Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 If I had to select one of my pairs of binoculars for observations of nebulæ I think I would choose the × 7 instrument , though I agree that the more powerful binoculars can bring out more details in the fainter nebulæ .
2 And when Gittel cut my pride and my heart into pieces with her little sharp fingernails , and I let loose the dybbuk on her and got punished for it , I was neither one thing nor the other , once again . ’
3 My experience with organizations of all kinds in many different countries has convinced me that effective value-adding managerial leadership of subordinates can come only from an individual one category higher in cognitive capacity , working one category higher in problem complexity .
4 My experience of women in love is that they 're constantly letter-writing or making telephone calls .
5 Erm , like if you get the money , spend it , I always spend my money on loads of shit and I end up with nothing at the end of the day .
6 The examples do not identify the article or journal concerned , but each example has happened to me or my coauthors during submissions to what are generally regarded as quality journals .
7 It widened my horizons with outings to international golf at Ganton , football at Roker Park , camping at Scarborough and several journeys between Barnard Castle and North Wales .
8 In looking through my cases for examples of problems that I 've experienced with 50 millesimals I am conscious that aggravations are not one !
9 The Porcupine fish in my 48″ × 24″ × 24″ tank is very friendly , but when I try to feed my other fish it simply eats all the food .
10 My 48″ × 18″ × 15″ tank is lit by two 42″ tubes .
11 My loathing of terms like depression and despair , he wrote .
12 ‘ Mr McKillop , I believe I 've had my fill of surprises for one day . ’
13 Two years ago , stretching my neck after hours of looking at archives , I opened the museum 's journal and in amongst those male stories found a young smiling woman with a camera .
14 As one white respondent noted in my study of mothers in low-income households , ‘ The bills come first , they 've got to , then the meters ( for fuel ) and then food . ’
15 Nevertheless , I hope to be back in action very soon and continue my study of discoveries in unknown areas .
16 During my inglorious years as a concert agent I used to reduce my clients to tears by stubbornly refusing to call them ‘ artistes ’ .
17 There are few examples in my data of interactions with small children .
18 But I could see with my inner eye the form of my Lord Krishna , seated before Arjuna in the chariot on the battlefield of Kurukshetra , and I heard the sublime thoughts , and this filled my eyes with tears of joy and love . ' ’
19 Indeed , my research on images of the gene in popular culture is revealing trends that make me wonder about the results of public participation .
20 If I had had to justify my work in terms of clinical benefits before I started it , I would never have been given a licence .
21 Of course Morrison is not unlike him , but , I do n't know , it 's interesting , I mean Bruce Rogers I think is my hero in terms of designers , but at the same time , I mean , the nineteenth century stuff , I like even this ornamented stuff that they 're doing .
22 Q Although I 'd love to fill my home with baskets of potpourri , ornaments , vases , dried-flower arrangements and all the accessories I often read about in Ideal Home , my problem is the children .
23 I was the only one who was moving further away , and that knowledge did n't improve my outlook on things in general .
24 That 's the basis of my influence in terms of melody , that along with other beautiful airs like ‘ The Foggy Dew ’ and things like that .
25 On my visits to schools as a member of the Kingman Committee , I discovered that often the English department 's description of its syllabus would explicitly state that children should not be taught the definition of grammatical terms .
26 In my visits to schools as a member of the Kingman Committee , I was impressed on a number of occasions by the imaginative use of word processing in the classroom .
27 During my visits to schools in these areas , I was impressed with the commitment of staff in the face of obviously difficult circumstances .
28 I 've got seven English players in my team including lads like Gavin Peacock and Lee Clark and I 've told them they 've got to get up there to earn recognition . ’
29 Sometimes 1 would try to withhold my gift of words as the only way I could convey to him that he was withholding something I needed as badly as he needed my poetic ability .
30 I was doing my SHO in paediatrics at the time , and I had a word with my boss .
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