Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oswald , whom Bede regarded as the fifth overlord of the peoples south of the Humber and described as ruling within the same bounds as Eadwine ( HE 11 , 5 ) , clearly became on this testimony as powerful a ruler as Eadwine had been , but on his accession he faced an immediate challenge in midland and eastern England from Penda . |
| 2 | My heart bleeds for the whole misunderstanding but it bleeds most for Diana . ’ |
| 3 | He used to be a crane driver dear for , yeah he used and I 've got to , one of me sons now is a foreman for , well they 're not now it 's , it 's sort of amal amalgamated with another firm now I think , but he does , he does erm , he 's a foreman like now , he used to be a truck , crane driver and my , the very night that my hubby died on the following Monday he would of been working in Harlow , he got a new crane to take over in Harlow and he 'd been working away from home for weeks and months of the year always away , coming home weekends and I used to have to cook and do his washing and pack him up for going off again Monday morning early , but he never was near home working then , and as I say the night before he went he was , he was gon na work on the Monday to in Old , to Harlow down where the new er place was for and it unfortunately cos he went . |
| 4 | Such is the power of suggestion that that night as I neared the top of the staircase , my foot stumbled on the last step but one . |
| 5 | … I had done this process before , once , but not under pressure , when Aunt Viv had set a combination on a new suitcase and then forgotten it … one-four-eight , one-four-nine … my face sweating , my fingers slipping on the tiny wheels from haste … one-five-zero , one-five-one … |
| 6 | She let my fingers rest on the cool skin of her check ; but something in her now steady look , a declaration of inaccessibility , made me take my hand away . |
| 7 | I am in constant touch with defence industry leaders through the National Defence Industries Council and the Defence Manufacturers Association , and my Department participates in the regional seminar staged by the DTI for small and medium-sized defence industries . |
| 8 | When I first came across this text my mind went to the Athanasian Creed which describes the Godhead as uncreated , infinite , eternal and incomprehensible . |
| 9 | And then my mind shimmers in the great heat and all things appear to me as through coloured veils . |
| 10 | A trade union to my mind stands in the same position . |
| 11 | Her kiss at the cottage gate left my mind occupied during the long walk back to the farm . |
| 12 | My mind blanked on alternate minutes , my heartbangs sounded like the 4.30 at Epsom , and my mouth felt like cat-litter . |
| 13 | Gustave did n't understand this , could n't see that my talent depended on the swift moment , the sudden feeling , the unexpected meeting : on life , that 's what I 'm saying . |
| 14 | With hindsight , she says : ‘ I wished I 'd kept my mouth shut in the first three weeks . |
| 15 | My back ached , my bum was sore and my mouth caked with the rich tang of the wine . |
| 16 | My eyes roved around the little shop , taking in the wooden treasures brought to life by Quirke . |
| 17 | My feet tickle with the marching rhythm . |
| 18 | I felt and slid my arms under Harry 's and with my feet slipping on the muddy bottom yanked him upwards as fiercely as I could and found him still stuck and yanked again twice more with increasing desperation until finally whatever had been holding him released its grasp and he came shooting to the surface , only to begin falling sluggishly back again as a dead weight . |
| 19 | How large will my Snakehead grow in the present set-up , and what is its life expectancy ? |
| 20 | My parents lived in the big house and I built a studio and had a whole little place where I could live in the basement and it was very convenient , so David would come round there . ’ |
| 21 | I let my gaze wander to the open grassy strip at the side of the block , which was almost completely empty of life , and then on to the red buses and cars hurrying along the main road . |
| 22 | With my cheek resting on the worn linoleum things came back into focus almost at once . |
| 23 | Since I mention native speakers ' feelings in this connection , and since I am elsewhere rather sceptical about appeals to native speakers ' feelings , I had better explain that in this case my evidence comes from the native speakers of English I have taught in practical classes on transcription over many years . |
| 24 | I was head and shoulders taller than she , my head knocking against the low rafters . |
| 25 | Every February , like thousands of others artists up and down the country , I have to decide which of my paintings to submit to the Royal Academy ; you are allowed to send in a maximum of three works for which you pay a fee of £9 each . |
| 26 | I 'd not done an adaptation before and my fears grew with the first reading of the book , simply because of the enormity of the task . ’ |
| 27 | [ Balliol ] pressed me much to have my name inserted in the new Commissn for the Peace , but I absolutely declined it . |
| 28 | I had been working for more than an hour and my wrists ached from the continuous chopping , but I was filled with an immense exhilaration . |
| 29 | Eventually we moved to Dorset where my father taught at the local grammar school . |
| 30 | For some time after the trip I have to report that my game remained on the critical list . |