Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was to play the leading role in my plans to breed owls for release into the wild . |
| 2 | These matters had a sort of equivalence in my mind : I had my possessions to offer Jean-Claude , his mother had her bathroom to offer me … . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ When my kids have colds I put a homeopathic remedy called Olbas Oil on their chests and pillows when they go to bed . |
| 6 | Do you think I want to see my kids turning tricks for a smear of white powder ? ’ |
| 7 | My eyes became coals of fire in my head , and I believed every moment that I was condemned to perish in the belly of a whale . |
| 8 | ‘ I was just tapping my hand along the bridge parapet when my eyes went orange . |
| 9 | The dancers opened and my eyes met Pike 's . |
| 10 | My hair comes out like a bird 's nest and my eyes look slitty . |
| 11 | With a low hum of premonition my eyes panned Harlem , as if out there among the smokestacks and flarepaths lay my damage , my special damage , waiting for birth or freedom or power . |
| 12 | But the second my eyes cleared floor level I saw that the relics had gone ! |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | If my lips had words for the wondrous feeling of your breasts and nipples I 'd say them . |
| 15 | Why dost thou ask my lips to fashion songs |
| 16 | All the time , I was straining my ears to hear Tom through the wall . |
| 17 | In my room I fell to my knees to thank God for the sign he had sent me , and waited eagerly for daylight . |
| 18 | We rounded the final clump of bamboos in a sprint — until my knees gave way completely . |
| 19 | The small passageway was shadowy and fetid and my words rang hollow . |
| 20 | ‘ About two hours later — it seemed like a life-time , my legs had cramp and I was sore all over — the car slowed down . |
| 21 | ‘ All I can remember is them lifting the bus off my legs using airbags . |
| 22 | He said , ‘ If you must know , I broke my legs playing football . ’ |
| 23 | My feet feel movement . ’ |
| 24 | I release my safety belt to hold you , dangerous ground , ground where my feet have wings of flame . |
| 25 | Well the aircraft , simply do an orbit , come back around , back into wind and then come winching in under my directions using hand signals . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | We had very good musicians at the White Rock Pavilion , and my parents took Heather whilst I enjoyed a Sunday afternoon concert . |
| 29 | My brother Brian was born in October 1911 , and my parents engaged Mary Buckle to look after us . |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |