Example sentences of "[pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shew thee the tree , leafed with refin 'd gold |
| 2 | To thee the privilege is given , |
| 3 | To Ajax he says : ‘ I would thou didst itch from head to foot ; an ’ I had the scratching of thee , I would make thee the loathsomest scab in Greece' ( 27ff . ) . |
| 4 | When he speaks an aside to us , in his own person , it is in verse : He continues in their prose , but when he wants to express his respect for them and offer his services , he moves up to verse : ‘ I 'll show thee the best springs ; I 'll pluck thee berries ; /I 'll fish for thee , and get thee wood enough ’ ( 160f . ) . |
| 5 | Beautiful Swaledale I love thee the best , |
| 6 | Christ had entrusted the government of His Church to St Peter and his successors in the words , " Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church " ( Matthew 16 : 18 ) and " I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven and whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth , it shall be bound also in heaven " ( Matthew 16 : 19 ) . |
| 7 | I would thou didst itch from head to foot ; an I had the scratching of thee , I would make thee the loathsomest scab in Greece . |
| 8 | This , I confess , is to me the real aim of art history . |
| 9 | In possessing her , he is both taken out of , and placed in possession of , himself : ‘ She gave me the idea of my manliness I had grown to need . ’ |
| 10 | It was the part of Sabbo in Rope ; mind you , I had been offered two leading roles at other reps that could n't give me the vital Equity card — so Sabbo it was . |
| 11 | It is funny , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , how reluctant I was to say anything like that here in the first few days , how instinctively I felt it might endanger the entire project , how everything might collapse around me the moment I said that . |
| 12 | He showed me the scars . |
| 13 | Though there is a good deal there which I found deeply offensive , he wrote , as you must have realized when you sent me the stuff , though , knowing you as I do , I suspect it may not even have crossed your mind , anyway , to be brief , I have , of course , put my feelings to one side and decided to honour the integrity of . |
| 14 | She then came back to tell me the customer did n't like green so would n't be having the soup . |
| 15 | From half behind the screen she called , ‘ Tell me the gossip , darling . |
| 16 | It was Nanny who told me the rotten news . |
| 17 | When they saw me the laughter stopped . |
| 18 | They told me the legal position and asked how hard I was prepared to fight . |
| 19 | ‘ Try and eat something , ’ she said , offering me the sandwiches . |
| 20 | The tea tasted horrible but at least it gave me the chance to have a little think . |
| 21 | She gave me the tip she 'd put aside for the waitress and then raided her purse again to replace it . |
| 22 | Kathleen offered me the use of her office telephone and so , one morning , I settled down to make some enquiries . |
| 23 | I would be so grateful if you could tell me the name of it , because it looks so unusual . |
| 24 | Could you tell me the name of the maple that has interesting white-striped branches and trunk , and where I might be able to purchase one ? |
| 25 | Pink hydrangea is giving me the blues |
| 26 | ‘ Give me the pen , ’ said Menzies . |
| 27 | ‘ Tell me the truth , ’ he said . |
| 28 | I called the local council who told me the wasps were best left until the end of the season when they would follow their queen and find somewhere else to live . |
| 29 | ‘ Rats , ’ I told him , but he opened the cover on the drain outside my back door and showed me the trap to stop rats climbing up . |
| 30 | Harriet comments , ‘ When I come to your wedding in the slums of Brooklyn you can do me the honours . ’ |