Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Then I put my hair up with one hand and pretended I was a model . |
2 | them into my hair out of sheer joy , and |
3 | Are you ever planning on giving me my clip back by any chance Susan ? |
4 | ‘ We will leave my sister out of this discussion , thank you . |
5 | ‘ I will go to bring my Gohar back in five days , ’ Astrik went on dreamily . |
6 | It appears from Jean Piaget 's child psychology that perception has been inseparable from simulation right from the start , and that instead of learning to project my inwardness on to other persons I had to unlearn the habit of projecting it on to the rising sun or a bouncing ball . |
7 | we used to have my light on in this archway , yeah . |
8 | Looking back , I need not have turned my nose up with such scorn when any of them approached me , as I 'm sure they did need some friendly contacts , but if one showed any signs of friendliness , they interpreted this as an invitation to attach themselves to you for the rest of the day , and probably the night too . |
9 | Now I must admit my first thoughts of it were it really gets my back up for some reason or other . |
10 | ‘ I do n't know why , and I do n't know who — and it was probably nothing anyway ; I probably magnified it in my head out of all proportion . ’ |
11 | I laugh a lot , throwing my head back with vicarious pleasure at many of these stories . |
12 | Take me out to a patch of waste ground and kick my head in for spreading dissent ? |
13 | We had a month , thought Jay , I 've worked my ass off for this exhibition and you 've done nothing . |
14 | Since I was pipped at the post for the Periodical Publishers ' Association Columnist of the Year award by Maureen Lipman , star of stage and commercial , I thought I 'd better look up her column in She magazine to see how I might bring my stuff up to state-of-the-art standard . |
15 | You will take my leg off on one condition . |
16 | ‘ If you take anything else off before I 've got my suitcase out of this room , I 'll ring the police ! ’ she announced with an icy calm she was far from feeling . |
17 | ‘ I 'll get my dad on to that brother of mine . |
18 | As I started to make my way up through some bushes on the left of the kirk , something caught my eye and I stopped . |
19 | Indeed , as I was making my way back to this guest house this evening , I glanced back over my shoulder on a number of occasions and was met each time by a view of the sun setting behind that great spire . |
20 | The nineteenth-century physiologist , physicist and psychologist , von Helmholtz , who contributed substantially to every discipline that he engaged in , described the process thus : It was always necessary , first of all , that I should have turned my problem over on all sides to such an extent that I had all its angles and complexities " in my head " and could run through them freely without writing … |
21 | The first form talked about it more than any one else , of course they squealed with laughter when they saw the poor Mary Lou Manselle and Gwendoline , all falling victims to the same spider , jolly clever spider said Irene , it means the only three people in the form that it that would be scared of it , I take my hat off to that spider , ca n't think why it chose my desk said Mary Lou , no , that was a shame said Gwendoline , poor Mary Lou it must of been an awful shock for you when you saw it , I wonder who put it there ? |
22 | So I take my hat off to any person from any Party who is involved in political life for such a long time because it 's an effort and it requires a sacrifice er not only to the but also to careers and perhaps , most important of all , to family life . |
23 | Heavens ! she thought , and was suddenly so impatient with herself that , seeing it was only for one night , for goodness ' sake , she grabbed hold of a favourite dress and folded that into her case along with some trousers and a spare lightweight sweater . |
24 | There 's only one putting their foot down in this house ! |
25 | Clough is also thinking of offering Sheffield Wednesday some of their money back on out-of-favour £800,000 striker Nigel Jemson . |
26 | ONE CAN but wish the publishers of all good luck in getting their money back on this book , for , much as all cricketers should not only strive to become good fielders but enjoy the process of improving their game , how many will lash out nigh on £15 for a manual to help them do so ? |
27 | Could you really address Princess Diana as ‘ Your Royal Highness ’ after hearing her babble on for 20 minutes to a man who calls her Squidgy ? |
28 | It was a foursome in Pepe 's on Saturday , and Shelley let her hair down in more ways than one , dancing vigorously with the hunky Carlos , while Rosie and her good-looking little Francisco sat in the shadows , their heads close together . |
29 | She remembered the moment when he had locked the door and she had known herself trapped — she could still hear the sound of Rose Trivet crying her heart out in another part of the house . |
30 | And when she was dressed and ready , she took her necklace out of some box or cupboard and clasped it round her throat , to complete her outfit . |