Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Squadron 499 of the Air Training Corps became very successful , so much so that I was awarded a national honour , a Member of the British Empire , MBE ( Military ) . |
| 2 | I see me in my shame , the horror of this hour ; mascara fallout littering my face like ashes , my skin dank with the sweat of Crilly and myself , my underwear torn and hanging from my hips , and me , small and stoned and sobbing , beneath the stern emphatic white of Siobhan 's cross . |
| 3 | The last time I won was here and I had that on my mind most of the week . |
| 4 | ‘ God 's will only who lives and dies … was n't my fault some of the crew and near all those damn niggers took the flux . ’ |
| 5 | I pulled my boat near to the ship , then stood up to see through the cabin window . |
| 6 | I stopped and put down my shopping next to the hedge . |
| 7 | ‘ I hurt my back due to the impact in the side . |
| 8 | When my father tired of the pretence involved in this relationship ( for he was n't as weak as they had tacitly agreed ) he had hastened to the other extreme and married a woman who , as my mother was fond of remarking , you could pour into a jug . |
| 9 | If he just suddenly hits me without warning , thought Bob , I shall almost certainly go straight over backwards with my feet still caught up in the bar-stool , and split my skull open on the floor . |
| 10 | This small group ( within the larger group , the organization ) is often called my role set or my team , and it is their transmitted expectations which affect my performance most of the time . |
| 11 | I did not really know what I wanted to do with my life most of the time . |
| 12 | I went to church with the bridesmaids and left my daughter alone in the house with her father . |
| 13 | I lay quietly on my bed most of the day , and Charlotte sat in the next room writing . |
| 14 | When Dad had knocked the bottle out of my hand some of the bleach must have spilled down my face because my right eyebrow was blonde . |
| 15 | Professor Uitsmijter has suggested what at first seems a crazy solution to my translation problems : I place my tape-recorder next to the phone , he records the laibon 's words in Nairobi and he faxes back the translation . |
| 16 | I launched it on to a small lake and , lying flat on its wooden platform , pressed my face close to the water . |
| 17 | I sat in my chair with my face close to the table , and while I was talking to one group of visitors , the others used to drive round the table . |
| 18 | I hold my office direct from the king ! ’ |
| 19 | Encouraged , he covered her mouth with his , and started to pull her shirt free of the waistband of her shorts , sliding his hands beneath to cup her breasts . |
| 20 | His hand moved to tug her shirt free of the waistband of her trousers and she felt his touch on the warmth of her skin , his fingers moulding her body like a contented tiger . |
| 21 | She could still return through the woods , retracing the silent path , past the clearing and its ancient Eros with blank sightless eyes , moss flaking from its pedestal like old scales , to find her car beyond the padlocked gates , its paintwork shimmering in the heat . |
| 22 | Where the tenancy in question is one to which Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 applies , it is often convenient if the minimum period of notice is six months and the form of the notice is capable of being that prescribed for the purposes of s25 of that Act . |
| 23 | At last I gained the crest of a rise , and there below me stretched the sloping flat rocks , and yes , the mermaids were there , their fur dry in the sun , their bodies slick and contented , their eyes closed , enjoying the afternoon , exactly as I had done myself . |
| 24 | Ace kept her foot rigid against the throttle override and lifted her head . |
| 25 | The main party of opposition , the Democratic Party , also sought to widen its base prior to the election with the announcement on Nov. 26 that it had compacted an alliance with the National Congress , an umbrella organization of dissident groups . |
| 26 | She feared the bounds of her mind would burst and she would be swamped , her sanity irretrievable in the flood damage . |
| 27 | THE Romsey Signalbox project completed a successful 48 hour stint at their base near to the junction of the Romsey to Southampton and Romsey to Eastleigh lines . |
| 28 | He noticed that the modern Dutch yacht , their constant neighbour over the past six months was back in her berth next to the wherry . |
| 29 | Looking at her heat patterns , Jessamyn saw the cold outlines of the wavy dagger and the pepperpot charge-gun stashed in her garterbelt stark against the warmth . |
| 30 | She had her handbag open on the table and had taken out a small leather wallet with several plastic pockets in it , for cheque cards and the like . |