Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The , my eye I got some drops from the chemist cos my eye was bad . |
| 2 | In my day we had long skirts , near came right down to the ground . ’ |
| 3 | In my day we had great stars like that Peter Barnes , then there was Brian Greenhoff , he were grand . |
| 4 | Brampton Theatre asked me how much it was going to cost , so I , off the top of my head I said twenty pounds |
| 5 | no , no , my Lord I have three applications to make in the light of the evidence given by Mr yesterday and this witness today , er the first is this in terms of this witnesses evidence , I do n't know whether your Lordship appreciated it , but I certainly did in terms of evidence , that in cases of some brochures there were a number of editions , in other words first , second and maybe third edition |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I remember after we had had a big success at Covent Garden with Elektra he turned to me and said , ‘ You know , Birgit , for the first time in my career I get good notices here in London ! ’ |
| 7 | That was bad enough , but when he told my daughter it started three weeks after they married and lasted until three months ago , she threw him out and she 's changed the locks of the house and says she will divorce him . |
| 8 | On my farm I use three methods ; most of my bulk oats are stored in a ferrocement silo which is completely weather- and vermin-proof . |
| 9 | And in fact if if if if er we look along this line , at the moment we as I said in my introduction we have two districts or three districts who have expressed support for the principal , and of those of those one has given a clear indication that it would , this might be too , er high a phrase , welcome a new settlement , within its district . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've met him at a couple of PFA functions and when it was my testimonial he sent some things down to be raffled . |
| 11 | Librarians point out that for their part they receive fewer volumes for their money , since the prices of books over the same period have risen distinctly faster than retail prices as a whole . |
| 12 | When she put her hand to her hair she felt small twigs and she was hastily removing them when a car slid to a halt beside her . |
| 13 | The programs were tried out extensively with my own students , and from their feedback I made several modifications . |
| 14 | His job is to clean along the paths of the Zoo and that thing he pushes is for the rubbish he collects , and along its side he has two brooms and a shovel . |
| 15 | The islands have never been joined to South America and because of their isolation they contain large numbers of endemic organisms . |
| 16 | Shortly after his return Gresley appointed him assistant carriage and wagon superintendent , in which capacity he introduced numerous innovations including modernized train interiors ; a completely articulated five-coach train set carried on only six bogies , in whose kitchen electric cooking was pioneered ; and also twin articulated sleeping cars . |
| 17 | Under its influence we believe good men can resist evil . |
| 18 | And at the beginning of the year , I would sort of work out which weeks I want those mailings to go out . |
| 19 | But I do n't want to forget him , it 's not you forget it save your own life , you see er Irene one Wales , er she 's Greek , she 's only a young woman , she lost her husband I think two years ago and she 's already , cos you needs , delicate and people , people keep on thinking that you , you , you do n't want nobody then , you land in a mental home or stroke or , or something |
| 20 | He played for Sussex from 1912 to 1937 , during which period he took 2,211 wickets for Sussex at an individual cost of 17.41 runs . |
| 21 | It is a measure of Edward 's desperation that by its terms he surrendered any claims which Englishmen had upon Scottish lands and thus alienated further support among his magnates . |
| 22 | The Greenlys moved to Clevedon for some time , in which district he made valuable contributions to Pre-Cambrian , Palaeozoic , and Quaternary geology . |
| 23 | In the anti-poll tax struggle , nearly 2,000 groups emerged , and at its peak we had 25 groups in Coventry . |
| 24 | In the first month of its operation it received 280 inquiries ; but commenting on this figure , a spokesman said : ‘ We expect a dramatic increase in inquiries once head teachers come back from holiday and examine the information we have sent them ’ . |
| 25 | In the course of its report it made several suggestions as to reform of the law to increase the availability of credit by removing what were perceived to be legal handicaps : Specifically , the Banking Commission recommended changes in the law of security . |
| 26 | In the gut , the main symptom of candidiasis is said to be bloating and wind , because as the yeast ferments its food it produces prodigious quantities of carbon dioxide gas . |
| 27 | The central paradox of this kind of ‘ trading places ’ is that through the very symmetry of its inversions it postulates imaginary correspondences between black and white positions even as it seeks to naturalize difference and domination . |
| 28 | You think you got Did you did you see which ones you got full marks on ? |
| 29 | It is true that the privilege of smaller towns was generally couched in more negative terms : by defining their consuetudines they prevented other powers — usually castellans — from arbitrary exactions . |
| 30 | Levine , an investment banker at a prestigious Wall Street firm , was alleged to have been involved in insider trading over a period of six years , during which time he made huge profits while trading on the basis of material nonpublic information in the securities of companies . |