Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During my boyhood my special task in the family was to look after our cattle , sheep and goats ; therefore I had to go through this training , and afterwards taught my brothers . |
| 2 | Then I I remember one m my sister my younger sister she went to er to hospital with erm scarlet fever . |
| 3 | Like my contemporaries I first attended an elementary school , about which I remember only three things . |
| 4 | I thought again of the Sacrifice Poles ; more deliberately this time , picturing each one in turn , remembering their positions and their components , seeing in my mind what those sightless eyes looked out to , and flicking through each view like a security guard changing cameras on a monitor screen . |
| 5 | She brings to my mind something chic and continuous , like an Italic . |
| 6 | He was very small but even then to my mind his slight body and lack of height emphasized his distinction drawing attention to the sensitive and finely moulded face . |
| 7 | To my mind his strong points are his single note two-hand tapping ( which is often done with the side of the pick rather than with a right-hand finger — see Satch Boogie ) , his chordal tapping ( as in Midnight , The Forgotten Part 1 and Headless ) and his tremolo and legato work ( as in nearly everything ! ) . |
| 8 | As I took in the traffic thundering by beneath me and relived in my mind my alarming experience , my trepidation returned . |
| 9 | The two elements are equally well reconciled in ‘ Frost at Midnight ’ , where we are introduced to the workings of the ‘ Spirit ’ to a large degree ; the very setting of the poem , where the poet finds that ‘ at my side my cradled infant slumbers peacefully ’ suggests the power of creation ; it is partly owing to the silent yet undeniable presence of the product of his own regeneration that allows Coleridge to ascend to the levels of ‘ meditation with its strange and extreme silentness ’ . |
| 10 | As I was going up to my cell it all hit me — am I ever going to get my daughter back ? |
| 11 | Id only just been telling my girlfriend my favourite quip about how he only scores because he s SO ugly he scares the defenders . |
| 12 | Not long after we met , I remember telling him that in my opinion his only fault was that he was too predictable , that , although no doubt perverse , I enjoyed being kept guessing a bit more often . |
| 13 | Will he tell the House and my constituents what further incentives he can provide to ensure that small businesses are created and the economic blight is removed from my constituency ? |
| 14 | Thank God for people who are naturally astute , as well , I do n't know where I 'd be without my husband whose precise , unfailing , streetwise insight into people knocks spots off my long-winded shots at psycho-analysing them . |
| 15 | stuff keep the half way up my back its all padding and stuff and I 've rolled over , as I 've rolled over there 's been another one it has gone off , it felt like I 've been kicked in the back by somebody really having a go at me , it threw me and even with all that I had a like that so there not , there not kiddy toys . |
| 16 | At my back my trusty longbow My broadsword clanks at my side , My outlaws gallop behind me As into adventure we ride . |
| 17 | When I got to the part about my head she tut-tutted . |
| 18 | ‘ Was it possible , ’ I wondered , ‘ to find a drug that could give each side of my character its own separate face and body ? ’ |
| 19 | Were my beliefs my own or were they merely the product of my culture , my country , my education or a legacy from my parents ? |
| 20 | Because when I first got my glasses they all went ‘ Ha , ha , four eyes ’ for about a week or so , and then they all shut up because they forgot about it . ’ |
| 21 | I was just dropping off to sleep and you know how you 're just thinking , yeah , mm what are we gon na do this weekend , and all of a sudden , Ben 's legs went and kicked me really hard , and I thought oh my God something awful 's happened , and you , you really do , you move a lot . |
| 22 | By the way , it 's strange my telling you all this , but I know my secret 's safe with you , and I know , too , that it ca n't have an evil influence on you — your mind 's too strong for that . |
| 23 | I 'm sure he wo n't mind my telling you this — he would n't sleep with her . |
| 24 | My Lord nobody any questions . |
| 25 | It is not , er this evidence does not go to a matter of law er er and the duty but it matter of practice and my Lord what this case is dealing with is about what if , what is or should be the practice of a solicitors engaged in commercial conveyancing as to the advice that is given to clients and er my Lord the er commercial conveyancing is obviously a matter which particularly concerns . |
| 26 | my Lord our immediate concern is precisely the one you 've identified , the collection of monies from central |
| 27 | My Lord my initial reaction is it sounds logical as well and I I wondered if if what my learned friend has said i if and also what your Lordship 's initial view is , if the matter can be left in that way er i if after further reflection , it seems right then of course that 's the way that we will approach it . |
| 28 | That I 've done for the first time in my life something original . |
| 29 | As I slowly unbunched my fists my blurred vision settled on the pile of broken gargoyles . |
| 30 | Er , after I had my children my whole body sagged and I 'd lost a lot of weight and I could n't put it on and I was really skinny and there was no way I could eat , eat a lot and I still would n't put weight on so I started on the weight training and that does n't cost me money and now I 've started putting weight on , so for the skinny kids I think the thing is to do the weight training |