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Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	On the last occasion that I spoke to Lady More , our President , she gave me permission to reprint this extract from the book .
2	Her mother had kept in touch with them for years , and Judith remembered that when she was a child her father had sent them money to have that photograph taken .
3	This column has already reported an addition to Matthew Hall 's family and now it gives me pleasure to report another addition at the Dodge Chemical Company — but this time its not another birth , it is the news that Adrian Haler 's daughter , Patricia Lewis joined the company on August 17th .
4	It broke my heart to see that little face and big eyes . ’
5	She said erm tt do n't you know it 's ma only my privilege to do that ?
6	If you have n't , it is n't through any failure on my part to spread this particular story .
7	He gives Sting away at III , 204 , keeping an orc-blade but saying ‘ I do not think it will be my part to strike any blow again . ’
8	It was a stroke of genius on my part to avoid such awkward questions as ‘ Why has the club such an appalling record ? ’ and ‘ Is the club 's current position due to managerial incompetence ? ’ by pretending it was a terrible phone line and I could not hear the questions .
9	Meantime I 'm going back to my apartment to get some much needed kip , then I 'll meet Evelyn at Heathrow .
10	My decision to adopt this method is not an arbitrary one .
11	Thanks ma , you know I really want my mum to hear that .
12	Remembering that a couple of kilometres back we had seen a huge moose lumbering across the road , I peered fearfully through a slit in my tent to see this massive reindeer with bloodshot eyes and antlers that appeared to be three metres across .
13	‘ In some ways , I regret losing my opportunity to perform this piece , but I do n't begrudge you yours . ’
14	‘ I had made up my mind to put this proposition to you today , ’ he said , ‘ but I see now that this was not the right moment to approach you , ma petite .
15	" I 've made up my mind to finish that bull , Jacques .
16	I have to educate my mind to accept that .
17	As you will see from this supplement , AEA offers a wide range of consultancy , technical services and specialist products to the process industries and , as Business Development Director for the Process Industries , it is my pleasure to use this opportunity to introduce myself and AEA .
18	It has been my pleasure to meet many members at various functions and both Mary and I look forward to meeting many more of you during the coming year .
19	I opened my mouth to utter some as yet unthought-up excuse , but she stopped me .
20	My attempt to follow that with a lemon curd tart was a bit half-hearted .
21	The course boasts a large conservation area , and it is my intention to plant some two thousand species of hardwood trees .
22	Erm , and it is not my intention to implement that minute at the moment , because I think it relates purely to a London situation .
23	But it is not my intention to rehabilitate this theory , or to suggest that it is allegorically preferable to current theories of sexual difference .
24	I 'm usually too absorbed in my work to spend much time looking at the other students . ’
25	So one morning last summer Chris Eldon-Lee and John Horsley Denton , well known in Shropshire for his railway talks and writings , turned up at my home to record this programme .
26	‘ I make it my business to know such things , young man . ’
27	force my opponent to take some action that he currently is not taking ?
28	It is not in my nature to accept this kind of diddly-shit which Lucker hands out without a thought .
29	I was filled with horror and shame at my failure to anticipate this situation .
30	Now you did n't have to copy everything , but Uncle Jonathan was very meticulous and anything that there would be any debate on , or any discussion on , he always made a copy and it was my job to do this without smearing it .