Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Me sister never showed 'er legs in all 'er life , nor me , neither . |
| 2 | Although he had defied her before , it had only been in words but now the thought that he had the choice of putting those words into action and so set a new pattern , and in doing so break one of the threads that tied him to her , caused his whole body to tremble and his voice to quiver as he said , ‘ Either you give me permission freely to go with Mick tomorrow or I go down now and put it to Martin . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ No , she only gives me money ter do the errands an' then I 'ave ter go back twice because I car n't carry them all in one go . |
| 4 | Beta has a B8-type spectrum , and is about 100 times as luminous as the Sun ; it is often said to be the only naked-eye star which is greenish in colour , though I have never noted this either with or without optical aid , and to me Beta always looks white . |
| 5 | The ‘ good ’ policemen and women know their area : the sites of trouble and danger , as Holdaway describes them ( 1983 : 39–42 ) , which need special attention , the places to avoid without having further back-up , the places where events and incidents have occurred in the past , the people on whom to focus attention , such as the ‘ troublesome families ’ in whom crime historically runs or the VIPs in the area who get special protective care . |
| 6 | My freedom thus consists in my moving about within the narrow frame that I have assigned myself for each one of my undertakings . |
| 7 | George , wisely , did n't try to compete with guest Gary Moore and simply strummed his way through While my Guitar Gently Weeps as Moore 's Les Paul sobbed inconsolably — but by then it was all over bar the cheering . |
| 8 | I 'm very unfit and my heart nearly jumped out of my skin . ’ |
| 9 | ( Not , by the way , that I have my heart particularly set on a boy but , having grown up with only brothers , I do n't quite know what the female clichés look like . ) |
| 10 | I was feeling pretty angry with her as I stomped across that big field , but when I reached her my heart just melted . |
| 11 | I did n't have time to get paranoid about blood poisoning as my heart suddenly stopped beating . |
| 12 | MY heart absolutely bleeds for those people of my age who are now suffering hardship . |
| 13 | Betty Maxwell , 72 , said : ‘ My heart absolutely bleeds for those people of my age who are now suffering hardship . |
| 14 | She said ’ My heart absolutely bleeds for those people who are suffering hardship . |
| 15 | She added : ‘ My heart absolutely bleeds for those people of my age who have been taken in that collapse and are now suffering hardship . |
| 16 | My heart always jumped with fright whenever I saw one of my poems in print , because I was sure it would contain one of the misprints whose steady drizzle has haunted my work all my life . |
| 17 | My heart almost stopped with its own heaviness . |
| 18 | And that is where my story really starts . |
| 19 | My hair always seems to look lank and lifeless , even though I make sure that I wash and condition it regularly . |
| 20 | Pre-Hugo , come to think of it , my hair never got mussed . |
| 21 | My hair still wet from the shower , |
| 22 | I am now 70 years of age and whilst my hair still grows quickly in length , it is getting thin on the scalp and it is still fine , flyaway and dry . |
| 23 | I have tried many brands , but my hair often seems to look dull . |
| 24 | Instead , as I sat in my cabin moodily pouring another Freezobalm , I was facing a good chance of losing my valuable reputation as an interplanetary courier . |
| 25 | I put off going to the doctor but I wish I had n't because my GP immediately knew what was wrong and told me about carpal tunnel syndrome . |
| 26 | At one point , I had the head of the local NCT , my midwife , my health visitor and my GP all coming over regularly . |
| 27 | All you young people as you pass by Pray on my grave now cast an eye Beware of false lovers and their friends I died from poison you may depend . ’ |
| 28 | They do n't , you do n't say er , this this pleases my smell , because my smell actually has a totally different meaning . |
| 29 | I ca n't imagine my Levin ever maturing like that . |
| 30 | My chest duly received its dose of milirems . |