Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my case , my parents used it with devastating overkill . |
| 2 | Apart from learning more about my own language , the eloquent richness of the Queen 's English and the previously undiscovered interest I had in teaching , my job brought me into close contact with real Spanish people . |
| 3 | ‘ My father left me in sole and total charge , ’ she said slowly , battling to retain control of her emotions . |
| 4 | My father warned me about French men . |
| 5 | It was because the Communist Party fed me , that my learning stood me in good stead and I know at least this much and I live like this . |
| 6 | I enjoyed the function and my friends kept me in good cheer as I was obviously anxious about my husband being in the Gulf and did have a few too many drinks . |
| 7 | The Head of Department replied that they were used mainly for the Sixth Form , for example , the History of Art' … my predecessor bought them for departmental use , but my belief is that kids should be actively involved in creative work , not passively looking at film — and we have difficulty with blackout , too'. ( verified note of meeting ) |
| 8 | Beatrice was married now , with a family of her own , and because times were hard her sister helped her with surreptitious gifts of money ; and with clothes , toys , and treats for the children . |
| 9 | Of the priests we know little , except where their transgressions brought them to episcopal notice . |
| 10 | Plans for their future brought them into political contact with enemies of the ninth electorate which led first to the secret murder of Königsmarck in 1694 , with the connivance of Ernst August , and later to Sophia Dorothea 's confinement in her father 's keeping at the palace of Ahlden , following her divorce from Georg Ludwig in 1694 , which carried the rider that she could not remarry . |
| 11 | First , she contended that her husband put her under undue pressure to sign and that she finally succumbed to the pressure . |
| 12 | It was almost lunch-time , but the sun on her face stroked her into lingering , into staying still . |
| 13 | His mouth met hers with bruising force , and the clamour inside her head rose to a deafening crescendo , the world twisted and turned , tossing her adrift with the turbulence of a whirlwind . |
| 14 | His words hit her like small , sharp knives and Jenna raised her hands to claw at him , hurting inside and wanting to hurt back . |
| 15 | His eyes searched hers with fierce intensity , and his lips hovered over her own . |
| 16 | His apprenticeship took him through various parts of the motor car division until the outbreak of war , when he was transferred to the aviation side to make crankshafts and camshafts for Merlin engines . |
| 17 | His gaze pierced her like cold steel . |
| 18 | On the positive side , his inheritance freed him from financial constraints and so he decided to settle in England , setting up house in London at Carlton Terrace , an event which led Disraeli to write somewhat mockingly : ‘ … |
| 19 | His team won it for sure in the second half , with tries from full-back , Martin Roberts and flanker , Pete Glanville . |
| 20 | He says they stopped selling replica handguns because he suspected that some of his customers wanted them for possible criminal reasons . |
| 21 | His father coached him in Dutch , and also introduced him to theosophy . |
| 22 | His journey took him via Saudi , Kuwait , Iraq , Syria , Turkey , Greece , Yugoslavia [ that was ] , Austria and onwards through Europe . |
| 23 | His health prevented him from active service in World War I but from 1916 he worked in the war trade intelligence department and in Admiralty research . |
| 24 | Wycliffe decided on a walk and his walk took him along Green Bank and down the High Street , where crumbling houses and shops were being rejuvenated or demolished , into the main street . |
| 25 | His way took him through narrow alleys , between rows of little granite cottages whose front doors opened to the street . |
| 26 | As so often in the past , Our Lady blessed us with fine weather so that were able to hold our group procession on Wednesday morning , carrying her statue along the holy mile to the Shrine , singing hymns and reciting the Rosary . |