Example sentences of "[adj] [pos pn] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was that my husband I caught a glimpse of through the open casement taking his ease on a sun lounger with a little pile of twigs by his side ? |
| 2 | By the way , it 's strange my telling you all this , but I know my secret 's safe with you , and I know , too , that it ca n't have an evil influence on you — your mind 's too strong for that . |
| 3 | Another controversial aspect of the road plan was the recommendation that for half its length it should be routed through land belonging to Manuel Zelaya , a powerful Honduran sawmill owner . |
| 4 | In the rucksack in which she seemed to keep half her life she burrowed and came up with a biro and writing-pad . |
| 5 | Drinking half her cup she put it down , twisted round to face him , her chin resting in her hand , and told him a strange story . |
| 6 | A cheery old Berber made half his house ours at Tagmout . |
| 7 | If you will give me half your treasure I will fetch her back for you . " |
| 8 | If you 've got a daughter half your age I 'd rather screw her instead . |
| 9 | Yeah but we 've done some Your saying we 've got ta do something about Christmas that 's all I 've been doing this week ! |
| 10 | The injuries were very serious her face she 's still having therapy for partial paralysis of the face , and today she paid tribute to staff at the Radcliffe Infirmary who treated her . |
| 11 | With all my heart I hope for the failure of that first book — no , volume , of mine , from beginning to end not trash , but heartless pretence . |
| 12 | I wish with all my heart I could believe what you say . |
| 13 | With all my heart I mean that . |
| 14 | ‘ It is indeed , my lord — with all my heart I say it is . ’ |
| 15 | With all my heart I hated the malais . |
| 16 | With all my heart I will go to your lady . ’ |
| 17 | Oh I 've used all my change I 'll have to give you five pounds . |
| 18 | With all my might I stamped at its head , but missed it by a couple of inches ; again I stamped with the same extraordinary result ; but with the third stamp I caught the poor little creature and crushed it to pulp , and yet it gave one more thrust with its tiny legs and then lay still . |
| 19 | By a miracle I found I could do it : standing upright on the pedals and pedalling with all my might I reached the road , where Nora was waiting for me . |
| 20 | All my life I have suffered because of Father being important . |
| 21 | ‘ My friend , all my life I have been lying . |
| 22 | You scoff at me and my ‘ one ’ man friend , you who have so many , but dear girl I have learnt more in the short time of my friendship with Edward , more of the world , of men as distinct from women , and man as an individual than in all my life I have learnt before . |
| 23 | All my life I have seen that type of person , handsome and self-assured , who knew he could have me just by crooking a finger and beckoning me to follow . |
| 24 | All my life I have been a close , but detached , observer of the crofting scene . |
| 25 | For the first time in all my life I had done right because I wanted to do right . |
| 26 | All my life I had chosen the soft options : good times , good company , good fun . |
| 27 | One company director — then unconverted — whom I took there for the first time one Tuesday had this reaction : ‘ All my life I have been longing without knowing it to hear preaching like this . ’ |
| 28 | All my life I had done my best not to sound off in company . |
| 29 | All my life I have been a 7ft woman trying to get out . ’ |
| 30 | And he said , ‘ Do you know , all my life I 've been looking for somebody who could do everything for three pounds a week . ’ |