Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun prp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems to me that Lawton L.J . |
| 2 | One of the Tory MPs who supported him for the leadership of the party in 1990 told me that Michael Heseltine no longer had a political future . |
| 3 | A policeman came to call on me that Thursday evening , after Angy 's body had been found , asking what time the class ended and where I went afterwards … that sort of thing . |
| 4 | Can I ask that you agree on eight one A to grant them twenty-one Saturday city centre permits , and you 're clear that you 've left out NovaSports and AvaRag , and you understand why ? |
| 5 | Those who depend solely on their licensed dealers to find them another Polly Peck ( probably the most spectacular penny share success ever ) are probably doomed to disappointment If they are lucky , they will be the blind led by the blind . |
| 6 | Nell had said she would meet me this Sunday morning in the coffee shop in the Great Hall , and had told me that the crews often went there to wait for train time . |
| 7 | Next you 'll be telling me this Rosie girl 's a virgin ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Get me this Teheran number , ’ he demanded . |
| 9 | NOTHING distinguished Evander Holyfield 's short , uncertain reign as world heavyweight champion more than his leaving of it . |
| 10 | a gon na save me some Tetley tea tokens for a car . |
| 11 | Rigid drums , a sparky synth backdrop , a My Bloody Val interlude , and that plaintive call for Albert-Finney-grim-up-North-'60s-kitchen-sink character Charlie Bubbles . |
| 12 | ‘ I still expect to have a substantial interest in the day-to-day running of the club and my assistant Lil Fuccillo will be appointed manager . ’ |
| 13 | My assistant Joanne Barker was talking on her phone and two more colleagues were in the back seat on their phones . |
| 14 | I explained my hopeless Parlty. position if there were any resignations . |
| 15 | My dear Mrs Goreng , I felt like saying , you would have been surprised to come across a hotelier who 'd read Thomas Mann . |
| 16 | ‘ Quatt , my dear Mrs Tiverton , ’ interpolated her companion , with a titter . |
| 17 | ‘ My dear Mrs Pargeter . |
| 18 | ‘ You 've been treated very badly , my dear Mrs Morey , but I hope you will remember that you have a true friend here in Chertsey , should you ever need one . |
| 19 | ‘ My dear Mrs Mitchell , |
| 20 | ‘ My dear Mrs Ormsby Gore |
| 21 | His lace assumes a natural look he 's able to sit up and breathe more normally and for a time seems well My dear Dr Dunstaple , perhaps you could explain to us why , if the symptoms are caused , as you seem to believe , by damage to the lungs or by a poison circulating in the blood and depressing the action of the heart … why it 's possible that these symptoms should thus be suspended by an injection of warm water holding a little salt in solution ? " |
| 22 | She crossed the room to him , put her hands on his lips , and said , ‘ Hush , my dear Dr Neil , hush . |
| 23 | My dear Lady Mary , how very good to see you . ’ |
| 24 | From his digs at 113 Cowley Road , Thomas wrote his first letter to Harry Hooton : ‘ My dear Mr. Hooton , I matriculated today before the Vice-Chancellor of the University , and , in consequence , I am left a little freer of time and heart : for until then , I feared failure in what turned out to be the easy matric. exam. , and worked to the exclusion of almost all else : which is the explanation of time and heart . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ My dear de Craon , my troops are all over it . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Well , what did my dear Constable Fenwick say ? ’ |
| 27 | Buckingham Palace , 12th December 1987 My dear Miss Jones , We are writing to you to express our sincere gratitude for the way in which you recently risked your life by diving in front of the runaway horse of one of our Lifeguards to save one of our Royal corgis . |
| 28 | ‘ My dear Miss Kyte , ’ said Lady Danby 's voice , interrupting her reverie , ‘ I am certainly going to take you to task for leaving my party so early . |
| 29 | Briefly , I need to ask you , my dear Miss Rossignol , if you have had any word within the last year from your great-uncle , Doctor Alan Morris . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ My dear Miss Nib , ’ he said , hurling himself out of bed and into the bathroom , ‘ take a letter . |