Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet the best form of relief for this boy whom grief had made a man would be in action . |
| 2 | You 're not forgetting that I called you before that time myself , and you told me Bonanza had taken the girl away somewhere ? ’ |
| 3 | Sometimes this obstinacy was the refuge of the poor man who can not afford change and to whom stagnation has become a habit of mind necessary for survival ; at other times it represented a sound rejection of improper techniques culled by ‘ philosophical ’ amateurs from the journals of French and English agricultural societies . |
| 4 | My Heart bleeds to see the Concern he is in ; and it would be the utmost Satisfaction to me , if I could hope any thing of mine could contribute to his comfortable Subsistence in his old Age : I therefore beg of you to take the Key of my Buroe ; and if any thing is to be made of my poor Papers , that you will , for my sake , endeavour to promote a Subscription for his Benefit , which you so kindly have propos 'd for mine |
| 5 | There are lines round my eyes and my hair has become a hag 's rope . |
| 6 | It was a mistake on my part to try to cover the grey with lowlights . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've entered every year for the past 15 years and my bike has covered the distance every time — with a few minor running repairs sometimes . |
| 8 | I want to give it to Angela to put away now so I know my money 's put a way . |
| 9 | Also my mum had to share a bedroom with me and she did n't like watching someone else seeing to me . |
| 10 | Well as I say I went out and erm I thought , well Jill phoned and she said at the time my mum had got a boy that was sleeping rough down the sandpits . |
| 11 | It 's funny to look back and think how much my mum enjoyed having the ducks around — she encouraged them as much as I did . |
| 12 | And my Mum 's had a letter . |
| 13 | My Mum 's had a letter . ’ |
| 14 | Oh that 's lovely , three years ago my sister died leaving a household of two men , my brother-in-law aged eighty and myself approaching retirement age to cope with ourselves , to cope for ourselves . |
| 15 | I was in charge of the rummage crew , and feeling that I had done my bit went to find the others . |
| 16 | Just my luck to have left the passports in the hotel . |
| 17 | But before you can use the calculator , you need to understand what you 're doing and you say , My calculator 's got the cube root on it . |
| 18 | A warm excited thrill ran through my veins , my blood seemed to give a bound , and then raced fast and hot along its channels . |
| 19 | My labour has enriched the fatherland . |
| 20 | By the time I was through San Pedro de Lloc and had reached the turn-off to Cajamarca at San José my mind had built the man up into some sort of a monster . |
| 21 | My mind had found no solution to the puzzle when Seddon came in . |
| 22 | My mind started playing the shit tape monotonously . |
| 23 | Meanwhile my mouth keeps making the shape of screams , Ma ! |
| 24 | The artist who did my album cover used an airbrush and I got him to do three guitars for me . |
| 25 | My car 's got a bidet in it . |
| 26 | I worked out , later , that a ceptor from orbit may have been how my enemy had found the opening in the first place . |
| 27 | It is my intention to proceed to open the case proper , relating to areas D thirty nine and D forty , after the points raised in the court 's submissions have been resolved . |
| 28 | So my constable continues to hold the castle , let the King garrison the title as strongly as he will . |
| 29 | My great-grandmother preferred to begin a meal with pudding in case she ran out of steam before the last course . |
| 30 | My eye has permitted no change . |