Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My heart bleeds for the whole misunderstanding but it bleeds most for Diana . ’ |
| 2 | And my heart returned to a human being 's heart beat rate in — oh , just a few days , give or take a month or two . |
| 3 | My heart rose to a tidal detonation ; |
| 4 | He used to be a crane driver dear for , yeah he used and I 've got to , one of me sons now is a foreman for , well they 're not now it 's , it 's sort of amal amalgamated with another firm now I think , but he does , he does erm , he 's a foreman like now , he used to be a truck , crane driver and my , the very night that my hubby died on the following Monday he would of been working in Harlow , he got a new crane to take over in Harlow and he 'd been working away from home for weeks and months of the year always away , coming home weekends and I used to have to cook and do his washing and pack him up for going off again Monday morning early , but he never was near home working then , and as I say the night before he went he was , he was gon na work on the Monday to in Old , to Harlow down where the new er place was for and it unfortunately cos he went . |
| 5 | Bought my Paradise Lost in a second hand book and I ga , shop , and I gave it to Marion . |
| 6 | Such is the power of suggestion that that night as I neared the top of the staircase , my foot stumbled on the last step but one . |
| 7 | My sentence consists of a demonstrative pronoun , which acts as an ersatz name and fulfils the function of the subject , and a predicative expression . |
| 8 | I will grow my hair out to its natural colour until it falls long and lank about my shoulders , allow my skin to fade to a startling winter white . |
| 9 | In Brighton , the worst place for magic , my sister went to a theatrical costumier . |
| 10 | In the light of the fly leaf , the end of my penis looked like a peeled pomegranate . |
| 11 | In an attempt to compensate for this and to represent what I can only assume is a minority interest for your readership , my entry consists of a substantial majority of jazzers . |
| 12 | I am in constant touch with defence industry leaders through the National Defence Industries Council and the Defence Manufacturers Association , and my Department participates in the regional seminar staged by the DTI for small and medium-sized defence industries . |
| 13 | When I first came across this text my mind went to the Athanasian Creed which describes the Godhead as uncreated , infinite , eternal and incomprehensible . |
| 14 | And then my mind shimmers in the great heat and all things appear to me as through coloured veils . |
| 15 | A trade union to my mind stands in the same position . |
| 16 | Her kiss at the cottage gate left my mind occupied during the long walk back to the farm . |
| 17 | My glance fell upon a stricken shrub and I became aware of a terrible aloneness in that sullen and deserted place . |
| 18 | Gustave did n't understand this , could n't see that my talent depended on the swift moment , the sudden feeling , the unexpected meeting : on life , that 's what I 'm saying . |
| 19 | My seat went through a large 16in thicknesser , but if you do not have access to one , do n't worry . |
| 20 | With hindsight , she says : ‘ I wished I 'd kept my mouth shut in the first three weeks . |
| 21 | My back ached , my bum was sore and my mouth caked with the rich tang of the wine . |
| 22 | My eyes snapped open and my mouth gaped in a soundless scream . |
| 23 | My boat stops on a glassy lake , expects . |
| 24 | I was feeling very upset after having my handbag stolen in a large hotel in Liverpool . |
| 25 | And an awful performance by my boy looking like a Black and White Minstrel ! ’ |
| 26 | But afterwards , I found myself in the dim bathroom of my hut staring at a haunted face . |
| 27 | How large will my Snakehead grow in the present set-up , and what is its life expectancy ? |
| 28 | I do n't want my child to turn into an anti-social loner which , as your article pointed out , is one of the perils of spending hour after hour playing computer games . |
| 29 | I let my gaze wander to the open grassy strip at the side of the block , which was almost completely empty of life , and then on to the red buses and cars hurrying along the main road . |
| 30 | Instead of the lake , my gaze rested upon a broken expanse of scrub . |