Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't mean to become so intense about it — I had realised my mistake the previous time — but I needed to keep from pining and working a sixteen-hour day seemed to be the only way I could manage it . |
| 2 | I 'd just got my licence and I drove into Manhattan , because I got my licence the day I turned sixteen . |
| 3 | I got my Ma a seat . |
| 4 | I 'm starting to lose my bearings a bit — and my ball-bearings as well , come to that . ’ |
| 5 | In his satirical cabaret days , Nichols used to do a sketch with Elaine May about a Jewish mother 's shock at her son 's choice of profession : ‘ Can you imagine me saying , ‘ There goes my son the nurse ’ ? ’ |
| 6 | Now Nichols 's mother could say , ‘ There goes my son the movie director . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm seeing my friend the video company owner today . |
| 8 | Well it 's absolutely horrendous , they 'll think my God the British class system is completely |
| 9 | But you must think my displeasure the heaviest thing that can befall you . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd be grateful if you could deign to spare my proposition a full thirty seconds of considered thought . ’ |
| 11 | My child you used and pierced my heart a hundred times and deep . ’ |
| 12 | I think she 'd make my uncle a jolly good wife , and it would be a splendid match for her , would n't it ? |
| 13 | ‘ If you 've got some jet , ’ said Scarlet , ‘ you could make my mother a necklace and earrings for Christmas . |
| 14 | As somebody who is still under thirty and er like my good friend Mister young enough to have a positive approach to Europe , I am pleasantly surprised that the people opposite are gon na make my job a lot easier because the narrowness and the anti-diluvian attitudes that we see on the benches opposite explain why , in the last Euro elections , the Labour Party won a resounding victory on the issue of Europe . |
| 15 | ‘ How dare you make my father a pawn in your games ? ’ |
| 16 | Anyway , I reckoned that this unexpected development might make my task a little easier . |
| 17 | We paid rent to be there and er and of course either Hugh or me or both of us came up to see my mother every day , you see , unless we knew she was going to have a visitor and then we used to take a day off |
| 18 | ‘ No one understands my speedboat the way your brother does . ’ |
| 19 | Having broken my ankle a year previously on a climb , there was potential for difficulty here , but I experienced none and my ankle was fine next day . |
| 20 | I 'd broken my heel the week before whilst soloing at Pex Hill ! |
| 21 | Mm , well it 's not quite using my shoulder a bit , she does her press ups put her on her stomach , , mm . |
| 22 | I made my decision a long time ago , and now I have no rightful place in their lives . |
| 23 | But you actively made my dismissal a punishment . ’ |
| 24 | Phone pest next door made my life a misery |
| 25 | You made my life a misery . ’ |
| 26 | It made my life a bit unbearable for a while and made it look as if I was attacking Michael , which I was n't . ’ |
| 27 | We fought like cat and dog the whole time we were together — or at least most of the time , ’ she added , remembering , ‘ he made my life an absolute misery ! ’ |
| 28 | In my first book , Death and the Visiting Firemen , back in 1959 , I made my detective a schoolmaster ( as my father had been ) and was able to use a teacher 's summing-up of a class of twenty or thirty potential delinquents as a parallel for an investigator 's examining of six or so suspects . |
| 29 | Indeed , he predeceased Sir Nelson , which made my task a little easier , inasmuch as it was not necessary for me to carry out complicated inquiries in India . |
| 30 | You would have saved 5p ( a paltry sum ; any member of the Slalom Exec out there , how about double fees for all late entries in all divisions ? ) , made my job a lot easier and enabled the slalom to run more smoothly and efficiently . |