Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [conj] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shrugged my shoulders and then the hospital came on the line . |
| 2 | Yet , in spite of all that , and the old mid-winter recordings within me , that winter — last winter — I never once resorted to glancing up at the pulley with its rope , the exhaust pipe of my car nor even the barrel of my shotgun . |
| 3 | I closed my eyes and suddenly the jakes door was thrust back and a veritable mountain of a man stood there . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll never forget , playing sick to get out of my cell and then the waiting for the bread van to come and pick me up . |
| 5 | As her son Charles , the new Earl Spencer , observes : ‘ It was a dreadful time for my parents and probably the root of their divorce because I do n't think they ever got over it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I went back to my room and soon a girl came with flat blonde hair , sickly-looking . |
| 7 | He , too , had felt the dampness seep in and yet , due to the broad sweeps of my pole and perhaps the motion of the lake , we had already travelled yards from the shore . |
| 8 | The following morning saw me back at the surgery in order to collect not only my screwdriver but also the death certificate , duly signed by two doctors ( yes , they had managed to find the mortuary ) , without which I could not obtain a Registration of Death certificate , without which Nigel could not be cremated . |
| 9 | And indeed it 's a sign of the times that I speak not with a mitre metaphorically upon my head but perhaps the glengarry of the convenorship of the Central Council of ACTS and therefore I am in part your servant here . |
| 10 | I was more brought up by my mother than my father and therefore the Bloomsbury influence was very strong . |
| 11 | Two days after seeing my surgeon and exactly a week before going into hospital , aided by my wife , I crawled up to London and met the hero of the book . |
| 12 | I will uphold my church and especially the leaders in my daily prayers . |
| 13 | It is silent and inert but I feel the full force of my personality and even the voice of the " I " within me , apart from it . |
| 14 | ‘ I had my torch but then the batteries went and I was in darkness . |
| 15 | He played a very happy part in my childhood and just the thought of him makes me smile even today . |
| 16 | It is wonderful to see their enthusiasm and already a heart for others to come to know the Lord Jesus . |
| 17 | Once this ranking process has taken place , respective managers sends their ranked packages to their superiors and so the process continues upwards through the hierarchy of the organization . |
| 18 | Since the notional content of adjectives , on the other hand , does not define the nature of their support but only a quality thereof they can be said to have external incidence . |
| 19 | The film 's musical score and song and dance numbers are surprisingly its weakest ingredient , though the shooting and editing of Earth Girls Are Easy is often highly original-especially the black and white dream sequence that 's a model of its kind and almost a music video in itself . |
| 20 | At I prepared to return to Britain , several of my relatives gave me copies of their identity cards , the deed for their houses and even the ownership documents for their property . |
| 21 | The affective responses of pupils consist of those behaviours which indicate their attitudes and ultimately the values they hold . |
| 22 | So when one day Kraal was mocking Slorne for her silent uselessness , Creggan was forced to say in her defence that perhaps the silence only hid an eagle who was kind and gentle and whose talons carried no harm for any eagle there . |
| 23 | Where there is strong local determination to keep the church open , the diocese may change its mind and ultimately the Church Commissioners may overrule the plans for closure . |
| 24 | The stars will be coming out during the day to celebrate Sainsbury 's Fundays — this is your chance not only to meet a celebrity , but to get their autograph and even a photograph ! |
| 25 | He said that although he was personally quite happy with things as they were , he understood her doubts and perhaps a trial separation would resolve them one way or the other . |
| 26 | The proposed cuts had led to talk of its closure but today a reprieve was announced . |
| 27 | A gasp of delight escaped her lips as instantly the gardens assumed a new and spellbinding dimension : thousands of light bulbs springing to life , outlining domes and minarets , and other graceful exotic images of the architects ' imagination . |
| 28 | Despite their recognition that even the model example of Greek literacy was not always ‘ unambiguous ’ , explicit and easy , they nevertheless tend to represent these qualities as ‘ intrinsic ’ to literacy and as the source of its great potential . |
| 29 | I 'd put money in their pockets and their favourite possession by their side and then the others would wait by the death-tent until it was time to bury 'em . " |
| 30 | as if intent on persuading her lips to curve , he bent and kissed first one corner of her mouth and then the other . |