Example sentences of "[prep] the mirror " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh God , another 10 years down the drain ; More damage for the mirror to explain : Those whisps of grey , new veins across the nose , The growing paunch that half obscures the toes … |
| 2 | Ian Mayes , for the Mirror , told the London tribunal that Davies 's forgetfulness was ‘ frankly incredible . ’ |
| 3 | Housewife Rita Davis , of Ilford , Essex , said : ‘ We would never have known what our taxes are going on if it was not for the Mirror . ’ |
| 4 | Conversely , Trade Indemnity maintained support for the Mirror Group , whose PAS-score trajectory shows it to be financially sound . |
| 5 | Well that 's erm tt nothing I can do about that until asking for the Mirror itself . |
| 6 | For the mirror . |
| 7 | Despite the entry for a time of media conglomerates such as the Mirror Group and Thomsons into the West African press , I think it is still fair to say that the primary motivation for producing a newspaper in Nigeria is political rather than commercial . |
| 8 | My infidelity is at last exposed — all because of that Casebook I opened up , revealing some of the highlights of my 40 years as the Mirror 's Marje . |
| 9 | But it comes with a very annoying gyrating sound as the mirror , activated by the music source , vibrates to reflect the light beam on to a wall or ceiling . |
| 10 | A large washer should be fitted between the mirror and the wall ( a tap washer is ideal ) , a nylon sleeve put in the hole in the mirror , and a plastic screw cup placed under the screw head to protect the mirror . |
| 11 | Still peering from the corner of his eye , Frankie stared at her breasts for a long time before he realized with a jolt that she was observing him through the mirror . |
| 12 | One such manipulation is to create the helix of opposite hand , to put it through the mirror . |
| 13 | In this case we may say that the reflection shows itself through the mirror , and this illustrates the general principle that consciousness can be understood only by an examination of how it reveals itself through the material world . |
| 14 | Eventually the story spread that the dictator himself was aboard , observing his subjects through the mirror windows . |
| 15 | Second , each time the mirror is used for scrying , there is a chance that a Lesser Daemon ( 1–5 , a Bloodletter ; 6–10 , a Fleshhound ; see Profiles for reference ) will come through the mirror and attack the viewer . |
| 16 | The first thing that happens is an inversion of proportion , dramatic as Alice 's through the mirror : little things grow big , and big things disappear . |
| 17 | In Orphée ( 1950 ) , Cocteau prided himself on using mechanical effects rather than optical trickery for such magical moments as when the characters pass through the mirror to the world of the dead . |
| 18 | For front projection , the projector is still threaded up reversing left and right , as in rear projection ( it is put in the ‘ wrong ’ way round in order to come out correct in the final composite ) ; but instead of being behind a translucent screen it s in front of , and to one side of , a glass beaded screen which reflects nearly 100 per cent of the light falling on it but on y in the direction from which it came Though the projector is at 90° to the camera-screen axis and its beam is therefore initially parallel to the plane of the screen , passing in front of the actors in the foreground this beam is deflected by a half-silvered mirror at an angle of 45° to the beam This semi-transparent mirror is coated at the front ( unlike normal mirrors , coated behind the glass ) with a very thin layer of aluminium — silver tarnishes too easily Alternatively , the layer of aluminium may be spattered on , so that tiny reflective spots of metal are interspersed with tiny transparent gaps So , although it reflects the beam , the camera can photograph both the action and the reflection from the screen through the mirror Though the mirror reflects the still or moving image from the projector on to the actors and any foreground props or sets as well as on to the screen , the level of illumination of the image is much less than that on the actors , so the camera records only that part of the image reflected from the screen . |
| 19 | He looks at me through the mirror and nods slightly , which I take to mean he 'd like my help . |
| 20 | When the fear and agony the blancs feel is transferred through the mirror … . ’ |
| 21 | Now you 're trying to walk through the mirror , and it is n't going to work . ’ |
| 22 | Her eyes widened , seeing his body through the mirror . |
| 23 | A smile still hovering round her mouth , she glanced up and through the mirror . |
| 24 | He stared at Lambert through the mirror . |
| 25 | I get chatted up from time to time , though if you have a small child — ’ she glanced through the mirror at Thomas ‘ — not too many men want to become involved . |
| 26 | Off the mirror of the lake of atoms |
| 27 | Rainbow whisks the cloth off the mirror with an exasperated whoosh . |
| 28 | They took my Pink Panther off the mirror . |
| 29 | I placed all my washing materials , towels , razor and so forth exactly where they should be , wiped a little steam off the mirror on my bathroom cabinet , and returned to my room . |
| 30 | PRAISE and cash poured in yesterday after the Mirror 's shock issue on Somalia . |