Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [coord] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Dear God , but I gave you my heart and my very soul — ’ |
2 | I lose my heart and my common sense . |
3 | It 's not really ever one person that does my hair but my favourite salon is Constantines in Manchester . |
4 | ‘ They have my confidence , my admiration and my full support . |
5 | In spite of my enthusiasm and my growing sense of self-importance , one con keeps cropping up and is finally given life by a fellow banker from Chase Manhattan , whom I sit next to on the flight into Kuala Lumpur . |
6 | I like living with my mum and her little girl . |
7 | There was a fluid pain at the back of my neck and my own voice was strange to me . |
8 | ‘ It was like death-with my children already grown up , tired of watching my movies at my own request , with my ex-wife at my side and my faithful dog . ’ |
9 | Unbathed and weary from the bake of the sun and the refreshment of cool water , I am delicious with the skag inside my chest and the sweet , smoky aroma surrounding me , and the touch of my lover and his hot arms about my waist , and his |
10 | My snowy cheeks and ruddy lids , the coin-slot of my mouth and its tannic teeth — and the rug , a dry rug , a drinker 's rug . |
11 | I jolt awake with a bad taste in my mouth and my left eyelid stuck down again . |
12 | When are we gon na have rules revisions , there 's a long way to go and as the , the er General Secretary said , be careful , because I 've been to talks with , on , from the Regional Committee with the T & G yes we got on lovely with them , they 're fine , they , they gave us a nice big er commemorative medal of the dockers ' strike and it 's got my granddad and my great granddad on it cos they was there in the other union mind you while we 've done all the striking and that they stood by , but nevertheless they 're not bad lads anyway and as John said we must be careful that we are not the ones that are gon na be taken over , because I remember that old song of the fifties , never smile at a crocodile |
13 | No one carried on the cheesemaking tradition in our family , although West Park Farm is still owned by the Birketts , run as a beef farm by my sister-in-law and her young son . |
14 | ‘ I am 21 and live with my fiancé and our two sons , born in August 1987 and November 1989 . |
15 | Anorexia provided me with the illusion that I was in control , not only of my body and my own status within the community , but of that community itself and , finally , of the biological processes which others around me were powerless to influence . |
16 | I have taken and passed the IAM test , and have finally put paid to any more irritating jokes about female from my husband and my four sons . |
17 | I would also be prepared to take up some responsibility in the popular government , It will be a less oppressed life , more tranquil , although perhaps at home there will only be me because my husband and my two sons have been murdered by the army and the others have gone to fight . |
18 | In 1976 with the Tories gaining votes I left my friends , my lover , my job and my political life in Ireland . |
19 | I was lying on my back and my whole body , my arms and legs were strongly fastened to the ground . |
20 | Then I treated him for three days with a view of my back and my sulky face . |
21 | A kea , New Zealand 's native parrot , swooped by out of the gloom , its green wings flapping round my head and its curved beak frighteningly close to my face . |
22 | To save my knees a bit I slid down onto my left hip , leaning my head and my left side against the tree . |
23 | Well , lately I 've begun to understand that God has been punishing me for my pride and my past wickedness . |
24 | I have just received from Anne Jessel the 25 splendid custom picks , printed with my name and my own slogan . |
25 | The old man answered my knock and his big face split into a delighted grin when he saw me . |
26 | As I was an officer , they devised a special treat for me : they raped my wife and my ten-year-old daughter in front of me , three of them to each , sticking their penises into each of the gateways . |
27 | Now I was a trained worker , and it was still very demanding , and it was quite a costly commitment for my wife and my two children , so I think we 're I think one 's got to be very careful . |
28 | They would come sometimes for my birthday , or at Christmas , and my mother , whose material circumstances were very much more comfortable than those of my father and his new family , would patronise them and condole with my stepmother on my father 's drinking habits and the undisciplined weeping of her little boy . |
29 | Anyway , my father and his theatrical consortium have always been great fans of Trumpton . |
30 | Now I 've lost my respect and my good name , and everybody laughs at me . |