewart Island is roughly twice the size of the Isle of Wight , but has a population of less than 500 souls ) Much more exciting though , is to rent a Cessna from Invercargill 's Douthland Aero Club , get CFI Chris Thompson to come along as safety pilot , and to show you which of the beaches he recommends as landing grounds , since Southern Air a little jealous of other operators using their own airfield in competition to their service . |
| 14 | The gardener of the family is the Queen Mother , whose gardens at her Scottish hideaways , the Castle of Mey and Birkhall , are stunning , and it is she who over the years has made them so . |
| 15 | But can I tell you something off the record ? ’ |
| 16 | In order to supply a comprehensive background to our experience with a Computerised Personnel Information System ( CPIS ) it is important to tell you something of the Personnel and Data Processing functions at Parker . |
| 17 | I 've told you something of the plan — ‘ |
| 18 | We should be able to tell you something of the nature of the fastenings used but I doubt if we can say whether a body was involved . |
| 19 | Then , with a smile that set all the butterflies off again , ‘ It 's my intention to take you to where the food is really good , and also show you something of the city by night . ’ |
| 20 | If you ca n't , but would n't mind keeping the draft till you 're in Prague ( it 's good for six months ) , it may be less of a hassle cashing it there , especially as the bank in Brno may charge you something for the transaction . |
| 21 | Lie back , and I 'll give you something for the pain . |
| 22 | It does n't much matter what you wear during the day , but we 'll find you something for the evenings . ’ |
| 23 | To tell you something about the work of other college staff . |
| 24 | So I I hope I 've told you something about the history of the house . |
| 25 | Keeping your eye on court lists can also tell you something about the firms appearing and if a firm consistently acts for the plaintiff against health authorities you can be fairly sure that their specialism lies in medical negligence . |
| 26 | Before looking at some of the erm details of those practical programmes I would like to tell you something about the principles upon which his mind worked in approaching practical affairs . |
| 27 | It told you something about the standard of the England game when coverage of the Wales game continued until the end , even though we scored 3 more in that time . |
| 28 | There 's one other factor , at the bottom of that , er page , will tell you something about the allocation to units . |
| 29 | And if a company has n't filed accounts at all when it 's supposed to have done , that should tell you something about the organization of the company . |
| 30 | That will cost you something in the region of fifty pounds a week . ’ |