Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me that Ace blackmailed you into becoming his lover ? ’ |
| 2 | My life lay away from them now , and the problems I had brought to work with me that morning reclaimed me with redoubled urgency . |
| 3 | An oilman offered me fifty petrodollars to blow him in the lift . " |
| 4 | Probably you could buy them some stores have them for maybe a week or so . |
| 5 | ‘ You can give me another place to meet her at night-time , a more private place , which she can choose and no one will be able to find out . ’ |
| 6 | He gave me some answers to give you about your questions yesterday evening . ’ |
| 7 | Q I have layered , shoulder-length permed hair and it has taken me some time to grow it to this length . |
| 8 | At any rate , perhaps I may be allowed to communicate with Your Majesty on this point , or ask my Private Secretary to discuss it with Sir Michael Adeane . |
| 9 | Yet I found that the breadth of my Scottish education stood me in good stead in the work of assessing and editing material from the whole agenda of a serious newspaper . |
| 10 | My hon. Friend asked me about the medical ethics of the issue . |
| 11 | Will my hon. Friend join me in paying tribute to the imaginative experiment that the Lord Mayor of London is supporting this year , in which young people go into schools to help pupils with learning difficulties and those who are quicker than the rest of the class ? |
| 12 | Will my hon. Friend join me in paying tribute to the sterling work done by the Action Committee for a Hospital in Ely and Cambridge health authority , which persevered in trying to get the hospital for the NHS ? |
| 13 | Will my hon. Friend join me in paying tribute to Mr. Martyn Rands , chairman of Basildon commuters ' club — and to his hard-working committee — who met my hon. Friend this morning and presented him with a petition , signed by 5,000 people in my constituency , complaining about the disgraceful service that they receive on the Fenchurch Street line ? |
| 14 | My hon. Friend had it in a nutshell . |
| 15 | I had the opportunity to study the document because my hon. Friend drew it to my attention as we came into the Chamber . |
| 16 | Will my hon. Friend bear it in mind that the sooner a third lane is constructed to alleviate Chelmsford traffic , the happier will be my constituents ? |
| 17 | My hon. Friend has it in one — |
| 18 | I was selling houses and apartments on a commission basis , and I think that my English accent stood me in good stead . |
| 19 | His single , minded pursuit of operational perfection had to be witnessed to be appreciated , He was the only Commander in the field that was able to change the entire concept of strategic bombing ; moreover he was the only Group commander with any worthwhile operational background , my personal researches accredit him with more than a full bomber tour of operations , and that includes his escape from Sweden . |
| 20 | I come from a fanatically rugby-conscious Welsh miner 's family ; five of my six brothers played it with some distinction . |
| 21 | Indeed , my future mother-in-law defended me against criticism in this regard , with the quelling reply : ‘ She has a trained mind , and nothing to unlearn ! ’ |
| 22 | My magical ride took me from lake to lake , from Lough Corrib to Lough Mask and then to a third lake that seemed smaller than the last two inland seas set among high mountains . |
| 23 | My natural speed turned me into a wing three-quarter at rugby for the colts , though I can always recall matches in the centre and at fly-half . |
| 24 | A Glasgow friend , Tony Sykes , a great fisherman , at least he kept telling everyone he was , persuaded me against my better judgment to join him for a day 's salmon fishing on the River Ayr at Mauchline . |
| 25 | As weird Norman Bates was climbing the stairs in that awful , old dark house , the tension was so frightening that I almost screamed aloud , when my then boyfriend grabbed me by the arm and said : ‘ Let's watch horror films together for the rest of our lives ! ’ |
| 26 | The heads of the Valuation Department guaranteed me enough work to justify my continued employment , one of my many visits taking me to the Channel Islands during the ‘ phoney war ’ , while the enemy were occupied with Russia . |
| 27 | Some 36 years later I was invited to become Patron of Vliegclub Grimbergen , which honour I took very seriously and when my Belgian friends told me of the threatened closure of this , one of the busiest of Belgium 's general aviation airfields , I could see no obvious reason for closure , other than what only seemed to me to be political bias . |
| 28 | First of all my physical world constrains me in so far as every other car will be travelling on the left-hand side and my progress might be somewhat impeded if I chose otherwise ; secondly , it is a rule that is being followed by every driver . |
| 29 | My medical attendant decided it to be altogether nervous , and that it originates either in severe application , or excessive anxiety . |
| 30 | However , credit must also be given to Saya Yá2wshu ( Saya means teacher ) , the seconded catechist , who for my first year followed me like a shadow , to enlarge my vocabulary and lengthen my conversations and sermons . |