Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Squadron 499 of the Air Training Corps became very successful , so much so that I was awarded a national honour , a Member of the British Empire , MBE ( Military ) . |
| 2 | I see me in my shame , the horror of this hour ; mascara fallout littering my face like ashes , my skin dank with the sweat of Crilly and myself , my underwear torn and hanging from my hips , and me , small and stoned and sobbing , beneath the stern emphatic white of Siobhan 's cross . |
| 3 | The last time I won was here and I had that on my mind most of the week . |
| 4 | ‘ God 's will only who lives and dies … was n't my fault some of the crew and near all those damn niggers took the flux . ’ |
| 5 | I pulled my boat near to the ship , then stood up to see through the cabin window . |
| 6 | I stopped and put down my shopping next to the hedge . |
| 7 | ‘ I hurt my back due to the impact in the side . |
| 8 | When my father tired of the pretence involved in this relationship ( for he was n't as weak as they had tacitly agreed ) he had hastened to the other extreme and married a woman who , as my mother was fond of remarking , you could pour into a jug . |
| 9 | If he just suddenly hits me without warning , thought Bob , I shall almost certainly go straight over backwards with my feet still caught up in the bar-stool , and split my skull open on the floor . |
| 10 | This small group ( within the larger group , the organization ) is often called my role set or my team , and it is their transmitted expectations which affect my performance most of the time . |
| 11 | I did not really know what I wanted to do with my life most of the time . |
| 12 | I went to church with the bridesmaids and left my daughter alone in the house with her father . |
| 13 | I lay quietly on my bed most of the day , and Charlotte sat in the next room writing . |
| 14 | When Dad had knocked the bottle out of my hand some of the bleach must have spilled down my face because my right eyebrow was blonde . |
| 15 | Professor Uitsmijter has suggested what at first seems a crazy solution to my translation problems : I place my tape-recorder next to the phone , he records the laibon 's words in Nairobi and he faxes back the translation . |
| 16 | I launched it on to a small lake and , lying flat on its wooden platform , pressed my face close to the water . |
| 17 | I sat in my chair with my face close to the table , and while I was talking to one group of visitors , the others used to drive round the table . |
| 18 | I hold my office direct from the king ! ’ |
| 19 | Encouraged , he covered her mouth with his , and started to pull her shirt free of the waistband of her shorts , sliding his hands beneath to cup her breasts . |
| 20 | His hand moved to tug her shirt free of the waistband of her trousers and she felt his touch on the warmth of her skin , his fingers moulding her body like a contented tiger . |
| 21 | She could still return through the woods , retracing the silent path , past the clearing and its ancient Eros with blank sightless eyes , moss flaking from its pedestal like old scales , to find her car beyond the padlocked gates , its paintwork shimmering in the heat . |
| 22 | At last I gained the crest of a rise , and there below me stretched the sloping flat rocks , and yes , the mermaids were there , their fur dry in the sun , their bodies slick and contented , their eyes closed , enjoying the afternoon , exactly as I had done myself . |
| 23 | Ace kept her foot rigid against the throttle override and lifted her head . |
| 24 | The main party of opposition , the Democratic Party , also sought to widen its base prior to the election with the announcement on Nov. 26 that it had compacted an alliance with the National Congress , an umbrella organization of dissident groups . |
| 25 | She feared the bounds of her mind would burst and she would be swamped , her sanity irretrievable in the flood damage . |
| 26 | THE Romsey Signalbox project completed a successful 48 hour stint at their base near to the junction of the Romsey to Southampton and Romsey to Eastleigh lines . |
| 27 | He noticed that the modern Dutch yacht , their constant neighbour over the past six months was back in her berth next to the wherry . |
| 28 | Looking at her heat patterns , Jessamyn saw the cold outlines of the wavy dagger and the pepperpot charge-gun stashed in her garterbelt stark against the warmth . |
| 29 | She had her handbag open on the table and had taken out a small leather wallet with several plastic pockets in it , for cheque cards and the like . |
| 30 | In the races , the Queen suffered an early setback when her jockey Frankie Dettori failed to match his Derby Day win on her horse Enharmonic in the Prince of Wales ' Stakes . |