Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] and [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been on duty in the Met Office since 8am , and managed to comb my hair and put on some lipstick before going straight down to the dance with June , one of the other Met Waafs . |
| 2 | Last autumn , Lynda and I flew to New England to visit my sister and to take in some birdwatching and camping in New Hampshire and Maine . |
| 3 | I raised my eyes and stared at that mad , bad face , the fleshy nose , the neatly trimmed gold beard and moustache . |
| 4 | ‘ Just bind it somehow so I can get on my feet and deal with that slut . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ So , go into my hut and meditate on that ’ , said the guru . |
| 6 | I relished the moment during a rehearsal once when Mel Brooks suddenly boomed at the researcher , ‘ Judith — go to my dressing-room and put on that thing I bought you ! ’ |
| 7 | The ghastly irony was that talking to someone outside helped clarify my feelings and work through some of the guilt I was carrying . |
| 8 | ‘ I was kicked out by my landlord and put in this hostel which was just awful and I had to get away so I came here — I do n't know why , really , I … ’ |
| 9 | And he 's he 's turned over this and just gon na slap one on me and I 've turned my head and gone like that and he 's fucking caught me right on the fucking lips ! |
| 10 | I held my breath and waited for that savage tug ; and waited , and waited , and waited . |
| 11 | I bite my lip and worry about this coming to an end . |
| 12 | When the pair finish one car they go back to the beginning of their segment and start on another . |
| 13 | Read their notes and check for any change in their condition . |
| 14 | At that time he was 30 , now completely cut off from his family and their protection and released from all their loving bonds . |
| 15 | British companies , which are now considered to be leaders in the value-added sector , come to the show to expose their products and learn about this dynamic market . |
| 16 | But during the night the mice invaded their camp and gnawed through all the halters , saddle-girths , and reins , while the bears , foxes , and cats growled and howled around the outskirts of the camp with a sound fearful enough to make your blood run cold . |
| 17 | The last four lines of Kubla Khan are a dazzling testament to the power of the poet to address the most fundamental and intangible aspects of our lives , to retrieve the most powerful secrets of our existence from the depths of the subconscious and ultimately to convey their force and meaning to those willing to receive them . |
| 18 | First of all there 's personal interest , secondly there 's class interest thirdly there 's rather amusingly some mean feeling in his own mind , so he has the idea that people might just be rather grumpy or something when they 're going to cast their , their vote and go to some rather destructive policy . |
| 19 | Two of them shook their heads and consulted with each other in low voices . |
| 20 | Some spiders hide in a handy crevice in the bark of a tree ; some hide beneath a leaf ; and other spiders build a funnel as part of their web and hide in that . |
| 21 | He looked alien and powerful , the master of her pleasure , giving and denying , tormenting while he delighted — about to become her lover and desired as such , although still a stranger . |
| 22 | Just weeks before her death Kelly sat with her father at the computer keyboard in her bedroom and keyed in all the arrangements she had made for her funeral . |
| 23 | Can maths teachers be entrusted with drawing inferences , trends etc. from significant data , or must they automatically stick to anodyne data which will offend no one but will automatically remove true significance from their work and lead to many students being bereft of motivation ? |
| 24 | The people who set the standards are no longer the older generation , the people who have lived their lives and come to some judgement on what life is all about . |
| 25 | And these two women , as they see me , suffering , silent , naked , this guy who 's given them everything and who 's the greatest fuck they ever had in their goddam lives — these women , these simple , nude women , they forget their rivalry and weep in each other 's arms . |
| 26 | A teenager who feels she has a share in making family policies is far more likely to accept the need to give and take , balancing her wants and needs with those of her parents . |
| 27 | She enjoyed being swept off her feet and wooed with such single-minded purpose , her every whim given in to , being inundated with presents . |
| 28 | This is an excellent opportunity for students to consolidate their studies and deal with any outstanding aspects which may have been causing difficulty . |
| 29 | She was especially furious that someone had succeeded in making her jump and yell like that because she prided herself on her toughness . |
| 30 | Pupils ' active involvement in the learning process is important in enhancing their knowledge and understanding in many subject areas . |