Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | While I support fully the RSPCA campaign and their use of ‘ shock ’ tactics , I feel that the horrifying sight of a heap of dead dogs is no more likely to stir people to action than the sight of a pile of dead cows will turn us all into vegetarians . |
| 32 | I record here the appreciation of the Board for their tremendous efforts and support . |
| 33 | Speaking from the governor 's mansion in Little Rock , Arkansas , local boy Bill , said : ‘ I accept tonight the responsibility you have given me to be the leader of this , the greatest country in human history . ’ |
| 34 | In the next chapter I examine further the idea that believers in God may be less than certain of God 's existence . |
| 35 | I recall clearly the photograph of the pit-head that appeared in the newspaper next day ; but the impression etched indelibly into my four-year-old mind was the sight I beheld on the Sunday following . |
| 36 | I recall a day when I was new to the sport and I recall too the smell when lightning struck the limestone cliff on which I was climbing . |
| 37 | I question both the justice of all governments and the principle by which my taxes can be used to pay for machines of mass destruction . |
| 38 | ‘ What I suggested earlier might be a solution to all your problems , marriage , my dear , and I know just the man for you . ’ |
| 39 | N do n't know that I know just the whisky barrels they were , a little I believe there was maybe a name for them . |
| 40 | Shelley said eagerly , ‘ I think I know just the person . ’ |
| 41 | ‘ Well , I know just the dog — bitch , I should say . |
| 42 | ‘ But I know just the thing to cheer us up . ’ |
| 43 | ‘ I know just the thing for a hedgehog party ! ’ |
| 44 | ‘ I know just the thing , ’ the doctor told him . |
| 45 | ‘ I know just the place , Doctor . |
| 46 | And I know just the place that will be open as well . ’ |
| 47 | She was therefore a little disconcerted to find when they left the station that instead of waiting for a taxi Lady Selvedge began to stride away in the direction of Victoria Street , saying ‘ I know just the place for us to get a snack . |
| 48 | And I know just the place to get it . ’ |
| 49 | I know just the fellow . |
| 50 | I want I want there 's some there 's some and I know just the answer to the question . |
| 51 | I know exactly the sort of person I want to marry , someone with a mind like G.P. 's , only much nearer my own age , and with the looks I like . |
| 52 | You talk of space and time : I know only the difference between the sea and the land . |
| 53 | I get there the impression that Northallerton spend half of their time in staff meetings so I 'd be surprised |
| 54 | I remember rather the opposite . |
| 55 | I remember well the moment when the electricity came back on . |
| 56 | I remember vividly the response which this evoked among many of my parliamentary colleagues . |
| 57 | I remember also the reaction of one or two of Ben 's older contemporaries , Constant Lambert and Patrick Hadley , who were particularly touched by this quartet when they first heard it at the dress rehearsal . |
| 58 | I remember nothing about who I was with or what the films were , I remember only the interval . |
| 59 | I reckon even the insurance company will accept this one as a write-off . |
| 60 | ‘ Of course , I understand now the reason for my poor wife 's accident . |