Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in my role as language courses co-ordinator in charge of a large languages programme I face a daily pressure from my superiors to generate income for our College . |
| 2 | In response to my attempts to historicize perversion it has been said : ‘ OK , we see how you might want to rescue homosexuality from the pejorative category of a perversion , but surely not incest or bestiality ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I was just tapping my hand along the bridge parapet when my eyes went orange . |
| 4 | My hair comes out like a bird 's nest and my eyes look slitty . |
| 5 | But the second my eyes cleared floor level I saw that the relics had gone ! |
| 6 | ‘ My hobbies include knitting , reading nursing material , the newspapers and Stephen King novels , writing letters , badminton , walking , driving , pop music , Tamla Motown music , bowling , gardening , visiting the pub or going out for meals . |
| 7 | We rounded the final clump of bamboos in a sprint — until my knees gave way completely . |
| 8 | The small passageway was shadowy and fetid and my words rang hollow . |
| 9 | ‘ About two hours later — it seemed like a life-time , my legs had cramp and I was sore all over — the car slowed down . |
| 10 | He said , ‘ If you must know , I broke my legs playing football . ’ |
| 11 | My feet feel movement . ’ |
| 12 | Well the aircraft , simply do an orbit , come back around , back into wind and then come winching in under my directions using hand signals . |
| 13 | Twelve hours later we pulled into Zaudinskiy , the junction of the Trans-Mongolian and Trans-Siberian lines , and after fond farewells and toasts my comrades headed west — in the same direction as train after train loaded with tanks . |
| 14 | During the fifties ignorance about Black people was rife : I remember being asked on many occasions , as a child , if I had lived in the jungle , if my parents ate cat food or even people . |
| 15 | The U.S. Consul became responsible for our wellbeing but it was fourteen days or more before my parents got word of my survival after being reported missing on 21 May . ’ |
| 16 | That same evening , my parents played bridge with some people called Constantine . |
| 17 | ‘ I remember sitting at the table with my parents having dinner , and whole windows being blown in our face , because there 's a bomb in the next house . |
| 18 | Whereas I teach my dogs to disregard game birds and deer , the lurcher is very competent at acquiring the skills of poaching and is usually the animal to accompany deer and game-stealing gangs wherever they operate . |
| 19 | It follows that my calculations make allowance for two carers , either both being paid workers , or alternatively a combination of one worker and the joint efforts of the parents as a second , as a second worker . |
| 20 | You 've got to release him straightaway or else they 'll have my balls to play snooker with . ’ |
| 21 | My eyes glaze over , my muscles go limp . |
| 22 | These phrases denied me my right to participate in the very same way that the socialist movement refused to recognize my rights to have access to information that would dispel my ignorance on such subjects . |
| 23 | I would like to know what the charge would have been , whether it is legal to do this , and whether I am within my rights to address mail to my grandson under his old surname . |
| 24 | That is not something that my farmers need fear , but rather a challenge and an opportunity to be welcomed and grasped . |
| 25 | ‘ I have one of my officers conducting business in Dharram at this moment . |
| 26 | But United manager Dave Bassett said : ‘ It 's against my principles to pay money for someone of Chris 's age . ’ |
| 27 | Another thing occurs to me — my machines take offence if another machine is introduced into the room — or indeed into the house . |
| 28 | Then , in a cry of anguish , ‘ My bos yn annown … |
| 29 | Apart from the youngest , all my sisters left school at sixteen or so and got married shortly afterwards , whereas I went on to university . |
| 30 | ‘ My qualifications bear scrutiny , ’ Leith answered , ‘ but what do I do for a reference ? |