Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [vb -s] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | There are lines round my eyes and my hair has become a hag 's rope . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | I want to give it to Angela to put away now so I know my money 's put a way . |
| 6 | And my Mum 's had a letter . |
| 7 | My Mum 's had a letter . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | My labour has enriched the fatherland . |
| 10 | Meanwhile my mouth keeps making the shape of screams , Ma ! |
| 11 | My car 's got a bidet in it . |
| 12 | So my constable continues to hold the castle , let the King garrison the title as strongly as he will . |
| 13 | My eye has permitted no change . |
| 14 | My missus has to buy the kids ' clothes down the jumble sale and if she wants a pair of nylons they come off the Green Shield stamps . |
| 15 | ‘ My husband has wronged the Mamur Zapt . |
| 16 | ‘ My husband has put a lot of work into Maastricht and the last six months have been awful for him , ’ she said . |
| 17 | I do n't know how many times my husband has attempted a three-D backdrop effect before , but this method , with its spot-on diagrams , worked first time . |
| 18 | But he has , we we 've only got , my husband 's got a computer at work , we just got one of the Segas , the master systems you know that you you got th the games that you put in those but he wants to get another one next year but that 's a good idea something like that ! |
| 19 | Well , my husband 's got the key . |
| 20 | To the waiter , he said : ‘ My friend 's had an accident . |
| 21 | My wife 's got a degree in mathematics , but she loves her kids ! ’ |
| 22 | Oh I 've seen there in fact my wife 's got a set of Howsons so |
| 23 | If it is that I do not , on the grounds that had I heard about the invitation my justification would have been defeated , you have a duty to give some account of why the ( unknown to me ) truth that my wife has refused the invitation does not somehow redress the balance . |
| 24 | I can get more because my father does have a minicassette recorder and a stock of tapes . |
| 25 | In the case of the police car , my belief fails to track the truth in both ways , and so is not knowledge . |
| 26 | ‘ And , Mr Oak , ’ she continued in a clear voice , ‘ I 'm so poor that my aunt has to provide a home for me . |
| 27 | My know-how has reached the summit of effort , and surpassed it . |
| 28 | Because when my government does see the pattern — you 're quite right they do n't want to see it right now and my D-G is n't helping them — but when these people do the next thing , and it 'll have to be something big — they 're up against a deadline on Berlin they 've already escalated it from forged documents to drugging people to shooting them God knows what comes next well when something new happens the lone psychopath theory will be dead , dead , dead . |
| 29 | And was there was a hint of desperation when he told TODAY 'S Bill Blighton last April : ‘ My life has become a soap opera , a long-running saga but I 'm not going to be the clone the US Tour want . |
| 30 | Throughout my life my tummy has been , as it were , my Achilles heel ; and around this same time the condition of my colon , which for the latter part of my life has had a habit of tying itself in knots , became particularly acute . |