Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that he was left alone with the two women , both of whom ( he imagined ) rather admired him , Rupert felt a sense of power , though there being two of them rather limited the scope of what he could do — cramped his style , he might almost have said . |
| 2 | That assessment was echoed by the other speakers in the session — Kevin Allard of Bertram Books , David Edyvean of the Gosport Bookshop and Nick Polkinhorne of the Sevenoaks Bookshop — each of whom explained how the application of new technology had enabled them successfully to transform the environment in which they worked . |
| 3 | I therefore proposed an account of law , ‘ normative positivism ’ , which I take to synthesize salient features of positivism and natural law thinking and which seems to me wholly to fit the nature of criminal law . |
| 4 | Ended up we had to get her and the kids out of the house and get them somewhere to stay the night . |
| 5 | One such example is : ( 189 ) … the cry which made me suddenly to re-enter the dimension of distinctness . |
| 6 | This often enables them better to achieve the benefits that rules may bring as explained above , and other benefits besides . |
| 7 | The Midland Bank 's small business and branch managers have been issued with a business information guide to help them better understand the needs of people wishing to set up a bookshop or specialist comic shop . |
| 8 | She was feeling for the lumps of coal in her fuel store , to bring them in to light the fire in snowy weather . |
| 9 | The mid-range 9121 uniprocessor is expected to be goosed even more — perhaps by 40% , further encouraging users to avoid calling in the plumbers — or to call them in to tear the chillers out . |
| 10 | But if you do n't embrace EDI , relentlessly , every year , conference after conference , you will be faced with the prospect of people like me endlessly expounding the virtues of EDI . |
| 11 | I even tried laying trails of cheese that led to my feet , which she scoffed up , but she did n't trust me enough to take the cheese from my hand . |
| 12 | ( Always put a knowledgeable and reliable person at the tail , and remind them only to hold the tail down if that is necessary to move the glider easily . ) |
| 13 | The Italian government , concerned that the better things should remain in Italy , were delighted to hear that many of them only made the journey by canal from the Cannareggio to the piano nobile of the Palazzo Malpiero . |
| 14 | The clips are short — no more than a couple of seconds each — but you can run them together using the editing program . |
| 15 | Convention be interpreted as meaning that there must be a connection between the actions against the various defendants ? ( b ) If question ( a ) must be answered in the affirmative , does the necessary connection between the actions against the various defendants exist if the actions are essentially the same in fact and law ( einfache Streitgenossenschaft ) , or must a connection be assumed to exist only if it is expedient to hear and determine them together to avoid the risk of irreconcilable judgments resulting from separate proceedings ( for example , in cases of ‘ notwengide Streitgenossenschaft ’ ( compulsory joinder ) ) ? |
| 16 | Pour some oil into a small dish ( do not pour oil onto your partner 's body , it can be quite a shock ) , oil your hands , then rub them together to warm the oil . |
| 17 | When I nervously entered the breakfast-room I looked up at — a black column ! |
| 18 | I wholly support the concept of a ‘ going rate ’ for experts to avoid misunderstandings and to promote financial planning . |
| 19 | I do not propose to say more at this stage , except that I wholly accept the evidence of the surgeon as to the desperate nature of this situation , and that I grant the declaration as sought , which will include provision for the necessary consequential treatment in addition to the Caesarean operation . |
| 20 | Though raised Church of England , I rarely join the congregation since learning at the age of five that , according to the Church of England bible , God punished the naughty . |
| 21 | I rarely saw the learning supported by the practical work the textbooks themselves suggest . |
| 22 | I rarely knew the answer to that when we were married . ’ |
| 23 | A personal example : my rugby loyalty lies with Hawick , but for career reasons I live in Edinburgh , and I rarely have the opportunity to attend home games , so club membership is n't really worth considering . |
| 24 | ‘ I rarely used the Hasselblad . |
| 25 | ‘ I rarely leave the jungle now ; certainly not with pleasure . |
| 26 | And I rarely consider the fact that Scottish MPs form the bulk of the Party 's support in the House of Commons . |
| 27 | In my simplicity I duly said the collect , which was listened to with silent interest until the end , when there would be a great burst of laughter , which mystified me . |
| 28 | ‘ I duly repaired the leads and returned to the airship and refitted the radiators . |
| 29 | I duly completed the essay on the rise and fall of The Criterion , and I sent Eliot the relevant copy of The Townsman . |
| 30 | I thank the Secretary of State for his statement , and I bitterly regret the circumstances that made it necessary . |