Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact I felt rather a lout in my working clothes among the elegant gathering . |
| 2 | I left the house at quarter to seven in my working boots with my pieces in my pocket . |
| 3 | From somewhere in the capital , by our intrepid reporter : The dog dirt injected into my pulsing thighs by a beautiful buck-naked half-robot half-Samoan woman was finally starting to take effect . |
| 4 | Well it certainly is but er I 've grown potatoes myself for years and never had any trouble with them boiling into the water but this year I can not get a good potato , all of my usual favourites like Estima which I 've found is a usually good all round potato , it it 's a monkey for boiling into the water and one thing I can only assume is that the weather 's had a lot to do with it , my ground 's been waterlogged most of the season . |
| 5 | ‘ A vacancy having occurred in the medical department of the Infirmary at Bedford in consequence of the resignation of Dr. Yates ( sic ) I have been induced to turn my professional views towards that place . |
| 6 | At that time Dr. Yeats indicated to Samuel Whitbread that he intended , after having considered the matter for about a year , to ‘ transplant myself to the metropolis and … quit the early scenes of my professional exertions after 15 years in Bedford ’ . |
| 7 | I confirm that this is the name by which I intend to be known in all my professional practices as a lawyer . |
| 8 | I was thinking I might use up all my odd scraps of wool , to make a scarf perhaps , but who would wear such a strange-looking garment ? ’ |
| 9 | As Joe and Biddy became a little more cheerful , discussing my possible plans for the future , I became more miserable . |
| 10 | Think of all the times I have n't come across my next-door neighbours on holiday in Innsbruck , or met my dentist while eating a cream meringue … more coffee ? ’ |
| 11 | They laugh scornfully when they find my Fabulous Thighs in Thirty Days book : ‘ Oh , how pathetic — next you 'll be getting plastic surgery … ’ |
| 12 | He handed me an eyepiece attached to a long lead and there , through a series of prisms , were my lower intestines in glorious technicolour . |
| 13 | Fortunate indeed for the club for I rate Lawrence the best all-round manager Boro have had in my 32 years on the Ayresome Park beat . |
| 14 | ‘ Please do not discuss my private affairs in public . ’ |
| 15 | The extraordinary atmosphere was keeping me so sky-high that my private feelings for John seemed to have detached themselves and slipped out of reach . |
| 16 | This time I did see because he had uncannily identified one of my private sources of shame and voiced my own concomitant mantra . |
| 17 | To Angela I convey my grateful thanks for undertaking the needlework responsibility in 1986 ; without whom this exhibition would not have taken place in such a lavish way . |
| 18 | My grateful thanks to you all for your kindness and consideration . |
| 19 | Finally , I must add my grateful thanks to Pete Livesey and to Climber & Hill Walker for raising the BAA 's profile in such a dramatic way . |
| 20 | And I was knocked clean out of my right wits at first . |
| 21 | Therefore , I can no longer be allowed to escape criticism and analysis of my theistic views on the grounds that they are simply a matter of personal experience . |
| 22 | Yet to convince you that the claim I have made in my last paragraph is justifiable would require a full-length monograph at least as long as my Political Systems of Highland Burma which is itself a fair-sized and relevant monograph entirely devoted to the affairs of the Kachin . |
| 23 | But , as fate would have it , my work has lain for years in a field where I was obliged strictly to keep my political convictions to myself . |
| 24 | They were my greatest friends in Benedict 's , and had rooms on either side of mine . |
| 25 | Since I have mentioned the botanical gardens , let me say that one of my greatest pleasures during the Sydney shoot was taking early morning pictures in these gardens — especially of the superb skyline through the trees and flowers . |
| 26 | Since I have mentioned the botanical gardens , let me say that one of my greatest pleasures during the Sydney shoot was taking early morning pictures in these gardens — especially of the superb skyline through the trees and flowers . |
| 27 | I began to develop an interest in music in the early sixties , by a more or less accidental association : French film directors like Godard and Louis Malle used classical pieces evocatively and , sometimes , innovatively , and instead of confirming my extensive prejudices against anything beyond rock , blues and jazz , this exposure made music of the past appear unexpectedly fresh . |
| 28 | My perennial thoughts of transsexualism and suicide never left me , but in many ways I was happier than I had ever been in my life . |
| 29 | Maths was n't one of my strong subjects at school and er I I rely very heavily on it |
| 30 | I was also infuriated by the continual refusal of the British government , despite my strong representations to Harold Wilson , to meet with the Biafran leaders . |