Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After singing " Do n't think twice , it 's all right " , Dylan 's greatest song , my heart feels like shredded cabbage . |
| 2 | One or two other teachers were encouraged by my willingness to argue against racial prejudice and became more vocal themselves . |
| 3 | There were no details other than the knowledge of a fountain of sparks and my skin dissolving like hot margarine . |
| 4 | But I 'm also a Raider and I do n't believe the colour of my skin entered into this decision . ’ |
| 5 | As I try to sleep , my mattress raised on corrugated iron sheeting to discourage the rats from running over me , I hear a familiar sound : click-click , click-click , click-click . |
| 6 | So gripped did I become with my inability to proceed at one point , that I almost became benighted through ignoring what was literally a keyhole through the rock . |
| 7 | As a result of the Priority Japan campaign , which my Department launched with British industry , British exports to Japan have risen by no less than 80 per cent . |
| 8 | Irina talked , Bill dozed , my mind went on automatic pilot . |
| 9 | There were moments when the sun almost burst through the mist and I kept on driving , waiting and hoping for a first glimpse of the cordillera , my mind groping for some answer to the enigma of Iris Sunderby 's behaviour . |
| 10 | In an autobiographical account written a couple of years later , he described himself in having been " absolutely alone , of the most painful experiences and disappointments " ; and of his first response to " Schpenhauer 's masterpiece " he wrote that " in this book , in which every line cried out renunciation , denial and resignation , I saw a mirror in which I espied the whole world , life and my mind depicted in frightful grandeur " . |
| 11 | When I opened my mouth to speak on this topic it was as though my lips were sewn together with great stitches in the flesh , and my tongue would not move in my mouth . |
| 12 | ‘ Apparently after Naylor had spent hours checking around my old haunts without success , he finally got lucky when someone recalled having many times seen my car parked outside this block of flats . |
| 13 | But I would n't have my photograph taken at that time at all . |
| 14 | All my research pointed in one direction : psoriatic arthropophy . |
| 15 | and so I just need my salad stuff till another time |
| 16 | Only last month , my council applied for extra funding for another eight young people to be retained in the constituency rather than making the futile trek southwards . |
| 17 | I do n't want my child taught by that teacher ! |
| 18 | My fob-watch stopped at that betrayal : |
| 19 | So Mr Mayor , for completely different reasons than the council have er I will be urging my group to vote against this amendment and to support a subsequent amendment which will take the budget down even further . |
| 20 | He brings out my package wrapped in brown paper , and I slip it into my carrier with my clean linen . |
| 21 | In every case , their work is illustrated by important historical material among which is Bruce Nauman 's ‘ Neon templates of the left half of my body taken at ten inch intervals ’ , a large felt work by Robert Morris , the Fibonacci igloo of Mario Merz and major works by Joseph Beuys , Marcel Broodthaers , Luciano Fabro , Eva Hesse and Robert Smithson . |
| 22 | My imagination faltered at this point ; but I lingered over it , returning over and over again to the discovery of my heroine 's and my own female body , and the male contemplation of it . |
| 23 | I sat in my armchair ; the fire was cold and so was I , my head shrouded in damp hair . |
| 24 | I let my head fall to one side , my cheek against the cool damp sand . |
| 25 | My cleverness consisted of verbal fluency and , more importantly , the concomitant skill of literacy . |
| 26 | Being involved at Wembley that time whetted my appetite to get to that stage on a more important basis . |
| 27 | ‘ Two years ago my wife changed to first class to ensure a seat — it 's another £700 — but she still does n't get one . ’ |
| 28 | Suddenly my visitor launched into this harangue : |
| 29 | As it happened , my father had around this time come to the end of his distinguished service at Loughborough House with the death of his employer , Mr John Silvers , and had been at something of a loss for work and accommodation . |
| 30 | ‘ I feel proud that my father came from this city , ’ she said slowly . |