Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My hair comes out like a bird 's nest and my eyes look slitty . |
| 2 | I wiped sweat off my forehead with my fingers and stood quietly , holding on , trying to let the oxygen level in my blood climb back to a functioning state . |
| 3 | There was a smell inside that made all my senses rear up like a horse that smells blood . |
| 4 | One such occasion was Labor Day 1949 , when my parents went off on a holiday barbecue or picnic and deposited the three oldest toys — David [ eight ] , Johnny [ six ] and Alvin [ four ] — with a teenage black babysitter named Earl at the Ritz to see Li'l Abner [ the early black and white version , with Buster Keaton in a small part ] and I Married a Witch . |
| 5 | We have er , my parents sat down with a the group of the family there |
| 6 | This year I have my mummy and my daddy coming up for a couple of days and that will be fine |
| 7 | My eye swelled up in a matter of minutes , and I was unable to hear anything . |
| 8 | Laverne , I just want you to know that business could be seriously affected if my guests end up in a mess , dammit . |
| 9 | My room looks out over a croquet lawn , at the end of which is a pond thickly planted with papyrus — the eponymous plant always mentioned by school teachers in any history of written language — in which , I know with certainty , all hell will break loose as dusk falls . |
| 10 | I was anticipating severe disapproval from that quarter , because my father was bemused , to say the least , by my refusal to settle down into a job with a future , as he put it . |
| 11 | Then it was on to my bike and off to spend the rest of my day banged up with a bunch of sullen , spoilt brats in order to make Clive Phillips even richer than he already was . |
| 12 | I have never had much stomach for fighting and I certainly did not relish the prospect of having my head knocked off for a few cigarettes ! |
| 13 | Anyone who could play an instrument or sing in tune was roped in , and I found my name put down on a list to be a chorus girl . |
| 14 | My wife finished off with a creme caramel dessert while I just finished off the litre bottle of house white , which was well worth its £8.95 price tag . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , my Lord , my wife took up with a hawker and man away five years ago : and I have never seen her since , so I married this other woman last winter . ’ |
| 16 | For instance , when people find out that my father ran off with a schoolgirl they invariably look at me in a particular way , which means one of two things , if not both of them . |
| 17 | Of course , after I 'd cut off one bit , my temper cooled down like a hot Poker dipped in a rain barrel . |
| 18 | To coin a phrase by John , I live in a very small house said Confucius , but my windows look out on a very large world . |
| 19 | My voice came out like a croak — I was choking with rage . |
| 20 | My dad went off with a Rodeo Groupie , that 's what Mom says . |
| 21 | my dad like in South Africa my dad was telling me , when they went out at night , yeah , like if they were going to a restaurant he 'd take a kni he 'd take his gun with him and keep , it 's fucking odd man like my dad walking around with a nine millimetre strapped to his |
| 22 | ‘ My contribution ended up as a very defined , but audible sound . |
| 23 | Finally I reached Maymyo , to find my family camping out in a very small house , all three children down with scarlet fever . |
| 24 | I lead a very chaotic life and spend a lot of my time running around like a maniac so that keeps me fairly fit . |
| 25 | And so if one of my colleagues sets out on a reform designed to get better value for money and a more effective health service , I 'm going to support him . |
| 26 | She thought of taking off her overall — ; she was wearing one of Lily 's blouses underneath — only when it was unbuttoned and she looked in the mirror her chest poked out in a most peculiar way . |
| 27 | I caught a glimpse of JCBs grazing in the adjoining field like a group of hybrid giraffes ; and was that a dumper truck with its shell tipped up like a rutting tortoise ? |
| 28 | It was a black cleavage-revealing affair topped by a sparkling gold necklace , and with her hair swept up into a sophisticated style the older woman made Lucy feel like a country cousin . |
| 29 | He clambered over and pulled off the covering so quickly her hair bushed out like a halo . |
| 30 | She was small and dark , with her hair scraped back into a bun . |