Example sentences of "to [pos pn] [noun sg] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To my amazement the old lady straightened up and took off her old gloves to expose several heavily bejewelled fingers . |
| 2 | To my relief the old lady smiled and said , ‘ Never mind what they call you , Frankie . |
| 3 | But to my surprise the fat lady , on her feet too , was beseeching the thugs : ‘ Please , do n't hurt the boy . |
| 4 | We had n't gone very far when we met up with another Lancaster returning from a Cook 's Tour , and to my horror the two aircraft then flew wing-tip to wing-tip all the way home . |
| 5 | ‘ I rang him — he 'd given me a list of all the Grands Prix contact numbers — but when he came to my hotel the next morning it was of his own accord . ’ |
| 6 | It is to my knowledge the first time that an ‘ in-depth ’ feature has been written about their service with the RAF and brought back many poignant memories for me for I was , to quote your September issue , ‘ one of the batch of National Service gunners posted to RAF Coningsby ’ . |
| 7 | A recent auction sale brought to my mind the fascinating subject of tally sticks , which could make a wonderfully interesting and historically interesting collection . |
| 8 | To my mind the only possibility of solving this problem lies in a large European prospective randomised screening study comparing screening with no screening and using mortality from prostatic cancer as its major end point . |
| 9 | That 's National Savings , and to my mind the only good issue they 've got at the moment , and er once you get with index-linked certificates , they were originally the granny bonds that were launched er in the early er late seventies , early eighties . |
| 10 | Although the coverage is not comprehensive , and many reviews on various aspects of cage hydrocarbon chemistry are available , to my mind the real value of this book lies in the ideas that it generates , the insights into the chemical developments it provides , and the historical connections that it reveals . |
| 11 | His self defence , and I now read from actually only a paragraph or so earlier than my opening passage , his self defence in the reason of Church government is quite interesting erm ‘ If I hunted after praise by the ostentation of wit and learning , I should not write thus out of mine own season , when I have neither yet completed to my mind the full circle of my private studies , although I complain not of any insufficiency to the matter in hand , or were I ready to my wishes it were a folly to commit anything elaborately composed to the careless and interrupted listening of these tumultuous times . |
| 12 | I referred to it and you oddly enough in a handwritten letter to my father the other night after referring to Lord XXXXX one of whose contemporaries and friends is coming to stay here a couple of nights next week , and who has been a pillar in the fabric of my life , a man for whom consistency , continuity and courtesy are all — and who is often concerned at the unhappiness which is my ? ? ? ? ? ? ? it is in anything other than a bit of paper , which most of my old friends who wish me well , doubt ) … |
| 13 | To my left the shallow ridge that formed an edge of the valley rose up to finish at a shallow bump . |
| 14 | I said to my husband the other day ‘ Say something nice to me . |
| 15 | He even produced the document I had signed to that effect , bringing to my attention the relevant clause . |
| 16 | Miss Abbott , when you came to my house the other day and wandered round my studio and let me see something of your thoughts , it was as if a gale had blown through all the dust and cobwebs , all the mouldering old habits that were growing up round me like ivy , and when you had gone , I tore that canvas off the easel and smashed it — ’ |
| 17 | The Celtic Church , founded in the sixth century by St Columba with the aid of Irish-trained monks , followed Rome in always celebrating Easter on a Sunday , unlike the eastern Churches ; but owing to its remoteness the Celtic Church experienced difficulty in being kept fully informed of doctrinal and other changes decided on in Rome . |
| 18 | By the end of May , the Germans had taken the whole of the Mort Homme , as well as to its east the important village of Cumieres . |
| 19 | Even through the pain in her head where Guido was holding on to her hair the plain facts of what he was saying were finally sinking in . |
| 20 | To her relief the slim gold band encircled her wrist . |
| 21 | To her alarm the young man immediately straightens up , takes his hands out of the pockets of his black leather jacket , and comes over to her car , stooping to bring his head level with the window . |
| 22 | To her horror the top one was of herself . |
| 23 | To her surprise the small room of the post office was full of people waiting for the evening mail . |
| 24 | A girl and her boyfriend had fallen out and he went round to her house the next evening to apologise , taking his dog with him for the walk . |
| 25 | She makes a point of reading out loud items from her newspaper , the Hindustan Times , which demonstrate to her satisfaction the old Indian view that Wogs begin at Kabul and that civilization stops on the banks of the Indus . |
| 26 | ‘ I am the centre of my existence , ’ Clare sang , as if chanting a psalm , pitching her voice an octave lower , as she pushed Josh to her playgroup the next morning . |
| 27 | They learned to their cost the subtle art of starting a rammy in a Danish disco . |
| 28 | In a special preface to their communiqué the Foreign Ministers extended to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe " the hand of friendship and co-operation " and expressed determination to " seize the historic opportunities resulting from the profound changes in Europe to help build a new peaceful order … based on freedom , justice and democracy " . |
| 29 | There 's the train fare from here to Holyhead return , the ferry , transfers to their hotel the best hotel in Dublin , The Burlington |
| 30 | But the group 's Fifties-style , sweet harmony singing is in complete contrast to their background- the brutal streets of Philadelphia where many of their friends and family have been victims of violence or bloody murder . |