Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many are the times me wife and I have sat at the table with a large sheet of graph paper and worked it all out , only to find that either my ruler 's idea of an inch does n't tally with the real thing , or the width of a pencil line on the plan actually equates to a foot in real life . |
| 2 | This makes sense to the degree that one of the legal authorities whom Coke most often cites is Bracton ( Henry de Bracton , De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae ) , who dies in 1268 , having flourished under Henry III of England and during the minority of Henry 's son , the future Edward I. Moreover Edward and Eleanor spent the winter of 1270–71 in Sicily , en route to the Holy Land , and returned there in 1272 for Edward to learn that , his father having died , he was king of England . |
| 3 | At the end of five 40-minute sittings my portrait is finished . |
| 4 | And many of the objects my ex used to bring home were equally unwelcome and led to as much mess . |
| 5 | The utility of believing that , however many setbacks my cause may suffer , God or the historical process is ultimately on my side , an effectiveness demonstrated throughout history by so many religious and political movements , is only one example of the practical value of delusion . |
| 6 | Well , erm it 's negatives so X-rays my leg . |
| 7 | In each of these cases my method will be to discuss the effects the phenomenon has upon public liability companies , then to make comparison with the other forms in which we are interested . |
| 8 | Every few minutes my saddle , a thin nylon sack , would slide alarmingly forwards . |
| 9 | Within minutes my offer was all over the Docherty suite , and I became the source of hysterical laughter , ridicule and abuse . |
| 10 | Within a few minutes my body was one mass of bruises from head to toe . |
| 11 | After twenty minutes my father was very angry . |
| 12 | ‘ Hello ? ’ queries my mother-in-law 's voice uncertainly , not knowing how to announce herself in someone else 's house . |
| 13 | It could not get hold of me and stifle me ; for it would employ only my hands and a certain section of my knowledge ; the rest of me would be free : after office hours my escape would be absolute ; and then the holidays would enable me , according to my powers and my wishes , to live another life as different as that of Jekyll from that of Hyde . |
| 14 | I 've asked for about three hours my contact in Liverpool . |
| 15 | about or either of them want all your pennies my dear . |
| 16 | To help pay off the debts my mother got herself a job . |
| 17 | For generations my family have been staunch Conservatives , but I am afraid my immediate family will no longer support a Government which cares little about animal welfare . |
| 18 | It cost just over £1,500 , which was about three times my budget , but I just had to have it . |
| 19 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend accept the good news , contrary to what was said by the hon. Member for Ashfield ( Mr. Haynes ) , that although in recent times my constituency has experienced economic difficulties , so successful has my right hon. and learned Friend 's training and enterprise programme been that the Crawley and District Industries Association has told me that this is the first time during a downturn in the economy when training by companies has increased rather than decreased ? |
| 20 | " These are dangerous times my girl , and we would be perceived as being wealthy . |
| 21 | I once counted how many times my daughter Emma said , ‘ Mummy , I want some orange juice ’ . |
| 22 | But there 's still this stigma because we 're not married and I do n't wha , I do n't really know how to explain it but I feel that at times my daughter is being victimized to a certain degree because we 're not married . |
| 23 | And er we , one of the few times my dad came to Foundry Lane he I got a book , I think it were called Tiger Tim and , on the back they gave a model that you cut out with scissors and pu |
| 24 | At other times my master , tired by the reticence of Agrippa and the others , continued his absorption with alchemy . |
| 25 | The only times my father could be found in his room were first thing in the morning and last thing at night . |
| 26 | The wheelbarrow , which , when loaded , was three times my weight , toppled , spinning me in circles . |
| 27 | I do n't know how many times my husband has attempted a three-D backdrop effect before , but this method , with its spot-on diagrams , worked first time . |
| 28 | Over the two day event I understand nearly 20,000 people attended the show and at times my car was four or five deep , people of various different ages just trying to get a glimpse or take pictures . |
| 29 | Blokes my age are either cheating on their wives , divorced and bitter , or just plain boring . |
| 30 | And erm first couple of times I kind of did n't respond , and the next few times I was literally flinching |