Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because ’ — his speech slurred a fraction — ‘ I 'm going to tell you a story I heard the other day which I could n't possibly tell you if you had a lady Archdeacon . ’ |
| 2 | As I swabbed the table with disinfectant I had the old feeling of helplessness . |
| 3 | In each case I pressed the national authorities concerned to allow me to send a UK ‘ observer ’ to their investigation and I am happy to say that our request was agreed to on each occasion . |
| 4 | A year later when I had Katie and I was married , I did n't want " to go to hospital in case I got the same treatment , but they were totally different . |
| 5 | Route II came in 1943 with Brian Kellet climbing on from the chimney rift of Route I to cross the upper slabs . |
| 6 | Yet when I step off the bus at the Coronet cinema I get the same lurch as when I first left home . |
| 7 | Of course I know the vast majority — especially the New People — do n't care a damn about any of the arts . |
| 8 | Er and of course I seen the present managers are , are th the one you know only just lives down the road here he 's recently retired . |
| 9 | Of course I share the hon. Gentleman 's sympathy in the case of Mr. Newell . |
| 10 | and you get gale force winds blowing down there and of course I opened the back door and there were panes of glass flying past |
| 11 | Of course I give the hon. Gentleman that assurance . |
| 12 | Of course I give the hon. Gentleman the pledge that we shall take up any of those cases , should he send the details to me . |
| 13 | In the afternoon I watch the English football . |
| 14 | With a prayer of thankfulness I rowed the few yards to her , made fast the dinghy to a cleat on her transom , and climbed on board . |
| 15 | Far out to sea to the west I saw the bright lights of the Athens boat . |
| 16 | ‘ For my part I believe the African Jesus would have won if it had not been for the Dark Host . |
| 17 | On this field I found the best combination was to set the Silver Sabre at minimum discrimination and maximum sensitivity . |
| 18 | And they come in , I mean he skids in the hall at night I mean it 's my fault I threw the rubber ring towards the kitchen down the hall he sort of skidded before he got there and there was a , and he must of had mud er , you know like like he had |
| 19 | So when we walked from the pool to the car I felt the whole impact of the sun . |
| 20 | Leaving the pretty village of Thwaite I climbed the green lane to Shunner and below the summit had overtaken " the Dog Man " . |
| 21 | Back in her bedroom she settled the little dog beside the still-warm hot-water bottle in her own bed . |
| 22 | ‘ Go to that place where you grew up and tell a local estate agent you want the cheapest thing he 's got . |
| 23 | Over a cup of tea she regaled the old lady with the story of her son and grandchild saving the wounded squirrel , and , leaving her to pass it on to her companions , she drove back to the surgery . |
| 24 | As she leaned in the doorway she surveyed the gloomy décor . |
| 25 | A second hospital has been accused of mixing up a baby 's name tag , making the mother fear she had the wrong child . |
| 26 | The better you grasp the salient points ( and store them in your memory ) , the more physical intuition and predictive power you will acquire . |
| 27 | For instance , they would n't give you loans except on condition you left the independent union . |
| 28 | In the authorised biography she describes the Australian lawyer as ‘ tall and distinguished looking ’ . |
| 29 | Thank you for the compliment you paid the last edition of Rural Wales . |
| 30 | With her heart in her mouth she entered the imposing portals of Mon Ré , and rang the bell . |