Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [coord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A quick bath and a change into one of Elinor 's cotton caftans , a blue ribbon to tie up my hair and a dab of powder on my freckles rendered me presentable enough to be fed . |
| 2 | But , can I say this that what mattered most to me was the fact that I have been in conversation with so many people and to be able to allow that conversation to affect my faith and a faith that I have to proclaim day by day and Sunday by Sunday from the pulpits of my church . |
| 3 | He 'd fit the electrodes to my fingers , a band around my chest and a blood-pressure gauge to my left arm and then we 'd go at it , heat full up , windows closed , sweating like pigs because that was supposed to make the polygraph more accurate . |
| 4 | It just seems right to bring a hobby , my experience and a livelihood together and we are very set on giving it a go , ’ Mrs Rowan said . |
| 5 | I can remember the very first time it happened — I was out walking the dog with my mum and a car tooted at us , and my mum said , ‘ Oh , someone thinks your bottom 's nice ’ . |
| 6 | I fled up to the tree-house for my knitting but a branch gave way as I grabbed it and I was pitched into the river . |
| 7 | ‘ Morthen is my sister and a child . |
| 8 | I mean last time I was at an opera was erm I had these tickets now erm I took my sister and a friend of hers . |
| 9 | I awoke in the middle of the night with a pain in the back of my neck and a beating headache . |
| 10 | As for me , I wore a white countryman 's smock that Mum had made , had a red handkerchief tied around my neck and a floppy grey felt hat with wide brim was stuck on my head . |
| 11 | And yes , you 've guessed it — a few weeks later what should I discover among my mail but a letter : ‘ Dear Mr Ken Ward , where may I purchase an emergency … |
| 12 | ‘ There were tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat , ’ she said later . |
| 13 | ‘ We are living on my savings and a small settlement from my divorce . |
| 14 | After my sandwich and a drink , I got a cab to my own office in Whitehall , and rang Seddon . |
| 15 | ‘ About an hour ago , ’ Ranulf replied , ‘ with my horse and a pack mule . |
| 16 | ‘ We can start with my ricotta and a flask of good Chianti . |
| 17 | If I came out of the changing-room with a bin-liner round my waist and a lampshade on my head he 'd say that they suited me . |
| 18 | ‘ There is nothing up my sleeves but my arms , there is nothing down my trousers but a ferret . ’ |
| 19 | Sixteen-stone Mel joked : ‘ I wear massive padding round my body and a big suit with slicked-back floppy hair . ’ |
| 20 | My father and mother were living at Sleetburn , where I was born , with my grandparents and a great-uncle , when Low Birk Hatt came up for auction . |
| 21 | It has two doors , one , four windows , I , I do n't have the garden or , oh , in my house there are six rooms and one of them is er , one , one of them is my , is my room and a picture and a |
| 22 | So , with this weird combination of reluctance and eagerness , I confessed to her that I 'd made a copy of my cock and a cock tracing and that I 'd put them in her in-box late one night and then thought better of it . |
| 23 | I finally turned to Kent , not because of what had already been discovered there but because it was on my doorstep and a lot more accessible than either France or Wiltshire . |
| 24 | In an attempt to shake me off , his elbow smashed into my face , breaking my nose and a canine tooth . |
| 25 | We had a bit of a party in the Met Office that night , tearful farewells were said all over the place , and I departed the next morning with my kit and a bad headache , ready for whatever Fate had in store for me . |
| 26 | I picked up my wallet and a bright blue blouson with ‘ Status Quo — 19th Farewell Concert ’ on the back in day-glo gold . |
| 27 | I felt several hands on my arms , a knee in my back and a tug on my rug . |
| 28 | I nod my head and a tear falls onto my hand . |
| 29 | But I could only feel the sun on the back of my head and a sad , frightened sensation , as if something inside me was crying . |
| 30 | ‘ With a thrill in my head and a pill on my tongue , dissolve the nerves that have just begun . ’ |