Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now my heart performed a little jig , impromptu . |
| 2 | We arrived back at my cabin to watch a private video called Sierra Nevada starring a vixen called Kym . |
| 3 | ‘ My GP prescribed an oral antibiotic which I took for five months , but it did n't do anything . |
| 4 | After another term , I was given more art , and my class-room became an unofficial art room , much to the distress of the caretaker , who accused me of having the dirtiest class-room in the school ! |
| 5 | The only time my Oscars show a behavioural change is when they are separated from the shark , when they sulk and retreat unto the plec 's cave . |
| 6 | my mum has a small shop in the South of France ? |
| 7 | My mum wants a front seat as well ! |
| 8 | As he says , ‘ My text requires a certain sensitivity to the political problems of the class struggle on the part of the reader , since it is entirely determined by the theoretico-political conjuncture ’ . |
| 9 | Interviewed on BBC Radio 4 , Andrew Lees of Friends of the Earth declared , ‘ I have been given clearance by my Board to seek a judicial review … we are very serious about this issue and are going to go for it . ’ |
| 10 | I said , and felt my blood give a sick lurch . |
| 11 | My Department commissioned an independent review of noise control policy in 1990 and has already taken action on more than half the recommendations . |
| 12 | I was doing quite well in the quiz up to that point , but my mind went a total blank on that one . |
| 13 | When we look at the open countryside it does n't really to my mind say a great deal about er what is what should be considered acceptable . |
| 14 | for young people and if one of the things that corporations to my mind have a positive duty to do which is the social responsibility and we live in a society so increasingly fractured , rudderless and you know not so far away in places from anarchy that they have a duty to do things which effect maybe to see one the Bs not the A ones the Bs |
| 15 | I turned round in my seat to get a good view . |
| 16 | The existence of two different ways of actualizing the potential meaning of to in discourse is clearly seen in sentences which can be ambiguous : ( 6 ) I got up and opened my mouth to commence a downright torrent of abuse . |
| 17 | My agent took a dummy package to the Hilton , addressed to Tweed , marked ‘ Personal and Confidential ’ . |
| 18 | My borough has a large number of refugees , and I am concerned that the Bill may enable some authorities to avoid any responsibility for refugees . |
| 19 | ‘ After that my car gave a big flick in the fast corners and it was difficult to drive . |
| 20 | It has always been my intention to call a public meeting for all interested parties once we have something definite to report . |
| 21 | In a recent meeting with the Darlington Priests he stated : ‘ It is my intention to provide a Catholic desk for every Catholic pupil in Darlington where there is a proven need . ’ |
| 22 | Throughout it will be my intention to provide a detailed map and theoretical analysis of the external challenges to democracy in order to lay basis for re-thinking the meaning of democracy in the face of global developments |
| 23 | It is my intention to prepare a further paper taking account of the comments received , and then to invite interested parties to meet in order to discuss the way forward . |
| 24 | Despite my soft soles , my steps had an extraordinary echo . |
| 25 | I began to hum and before I knew it , a tidal wave of crystal-clear sound swept my voice to hitherto undiscovered heights and depths , racing through tunnels of octaves until the sound was n't my own and my ears heard a stranger singing . |
| 26 | My great-uncle made a little belvedere there , with that view of the sea and the Eilean na Roin . |
| 27 | My words created an eerie silence . |
| 28 | As he takes the mobile from me he says , ‘ That 's my best boy , ’ and I feel my legs do a little dance . |
| 29 | Twenty-five years later in West Mercia , as a newly promoted superintendent , I listened at my first conference as my peers discussed a chief constable 's agreement which allowed officers to discard ties in hot weather and wear open-necked shirts . |
| 30 | I listened to my feet making a steady rhythm on the paved stones , as regular as a pulse beat . |