Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My heart bleeds for the whole misunderstanding but it bleeds most for Diana . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | When I first came across this text my mind went to the Athanasian Creed which describes the Godhead as uncreated , infinite , eternal and incomprehensible . |
| 6 | And then my mind shimmers in the great heat and all things appear to me as through coloured veils . |
| 7 | A trade union to my mind stands in the same position . |
| 8 | Her kiss at the cottage gate left my mind occupied during the long walk back to the farm . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | With hindsight , she says : ‘ I wished I 'd kept my mouth shut in the first three weeks . |
| 11 | My back ached , my bum was sore and my mouth caked with the rich tang of the wine . |
| 12 | How large will my Snakehead grow in the present set-up , and what is its life expectancy ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | With my cheek resting on the worn linoleum things came back into focus almost at once . |
| 15 | Since I mention native speakers ' feelings in this connection , and since I am elsewhere rather sceptical about appeals to native speakers ' feelings , I had better explain that in this case my evidence comes from the native speakers of English I have taught in practical classes on transcription over many years . |
| 16 | I was head and shoulders taller than she , my head knocking against the low rafters . |
| 17 | [ Balliol ] pressed me much to have my name inserted in the new Commissn for the Peace , but I absolutely declined it . |
| 18 | Eventually we moved to Dorset where my father taught at the local grammar school . |
| 19 | For some time after the trip I have to report that my game remained on the critical list . |
| 20 | The notary gave Broussac a vigorous shove which sent my companion sprawling into the open sewer . |
| 21 | You 've made my life complete for the first time since your mother died . ’ |
| 22 | I 've spent the last year of my life caring for the wrong person . ’ |
| 23 | He recalled : ‘ The partner and my uncle went to the six o'clock train for London to try to head me off . |
| 24 | The country women are wearing the sort of clothes my grandmother wore in the 1920s and 1930s , pinafores tied over rid-calf-length frocks , topped with cardigan and headscarf . |
| 25 | President , as far as Mick 's concerned , yes you 're quite right Mick , my report says about the Saudi deal . |
| 26 | At least I did n't get my photo taken by the zoom-lensed police photographer on the touchline ( at least I do n't think I did ) . |
| 27 | Ten minutes later , the president of my bank calls about the same subject . |
| 28 | and myself or as he was better known , came through B Seventeen Transition School at in Florida together and where the crews were formed so that the names in the Army of course are worked alphabetically , so everybody on my crew is trained with everybody on crew and their last name is just ahead erm in the alphabetic in the class that they were in , so that my navigator came from the same school , the same navigation class as . |
| 29 | December 7 , 1786 : I am in a fair way of becoming as eminent as Thomas a Kempis or John Bunyan , and you may expect henceforth to see my birthday inserted among the wonderful events in the Poor Robin 's and Aberdeen Almanacks , along with the black Monday and the battle of Bothwell Bridge . |
| 30 | erm and as such a likely hiding place for someone to be was beneath the bed , erm I then lifted the bed with one hand , as I had my revolver drawn in the other hand , erm and then seeing no one was underneath it , I I dropped it again . |