Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she worked the crochet table-mats her mother had ordered , the intricate sequence of stitches could blot out for a moment or two the scenes that daily since that Easter feast she had staged between herself and Tommaso Talvi . |
| 2 | So I stayed in and felt shivery although after you get used to being out of hospital you do feel better for breathing real air — without all that disinfectant stuff I mean . |
| 3 | ‘ Hope it 's not that ghost train they keep talking about . ’ |
| 4 | Oh Lemmings and that computer game I wanted . |
| 5 | Cos what we 're doing is going for each N tuple we go through each set of states here . |
| 6 | ‘ Even if it is flu , with a little damage limitation we might just prevent the rest of the ship going down with it . ’ |
| 7 | If I 'd have thought about it , that wedding cake she give me |
| 8 | Give us that cracker thing I put this , where 's this , where your dad put the screws ? |
| 9 | She gave a hoarse moan of resistance and desire , pushing at his broad shoulders as his strong hands pressed her hips closer to his body , and as she felt that mouth claiming hers with deeper passion , and felt the evidence of his hard excitement , she felt her body clamouring for more , her eyes closing and her mouth moving under his hungrily , little gasps of shocked desire coming from the back of her throat . |
| 10 | I 'm recording you on that tape machine I think . |
| 11 | Elise Fox was a woman who prided herself on her ability to deal with crisis , but at eleven o'clock that Saturday night she still lay limp on the sofa in the flat , looking utterly shattered when her young sister came in from the kitchen with yet another pot of strong black coffee . |
| 12 | That Saturday evening she joined the passeggiata , with her hair pulled flat against her skull to smooth its crinkles and bring out its sheen , and the gold medallion of the Madonna she had received for her first communion hanging bright against the new pale shawl she had crocheted herself . |
| 13 | ‘ That Friday night we just sat there rocking her backwards and forwards and crying . |
| 14 | At eleven o'clock that Friday night they arrived in Montrose . |
| 15 | That Friday night he picked her up at the airport and brought her home , but fifteen minutes after they got there , ‘ some guys showed up to sell Seth cocaine . |
| 16 | I mean er , I did n't like er that Friday night it were hor horrible shift , cos half the time you used to turn up , only half a team would turn up and you 'd be expected to do |
| 17 | As a matter of fact , before I left on that Friday evening I bought a painting from her — The Blind Gypsy — for my mother 's birthday . ’ |
| 18 | For had it not been raining so hard on that Tuesday evening I would have arrived at the Philharmonia Hall in good time . |
| 19 | How can I communicate that auditory shock , that dumbstruck astonishment I experienced as one of the first privileged listeners … |
| 20 | It 's a bit like , it 's the same sort of idea as that sleeping bag you 've got , you know , little short dashes of paint |
| 21 | I 've tried that chewing gum you get but it still did n't stop me . |
| 22 | Bono is derived from some gang name he acquired during a recent delinquent youth . |
| 23 | In another case example they compare the performance of personal and social care skills by a female AD sufferer , who communicated by gesture , at home and in a day centre . |
| 24 | Erm I think for some reasons Trudy we so a rogue in there , bridge assessment records , I applies to P Way . |
| 25 | Were they given this breathing space it would give them a chance to be less edgy about Olwyn . |
| 26 | It 's pretty much ready to go but I 'm quite keen to extend this playtime period I 've given myself . |
| 27 | During this preparation phase we do not want you to change your shopping habits when buying food . |
| 28 | By the end of this eight-week programme you will know about your body 's requirements , and you should have managed to shake off those excess pounds . |
| 29 | I mean , this ghost thing I heard about , and now Demian . |
| 30 | But he 's made this carbon thing you see , it was n't for the the apostles could n't it ! |