Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 My sincere thanks to my amanuensis Simon Rose , to my personal assistants Cressida and Catherine and to my colleague Bargepole , for showing me the consequences of taking the wrong turning in life .
2 These are the words of Hugo Rune , delivered through the mouth of my amanuensis Rizla .
3 She added ‘ I knew in my heart Gerard was dead .
4 12 ( 9 ) ( Take A Little ) Piece Of My Heart Erma Franklin
5 11 ( 12 ) Piece Of My Heart Erma Franklin
6 15 ( 11 ) Take A Little Piece Of My Heart Erma Franklin
7 As erm as a doctor , Bill , I have ingrained on my heart Aneurin Bevan 's words when the National Health Service was introduced in this country by the post-war Labour government , against the wishes of my colleagues , and he commented that he would erm cross our palms with silver , and he did that very successfully , with the result that he stifled a lot of opposition amongst some very powerful people , and erm of course when you 're trying to introduce a new scheme such as this and you 're terribly keen that erm it should take off and be successful , you do , of course , cross palms with silver .
8 the chasm is too great though the gulf between God and man is , is far too wide and we try our various planks , our planks of being good , of doing nice things , planks of being religious , of being confirmed , of being baptized , of going to church of perhaps attending church , perhaps even becoming a member of a church , the plank of saying prayers I think you know and God does n't even hear us , the bible tells us , if I regarded iniquity in my heart God does n't hear me , he says I will not hear you , the only prayer that God hears from the sinner is God be merciful to me a sinner and we 've tried that plank and it does n't work , of course it does n't because that 's not what it means to be a Christian , the plank of bible reading , we can read the bible , we can memorise it , it does n't make us a Christian , Jesus said to some of the religious leaders of his days , you search the scriptures for you think that in them you have life , but you will not come to me , and so it 's not being in religious , er being religious or any thing else as we well know , it 's something far , far more fundamental than that , those words that Jesus said to Nicodemus you must be born again , that new birth , that new start , starting all over again , and so what happens , what 's it all about , what is it to , what is it to be a Christian .
9 I made my La Scala début in 1979 , then the ‘ Met ’ in ‘ 80 , and then came my big break — my audition with von Karajan in ‘ 81 .
10 My step brother , Tommy , do you know the original well Mr was a sales rep for Bokes couriers , and er his wife used to make pickles , homemade , and she us Mr used to give his friends a jar of pickles occasionally and er from that the idea of selling them , cos it ou after they 'd started distributing amongst his friends he got the idea that there was a market for it , so my step-brother Tommy er started to work with Mrs we used to call them Mrs but her name was , Street you know where Street is , well on the left hand side of Street about oh at the back of the first row of houses in Street , there was a , a small open space and Mr had a big shed put there , and er started buying the pickling onions and er all the women who wished to started skinning onions at so much a bag for Mr and er he 'd gradually built himself up but me step- brother Tommy was er working full time helping Mrs to pick the onions and , and that , that 's how Mac 's Pickles started was just from a mere fact of him being a commercial traveller and he 'd di distribute them to his friends and created the , a market for himself really ac actually they , they , they did have a van driver and a van , a van to deliver them as they gradually increased the supply and they used to deliver them all , all around the area .
11 On my shirt Harvey had arranged that I wore the word ‘ observer ’ , which meant I was able to remember a prior appointment when the going got rough .
12 A bright , consistent record , it showcases Dando 's newly-honed knack of tossing of unforgettable , brilliantly gauche two-minute perfect pop songs , along with a couple of awesomely beautiful country vignettes — ‘ My Drug Buddy ’ and ‘ Hannah And Gabi ’ — that stand as the best he 's written .
13 Then the reams of drug anecdotes stop , and a highly confused sense of responsibility ambles in , concentrated on the cosily strung-out ‘ My Drug Buddy ’ .
14 And since I am raising this question of the universalizing and the depersonalizing of egoism as it becomes poetic dedication in poetry , I 'd like to do this by offering you a contrast , and I choose as my contrast Alexander Pope , another poet who was obsessively concerned with his own role as a poet — in his satires in this case .
15 I recently returned to Bali for the first time since my Los Angeles house burned down .
16 Yes , you shall take some eggs back to your aunt , my Rhode Islands lay such beautiful brown speckled ones with yolks like marigolds .
17 Do you know who my favourite Arsenal player is now ?
18 I told it to come to the Vecchio Reccione in Leicester Square at 9.30 , then I rang the restaurant and made a booking , using my PKB Amex card to confirm it .
19 I reached into my wallet and flashed my PKB Amex card at him .
20 Oh , I 've a infection in my gum Dr .
21 In My Defence Freddie Mercury
22 In My Defence Freddie Mercury
23 In My Defence Freddie Mercury
24 ME & MY FORD SIERRA
25 I 'd started locking my shirts in a desk drawer every night , except that now I 'd lost the key with all my Ben Shermans in there .
26 ‘ They get it from my Auntie Ethel , ’ he said .
27 ‘ You must remember my Auntie Ethel . ’
28 They 're just cover for my Auntie Ethel . ’
29 I 'm beginning to think I 'd be better off talking to my Auntie Ethel . ’
30 My Auntie Ethel said I had to mind him , ’ he said .
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