Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [coord] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't until they made me squat down and then taped my wrists to my ankles and stuck me in a large sack that I accepted that it was n't going to be a truck , but a car-boot move . |
| 2 | Then suddenly a doctor walked in all dressed up in his green gown and a face mask and said , " Hello , this is it then , " and a nurse took my ankles and shoved them into some stirrups and covered me up in all this green cloth . |
| 3 | The sun became relentlessly hot , adding dehydration to my distress ; I stripped off my pyjamas and restored them to the rucksack . |
| 4 | It was decided that he should leave next day for London and that I should stop on and finish my baths and meet him in Paris . |
| 5 | I put the small boat on my shoulders and carried it to the edge of the water , then I put it in the sea . |
| 6 | I shrugged my shoulders and answered him in Spanish . |
| 7 | She puts her hands on my shoulders and steers me to the chair . |
| 8 | Even if you 'd been arrest if I put my eyes and rest them on you . |
| 9 | I wipe my lips and follow him to the door . |
| 10 | And I shall write my songs and carry them in a pack and I shall recite them to the people , and sing them too , and I shall tell stories , and the little children shall gather around me , the while himself is in the temple . ’ |
| 11 | My mind 's got so flexible I could pull it out of my ears and tie it under my chin ! ’ snapped Gurder . |
| 12 | People sometimes look at my pictures and compare them to Emerson 's . |
| 13 | And with that he bent over and lifted me to my feet and told me to be off , which I did not need to be told twice to do . |
| 14 | On our return the Agent had gone and the women were calm , unlike Bustos , that foolish puppy , spinning at my feet and fixing me with his heartbroken eyes . |
| 15 | On the porch outside the front door , I kicked off my sandals and pushed them to one side where they joined an already substantial pile of varying styles and sizes . |
| 16 | Well the , the bed , there were no spring beds in , that came into my life until many years after , were the old straw palliasses , which were really more hygienic to sleep on than your spring beds , because you get the lumbar trouble with a straw palliasses cos it was just hip firm , I give you an instance I used to , as I was growing older I used to fold my trousers and put them under the mattress to press my trousers so I 'd always got a nice crease in my trousers , they were so solid that er you got y you did n't even get any wrinkles in your trousers in those days . |
| 17 | When they did n't have a gang to fight they 'd run after me , take off my trousers and hide them in a bush . |
| 18 | ‘ I would like to spend one year here , continue my studies and test myself against the best British players . ’ |
| 19 | They did n't chase my assailants but helped me to my feet , solicitously enquiring after my health . |
| 20 | If human communication were a simple matter of reciprocally exchanged words , if words had no resonances beyond themselves , I might have been proud to be cast in such a role , and either self-confident enough in my ability to fulfil it , or else realistic enough to modify my directives and declare myself in favour of some more modest role . |
| 21 | You know I very carefully picked up my glasses and put them in the case and put it in my in there |
| 22 | Have a tin of , have a pack of my chocolates and give them to Gail , and give them to that to Beverley . |
| 23 | Either you accept my terms and face me in combat , or I will leave you here with your weapons … and two corpses ! ’ |
| 24 | My faithful driver , Murphy , met me at the gate , taking my bags and walking me past the vagrants and money changers to his car , an old American model that had become something of a collector 's item . |
| 25 | I 've got to go through my advisers and put it before the other board members in the proper manner . ’ |
| 26 | He added : ‘ I never struck him with my fists or kicked him in the face when I was in a standing position . ’ |
| 27 | It broke the concentration of my players and led them into serious defensive errors . |
| 28 | ‘ I gathered it up , ’ he was to say , ‘ I actually scooped up the evil hungering thing in my arms and carried it into the house and laid it down by the fire . ’ |
| 29 | He grabbed at my hands and held them to his chest and begged me not to say such a thing . |
| 30 | It is impossible to meet every person 's expectations and my hope is that you will forgive my mistakes and keep me in your thoughts and prayers . |