Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pos pn] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But how could I have explained my actions to Mum , having promised to turn up and see her ? |
| 2 | If you 've heard my comments about the knows who it is . |
| 3 | You 've heard my explanation of the fact that it was poorly worded and I think that is a great shame . |
| 4 | As I commented a little earlier to somebody , I still have n't quite forgiven my mother-in-law for the chemistry set she bought my seven-year-old . |
| 5 | Well they 're a lot of fun and kids love them , and as I commented a little earlier to somebody I still have n't quite forgiven my mother-in-law for the chemistry set she bought my seven year old . |
| 6 | As I commented a little earlier to somebody , I still have n't quite forgiven my mother-in-law for the chemistry set she bought my seven-year-old . |
| 7 | Since then I have sampled as many types of floatplane as possible ; but of all the seaplanes I have flown my favourite by far is the de Havilland ( Canada ) Beaver — familiar to anyone who has read Gavin Lyall 's excellent flying thriller The Most Dangerous Game . |
| 8 | I have flown my plane with cadged army fuel six hundred miles . |
| 9 | ‘ This has developed my liking for theatre and I am much more aware of theatre issues than before . ’ |
| 10 | I 've bought Smiths records but they have never altered my way of thinking . |
| 11 | At various times I have altered my charges on particular areas . |
| 12 | It would just have altered my level of safety and I would have forgotten the route completely by now . |
| 13 | ‘ I have come into my garden , my sister , my bride ; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice . ’ |
| 14 | The music of Throwing Muses has inhabited my flesh like a cold flame these past six months . |
| 15 | Showing her ruthlessness , she melodramatically claims : ‘ I would , while it was smiling in my face , Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums , And dashed the brains out . ’ |
| 16 | I could have leaned my head on his breast and cried . |
| 17 | I had not recognized my feelings for one of the women in the women 's group as being of any significance . |
| 18 | ‘ By the time you 'd ripped my character to shreds , lectured me on my grasping capitalist principles , then forced yourself to be nice to me out of commendable loyalty to your family firm , I was hooked . |
| 19 | and , and now , and now you have ripped my friendship to shreds , |
| 20 | Erm , I would n't er remember having erm broken my arm on this date erm I remember rather having broken my leg on this date . |
| 21 | On his return to England he wrote : ‘ It was a journey that ought not to have been made ; it had broken my life in two . ’ |
| 22 | Having broken my ankle on one , I vowed never to ride a skateboard ever again , so Neighbours is a good substitute . |
| 23 | Erm , I would n't er remember having erm broken my arm on this date erm I remember rather having broken my leg on this date . |
| 24 | I 'd have gone against Maria Luisa and broken my vow of silence to put you out of your misery . |
| 25 | ‘ Are you telling me you have n't posted my letter to Richard ? |
| 26 | I want them to share the Person who has filled my life with such abundance . |
| 27 | He unscrewed the glass stopper to this receptacle , and , having filled my beaker with water , poured the solution into it . |
| 28 | I could have punished my whoremonger with some disgusting venereal complaint , but that would have been far too simple . |
| 29 | It is because of that commitment and my understanding of the values and decent opinions of the Province that I have placed my resignation at the Prime Minister 's disposal . |
| 30 | She 'd placed my slippers in their normal place on the mat so I slipped into them and crept quietly to her chair . |