Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My parents sold it in 1985 , when my father was very ill ( he died in 1986 ) . |
| 2 | In my case , my parents used it with devastating overkill . |
| 3 | I enjoyed the function and my friends kept me in good cheer as I was obviously anxious about my husband being in the Gulf and did have a few too many drinks . |
| 4 | Of the priests we know little , except where their transgressions brought them to episcopal notice . |
| 5 | Much as their fans loved them for all their quirks , the aesthetics and comfort of a ground did not cross the mind of many football directors . |
| 6 | Its members saw it as further evidence of his obsession for being Patrick 's Sacred Keeper , the title of the biography he wrote on the poet in 1979 . |
| 7 | Their Majesties received us with such extraordinary graciousness that , when I shall tell it , people will declare that I have made it up . |
| 8 | His words surprised her at first , then anger took over — an anger so intense that she was prepared to walk out of her marriage and do irreparable damage to the Royal Family . |
| 9 | His words hit her like small , sharp knives and Jenna raised her hands to claw at him , hurting inside and wanting to hurt back . |
| 10 | His eyes searched hers with fierce intensity , and his lips hovered over her own . |
| 11 | His rounds took him to most parts of the building and Rain was eagerly accepting that it must have been Stan on the second floor making her jumpy when he mentioned that since the murder he did not go into MacQuillan 's room or those next to it because the police were usually there . |
| 12 | He says they stopped selling replica handguns because he suspected that some of his customers wanted them for possible criminal reasons . |
| 13 | ‘ Your parents bought it in nineteen-sixty from their landlord . |
| 14 | The kindness of our neighbours helped us over this difficult period . |
| 15 | Our hosts regaled us with much history about Prince Georgivhili and other obscure rulers of the Middle Ages . |