Example sentences of "[pers pn] the [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please accept my application and enrol me as a member of The Literary Guild and send me the introductory books whose numbers I have printed in the boxes provided . |
| 2 | In particular it showed me the many opportunities we have , and that we are a talented organisation . |
| 3 | At 19 miles I was greeted by some close friends from college and again this gave me the extra energy I needed . |
| 4 | The thought of the delicious lunch gave me the extra boost I needed to reach the summit . |
| 5 | I am hoping to meet some of the children before the Marathon and when the pain barrier hits me at around 20 miles I will only need to think of the courage and bravery of these young children to give me the extra incentive I need to finish the race . |
| 6 | Love for another is one of the main derivatives of this awareness of difference ( two bodies in different skins ) and the accompanying gratitude when good things are provided : ‘ I love you because you are my mother and give me the good things I need . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ A reporter told me the only dames he knew weighed 16 stones at least , ’ she said . |
| 8 | Believe me the only way I 'd ever consider |
| 9 | It seems to me the only people who do persist in that phase and make something tenable out of an unsatisfied , unsettled life , are rock musicians , and rock critics . |
| 10 | There was no doubting her sister 's passion as she struggled to express her resentment , writing : — on my life Lily I declare I want only what is best for the child and would not be Cruel to him nor the cause of Cruelty and what you asked was Cruel the child knowing no Italian and being Fearful of leaving me the only Mother he has known and who he loves as his own . |
| 11 | And my real father — I mean my official , signed and sealed father — struck me the only time I met him as a grandiose old phoney . |
| 12 | My ever difficult told me the other night I needed to change my attitudes and lifestyle and to realise I would not get another job at my age . |
| 13 | Yeah cos , my mates were telling me the other day what 's Gilly said ? |
| 14 | Interesting Pauline at work , she 's ever so hurt , could n't get over it , she came up to me the other day she said , hello , how long has it been we have n't seen one another for two months . |
| 15 | Being certainly lost an opportunity by not being it 's only body there is an editing element in the book publishing section from the P G B and there are elements relating to us in the S P G of the Periodical Training Council and there will be bits of them in the public relations in the marketing one of which I 've got a copy of the draft , but you know there is nothing all embracing B T E C do graphics and journalism but there is no single forum , I mean that 's what so astonishing and interestingly somebody at B T E C told me the other day there 's been a bit of a problem about the the book editing part of the editing level three element um , and that 's partly political as to editing versus production because production 's level four and editing is level three , and that has made some problems apparently |
| 16 | Of course , he does not care a rap whether it is true or not — but he is dreadfully afraid that by prematurely espousing it he might lose some subscribers , though he acknowledged to me the other day he thought it would be generally accepted before long . ’ |
| 17 | Rosie told me the other nurses who worked here have tried to be more than just assistants to him . ’ |
| 18 | Fellow said to me the other week you do n't live here . |
| 19 | She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? " |
| 20 | It did to me the first time we stayed . |
| 21 | And then he described to me the first time he and Montaine had happened upon it . |
| 22 | This was evident to me the first time I attended a Karajan rehearsal , and even more so in the first of our long conversations . |
| 23 | Certainly I always tried to remember the shocking effect which the sight of so many old prisoners , some of them bearded , all of them strangely dressed , had had on me the first time I arrived in a main camp . |
| 24 | These were Kirsty 's opening words to me the first time I saw her . |
| 25 | ‘ Oliver Craddock wrote this down for me the first time I saw him and I 'd forgotten all about it , ’ he said . |
| 26 | ‘ It had the same effect on me the first time I saw it at night . ’ |
| 27 | He intimidates me the first time I ever talked to him was in the pub |
| 28 | ‘ And then set your thugs on me the first time my back 's turned . |
| 29 | No I 've made , it 's made an awful lot of difference to me the New Town I mean we 've got and the Council are very , very good to us , I mean we ca n't say they 're not , they 've had a , I 've had the gas central heating put in , I 've had a shower put in since I 've been here and I mean they do they look after us well , the only thing I 'm upset about that I 've put off the ambulance to go to Leah Manning on a Wednesday because they want me to go on a Tuesday and I can not go on a Tuesday because I have my friend come down which does all odd jobs for me you know , on a Tuesday dear and I just can not so I had to see Mr is it ? |
| 30 | Among those which gave me the greatest pleasure I remember the whole of Shakespeare , Shaw 's Androcles and the Lion , and Thornton Wilder 's Our Town . |