Example sentences of "[pers pn] and [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I always make the statement at the time — as I did last Thursday — based on the information available to me and on the right process for the House for the following week . |
2 | Erm if we actually look erm and I do n't know if we did introduce to all members Bryony who is my assistant and who works very largely on the programme with me and on the educational and events side , and is acting minute secretary while Judith is on maternity leave . |
3 | Sometimes erm given me the questions and sometimes answering the questions for me , its always informing me and over the last few years I 've erm , I said that to try and understand erm , how to use this information in my own work as , as a writer , and I see , I see parallels in all forms of art , communication is of course one , erm and the need to recognise and respond the plight of others is , is another area and the area that as a writer I 'm particularly drawn too . |
4 | But the whole incident has depressed me and for the first time since being diagnosed it occurs to me that I might be dying . |
5 | International banking is an interesting business anyway , but what makes it rather more interesting in this case — both to me and to the hapless Ohioans whose money I am selling — is that I am 25 years old with just one and a half years banking experience . |
6 | Now when those people in Parliament are absent , by their silence , they may be there , you do n't always see 'em , you then get a bit annoyed , but I tell you , you get bloody annoyed when they walk past you , which happened to me and to the regional delegates at Lancashire North West Labour Party , I wo n't name who they are , but they did n't even acknowledge us . |
7 | Of course what is going on in the Bolsover area is a matter of great concern to the hon. Gentleman , as it is to me and to the whole House . |
8 | I should be grateful if you would , in accordance with the confidentiality undertaking , now return the Information memorandum to me and at the same time confirm in writing that you and your advisers have destroyed any further copies of the documentation . |
9 | Mike Powell was handing over to me and in the general melee of the race he had run out of his box and I had run out of my lane , so we were disqualified twice ! |
10 | Well , since I am going to kill you anyway — an intruder in my house , I met you , drew my gun ; you attacked me and in the ensuing fight the gun went off , unfortunately killing you — I — ’ |
11 | On one side were rows and rows of furrowed earth with tufts of green leaves sticking out of them and on the other , far side , stood a large cluster of trees dripping with apples and pears . |
12 | It was thought fit that the men should meet at Kendal on the 29th of July at night , where the leasors , or one of them , would attend them and on the next morning take them to visit the " said Myne " and examine its prospects . |
13 | As American supplies could only effectively reach the British , the American economy became heavily involved with that of the Allies , benefiting them and at the same time making considerable profits for American businessmen . |
14 | According to the census of 1897 , only 43 per cent of the population were Great Russians , and the regime 's overt identification with them and with the Orthodox Church alienated the minor minority nationalities . |
15 | At the turn of the century only 43 per cent of the population were Great Russians , and the tsarist government 's overt identification with them and with the Orthodox Church alienated minority nationalities . |
16 | Even if the rules were obeyed , the system was clearly oppressive both to the families whose best sons were torn from them and to the young boys who would never see their parents again . |
17 | As a consequence of these and other disasters , of rapid and world-wide broadcasting of them and of the concerned action of many individuals , the environment is now ‘ moving fast up the political agenda ’ ( Patten 1989 ) . |
18 | They rode silently and watchfully , aware all the time of the footprints of the Friar ahead of them and of the silent menace of the trees on either hand . |
19 | She never knew them , she pined for them and for the better life they might have had together . |
20 | They heard no more from behind them and as the small amount of sky they could see between the tree-tops was clouded over there was nothing to give them direction . |
21 | At Standard Grade pupils carry out an investigation in a topic which interests them and by the Sixth Year each will be capable of using the Heriot-Watt University computer model of the economy . |
22 | Ewood Park is a lucky ground for them and in the first half they went for Blackburn with all guns blazing . |
23 | By digging ditches and placing objects in them and in the surrounding soils , it is possible to assess how finds move and become mixed as the sides of the ditch weather and collapse inwards , carrying the finds with them . |
24 | He will need help , of course , other agents or what have you and at the appropriate moment you arrest the lot . ’ |
25 | But I ca n't explain it , it 's as if the devil himself is down there , and there 's this horrible smell that chokes you and at the same time you get the feeling that something evil is lying in wait for you . |
26 | Do n't just limit this to everything in front of you , but look [ all ] around you , even behind you and on the other side of the sail . |
27 | The American camp withdrew him and under the same rule that is used in Ryder Cup matches his match was declared to be halved . |
28 | The party turned around to face him and for the first time the fat man moved . |
29 | She forced hatred to her soul , for him and for the unwanted desire that leapt unbidden to her pulses at the taste of his mouth on hers . |
30 | And his quality show earned the praise of manager Steve Gritt , who said : ‘ That is the best all-round performance I 've seen from him and for the second game in succession he 's earned us a draw . ’ |