Example sentences of "to [pron] [adj] [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sells them to me fifty pence a packet . |
| 2 | To my utter astonishment the motion was passed unanimously and thereafter , and to my lesser astonishment , completely ignored ; at a by-election at Pollok the Liberal candidate devoted just ten out of the 150 lines of his election address to it and came bottom of the Poll . |
| 3 | Moreover the fluted columns , caryatid gateways and golden domes of the pavilion suggested to my adolescent self a world of ambiguous pleasures involving him , which I had to suppress my tipsy mind from visualising . |
| 4 | He would drink lemonade himself if he was sufficiently offended , and then add to my other transgressions the blame for spoiling his outing by denying him wine . |
| 5 | To my other side the ridge tumbled away from below my hump . |
| 6 | ‘ I was just going on 14 and I went to my first gig the Stray Cats . |
| 7 | I quickly cast back out again to the same spot and to my total astonishment the rod was almost pulled out of my hands before I got it back to the rests . |
| 8 | Er , Madam Speaker I 'm very much aware of the case that the my honourable friend has er mentioned because he has written to me er about it and I have looked into the circumstances er of it and I understand that the employment service have made no final decision on that particular site and I 'd be happy to respond to my honourable friend er once I 've had a chance to discuss it further with the Chief Executive of the employment service whose responsibility it is but if I could just say to my honourable friend the principle of integrating er the work of the job centre and the payment of benefits on one site is a good one which is for the convenience of er people who make use of the job centres er and er as er er the honourable er gentleman , the member for Workington is indicating from a sedentary position , was a recommendation which was supported by the public accounts er committee and I believe and I believe that it er makes sense to proceed on a value for money basis with this policy but I will certainly look at the particular example in my honourable friend 's constituency with interest . |
| 9 | Due to my forward speed the mat and my feet ended up under the AOC 's desk at the same time saluted , and my Wolseley sun helmet sped to the opposite corner of the room . |
| 10 | With respect to the embalming [ of ] Bodies , the methods that were commonly practised could , I know , have no effect ; at that time I read a good many Books upon ‘ Balsamation ’ but got very little instruction from reading these : according to my own Idea the best way would be to preserve the Body for some time that putrefaction should hardly be able to take place , & that it should gradually get rid of its moisture , & that , when it dried , it should have such imbalming juices in it , that it should resist putrefaction , & the insects at the same time be either kept off or destroyed : I set out with this Opinion & thought that something must be thrown thro' the whole Body : the when the Body was preserved , my Idea of getting rid of moisture was , to place the Body in some strong absorbent substance , & that substance which proved best I thought was Paris Plaister & I thought I could lay in a common Coffin such a quantity of Paris Plaister as would take out all the moisture & then I thought the Body should be rather in a wooden case than a leaden one because the Wood would assist the Absorption . |
| 11 | Now it was that I had a chance of discarding or of adapting to my own purpose the fine words and infinite variety of constructions which I had formerly admired from afar off and imitated in fairly cold blood . |
| 12 | The letters gave him the chance of ‘ discarding or of adapting to my own purpose the fine words and infinite variety of constructions which I had formerly admired from afar and imitated in fairly cold blood . ’ |
| 13 | To my unadapted eyes the scene looked as bleached-out as an over-exposed snapshot . |
| 14 | Further to the very unsatisfactory replies that the Minister has given not only to me but , earlier , to my hon. Friends the Members for Glasgow , Pollok ( Mr. Dunnachie ) and for Carrick , Cumnock and Doon Valley ( Mr. Foulkes ) , may I ask whether the Government consider the Indonesian occupation of East Timor to be illegal ? |
| 15 | In response to my Hon. Friend the Member for Dundee , East , the Minister said that the transitional arrangements will take between six and 16 months . |
| 16 | We have supplied the answers that the Minister refused to give to my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield , Hillsborough ( Mr. Flannery ) this afternoon . |
| 17 | Does my right hon. Friend recall the answer that he gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Saffron Walden ( Mr. Haselhurst ) on Tuesday about monetary union ? |
| 18 | For the reasons that I gave in answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Bexleyheath ( Mr. Townsend ) , I believe that we are looking after the interests and future of the wood as thoroughly as any reasonable person could . |
| 19 | As you know , Mr. Speaker , I often turn to my hon. Friend the Member for Northampton , North ( Mr. Marlow ) for common sense advice . |
| 20 | While I am on my feet , perhaps I may apologise for referring in an earlier answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Northampton , North when I meant my hon. Friend the Member for Littleborough and Saddleworth ( Mr. Dickens ) , who made the suggestion . |
| 21 | The preliminary report was received within the time notified to my hon. Friend the Member for Aldridge-Brownhills ( Mr. Shepherd ) in an answer to his recent question . |
| 22 | I am very puzzled by the Minister 's reply to my hon. Friend the Member for St. Helens , North ( Mr. Evans ) . |
| 23 | In the light of the Minister 's reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Wakefield ( Mr. Hinchliffe ) , will he guarantee that at European level he will press for a system of mandatory labelling so that eggs are labelled ’ battery ’ , ’ barn eggs ’ , ’ free range ’ or whatever ? |
| 24 | I remind the right hon. Gentleman of the Secretary of State for Scotland 's words in a letter to my hon. Friend the Member for Dunfermline , East ( Mr. Brown ) , in which he refused a meeting and stated : ’ Ravenscraig shows the folly of political intervention in commercial decisions ’ . |
| 25 | I made clear in my answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Macclesfield ( Mr. Winterton ) the importance that we attach to manufacturing and the success , which was acknowledged by the CBI , in bringing about the resurgence and renaissance in manufacturing . |
| 26 | I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Gravesham ( Mr. Arnold ) some moments ago . |
| 27 | I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Gravesham ( Mr. Arnold ) some moments ago . |
| 28 | In a response to my hon. Friend the Member for Newham , North-West ( Mr. Banks ) on Thursday , the Prime Minister made it clear that he would not be supporting the Wild Mammals ( Protection ) Bill , which will come before the House on Friday , but did not clarify whether he is in favour of a ban on fox hunting . |
| 29 | How does the Secretary of State square his answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Midlothian ( Mr. Eadie ) that provider units are in balance with the evidence from the document , which he knows well , that 86 hospitals are in deficit ? |
| 30 | First , I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea ( Mr. Bowis ) for his interest in the matter . |