Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [conj] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They seemed quite pleasant young people , who listened intently to my greetings , my introductions and my little jokes . |
| 2 | Dear God , but I gave you my heart and my very soul — ’ |
| 3 | I lose my heart and my common sense . |
| 4 | It 's not really ever one person that does my hair but my favourite salon is Constantines in Manchester . |
| 5 | ‘ They have my confidence , my admiration and my full support . |
| 6 | In spite of my enthusiasm and my growing sense of self-importance , one con keeps cropping up and is finally given life by a fellow banker from Chase Manhattan , whom I sit next to on the flight into Kuala Lumpur . |
| 7 | ‘ Worst of all , being pulled up by the roots — worse for me than for j[ack] ; for Leeborough has always been my base whereas his real home has been Hillsboro [ Mrs Moore 's rented house in Headington , Oxford ] far some years now . |
| 8 | I like living with my mum and her little girl . |
| 9 | I realized that the odd muffled mumbling from the direction of my co-star before our first entrance was the sentence on the business-card . |
| 10 | There was a fluid pain at the back of my neck and my own voice was strange to me . |
| 11 | ‘ It was like death-with my children already grown up , tired of watching my movies at my own request , with my ex-wife at my side and my faithful dog . ’ |
| 12 | Unbathed and weary from the bake of the sun and the refreshment of cool water , I am delicious with the skag inside my chest and the sweet , smoky aroma surrounding me , and the touch of my lover and his hot arms about my waist , and his |
| 13 | My snowy cheeks and ruddy lids , the coin-slot of my mouth and its tannic teeth — and the rug , a dry rug , a drinker 's rug . |
| 14 | I jolt awake with a bad taste in my mouth and my left eyelid stuck down again . |
| 15 | When are we gon na have rules revisions , there 's a long way to go and as the , the er General Secretary said , be careful , because I 've been to talks with , on , from the Regional Committee with the T & G yes we got on lovely with them , they 're fine , they , they gave us a nice big er commemorative medal of the dockers ' strike and it 's got my granddad and my great granddad on it cos they was there in the other union mind you while we 've done all the striking and that they stood by , but nevertheless they 're not bad lads anyway and as John said we must be careful that we are not the ones that are gon na be taken over , because I remember that old song of the fifties , never smile at a crocodile |
| 16 | ‘ For your lordship 's letter , duly come to hand , I send you my thanks and my grateful sense of your lordship 's kindness and good feeling towards me . |
| 17 | No one carried on the cheesemaking tradition in our family , although West Park Farm is still owned by the Birketts , run as a beef farm by my sister-in-law and her young son . |
| 18 | Now , lad , you were curious earlier as to my movements and my changed countenance . |
| 19 | In my capacity as my own analyst I feel that the least I can do for my patient , and my readers , is precisely to ‘ let the case material speak for itself ’ . |
| 20 | Quite apart from my visitors and my new friends , some of whom whisk me away to stay for the weekend , there are what you could call my ‘ professional engagements ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ I am 21 and live with my fiancé and our two sons , born in August 1987 and November 1989 . |
| 22 | The use in this of ‘ mystery ’ as articled trade and as ‘ enigma ’ precisely makes my point that our own usage of ‘ profession ’ carries both meanings ( as well as others ) . |
| 23 | Anorexia provided me with the illusion that I was in control , not only of my body and my own status within the community , but of that community itself and , finally , of the biological processes which others around me were powerless to influence . |
| 24 | ‘ I had to adjust my ideas because my previous designs were sharp little miniskirts … rather severe . ’ |
| 25 | I have taken and passed the IAM test , and have finally put paid to any more irritating jokes about female from my husband and my four sons . |
| 26 | I would also be prepared to take up some responsibility in the popular government , It will be a less oppressed life , more tranquil , although perhaps at home there will only be me because my husband and my two sons have been murdered by the army and the others have gone to fight . |
| 27 | In 1976 with the Tories gaining votes I left my friends , my lover , my job and my political life in Ireland . |
| 28 | I was lying on my back and my whole body , my arms and legs were strongly fastened to the ground . |
| 29 | Then I treated him for three days with a view of my back and my sulky face . |
| 30 | A kea , New Zealand 's native parrot , swooped by out of the gloom , its green wings flapping round my head and its curved beak frighteningly close to my face . |