Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well my Mum done it for me . |
| 2 | My mum washed mine at the weekend and they 're in a pile on my floor and I have n't been arsed so I 'm just sleeping on the mattress with the bare duvet . |
| 3 | Had my Pop passed me in the street , he would n't have recognised me . |
| 4 | Its supporters regarded it as a happy augury that on the same day the Soviet Union finally called off its blockade of Berlin . |
| 5 | The Cent-Gardes , also created in 1854 , with their magnificent blue and silver uniforms , were picked for their stature — the minimum height was six feet — and their looks , since many of their duties involved them in Court ceremonial , including the lining of the stairways at the Tuileries during balls and official receptions . |
| 6 | When my young cousin 's pet budgie died , her parents buried it in the garden while she was asleep to avoid her being upset . |
| 7 | David looked down at her as she lay against the white pillows , pale and thinner than ever , and thought how much easier it would be to keep himself in check if her husband treated her with the gentleness she deserved . |
| 8 | Like a dam bursting , her feelings overwhelmed her with their sudden surge . |
| 9 | When the whole brood were assembled their father regimented them with a series of fortunately ill-aimed blows and they all trailed off the way they had come . |
| 10 | Her manner matched his in abruptness . |
| 11 | She could hear Penry 's heart pounding against hers , as her kisses matched his in utter frenzy . |
| 12 | These might be wild animals who possessed particular strengths and had little contact with man , like a lion , jackal , hawk and crocodile , or might be animals whose usefulness placed them in a special relationship with man , like the crow , ram and cat . |
| 13 | People whose parents baptised them into the Roman Catholic Church will probably be counted as Catholics all their lives — even if they never go to church ; for people to be counted as Baptists , however , they will have to have expressed a strong commitment to their faith and to have undergone adult baptism . |
| 14 | Organization must be appropriate , and must make a positive contribution to the problems whose identification called it into being . |
| 15 | The knight must be ready to fight hard when his prince required it of him ; he must never desert ; nor must he refuse to fight for the common good ; and , above all , he must fight fearlessly . |
| 16 | He took her mouth again , but this time his mouth punished her with sudden erotic savagery and she felt the treacherous swift ache of desire , the longing for more , for all of him , deep in the pit of her stomach . |
| 17 | She surrendered herself to the melting awareness that was building within her , and her exploration of his mouth matched his in eagerness and abandonment . |
| 18 | God , when he gave the World in common to all Mankind , commanded Man also to labour , and the penury of his Condition required it of him . |
| 19 | His unflappability deserted him in the face of by-election reverses . |
| 20 | He was a Georgian by birth ; did he , then , share the fierce nationalistic pride of his fellow-countrymen , or had his orphanage moulded him into one of the bland , rootless vegetables who regarded themselves as Soviet citizens ? |
| 21 | Although his orders placed him in theoretical command of the Simonova 's mission , in practical terms he was a guest of the civil servants who operated the vessel . |
| 22 | When it had been authenticated by its silver hallmarks , Sir Charles bought it and for the rest of his life regarded it as an important heirloom . |
| 23 | Later his mother apprenticed him to a lithographic printer . |
| 24 | There is , therefore , an acceptance that work as it is experienced is ‘ what school prepared us for ’ . |
| 25 | Has our education prepared us for such perplexing indecision ? |
| 26 | ‘ And what exactly , ’ he drawled with a hard smile , ‘ has your uncle told you about me ? ’ |
| 27 | Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best ; but God disciplines us for our good , that we may share in his holiness . |
| 28 | Your idea cut it into twelfths . |