Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My chest felt icy cold and I had difficulty in breathing . |
| 2 | Just the way I knew my mum had bad news when she came in on me in dad 's study all those weeks ago . |
| 3 | As I bumped along the road on my stomach , my clothing experienced serious stress . |
| 4 | Soon I began to improve and my Triestino became proper Italian . |
| 5 | Can he confirm that he will not extend national insurance contributions to savings , because a large number of my constituents took early retirement from the coal industry and use their savings to supplement their income ? |
| 6 | He had whilst I was lying intoxicated on my bed in my quarter had oral sex , had masturbated over my body and had entered my vagina for about 10 seconds . |
| 7 | A 33-year-old widow with four children in my constituency lost free school meals and housing benefit — a total loss of £25 . |
| 8 | My wife had individual counselling and that was tremendously helpful . ’ |
| 9 | The king my father had complete confidence in your judgement and loyalty , I know . |
| 10 | Coming from a first-generation immigrant family there was a strongly defined work ethic and after my father died heavy responsibility was thrust upon us . |
| 11 | My father loved old time Music Hall songs and hits from the Gay Nineties like ‘ Good-bye , Dolly Grey ’ , and ‘ Soldiers of the Queen ’ , and one of his favourites was ‘ Burlington Bertie ’ . |
| 12 | Three years ago , when I started to make some real money as opposed to all that other stuff I 'd been making , my father hit bad trouble on the tables and the track and he … |
| 13 | Also , my costume had discreet padding and my boots had lifts to change my apparent height and size . |
| 14 | She had had eight children , only four of whom survived , and had done hard physical work all her life because my grandfather had poor health . |
| 15 | Mine do n't want to come at all , my dad said good god that sounds like a waste of time . |
| 16 | In their language there is no word which means telling lies , and my master had great difficulty in understanding me . |
| 17 | Both sides of my family left rural south China for Malaya to get away from the grinding poverty , encouraged by the British to fill their need for cheap labour in their colonies . |
| 18 | My face went deathly cold and saliva rushed into my mouth . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , there is no indication of the precise degree to which Patrick embraced Arian thought . |
| 20 | By the time Rachel left the house to drive back into town she was feeling really savage towards David Markham , then she had to remind herself that , in spite of the fact that they all felt bitterness at the way he had walked out on Jennifer , it was n't his fault that her sister had multiple sclerosis . |
| 21 | The common feature of all the cars was a central entrance complete with platform doors , which Luff claimed speeded loading , reduced accidents and made cleaning quicker ! |
| 22 | Controversy over the citizenship issue continued in November , the Latvian Supreme Council having passed proposals on Oct. 17 which proposals included stringent residency , linguistic and oath of allegiance requirements for ethnic non-Latvians ( 48.2 per cent of the population of the republic according to 1989 census figures ) . |
| 23 | She got up and checked the wardrobes , and her bemusement became sheer bewilderment . |
| 24 | The chief characteristic of the Byzantine Church is the dome ; it represented the symbol of the vault of heaven and its builders developed constructional ability in domical form which enabled them to create many different types of design with it as covering and architectural feature . |
| 25 | But the Colonel and John-William were both Justices of the Peace , often serving on the same Bench together , and although she had so far shirked inviting them to dine — the prospect of being alone with the Colonel 's lady frankly terrifying her — she was delighted to see them here today , feeling that their presence lent great distinction . |
| 26 | It very definitely constituted the most significant and influential curriculum development agency in the country and many of its projects attracted international acclaim . |
| 27 | Although it was made clear that their incentives would simply extend to exemption from basic customs control ( unless or until their products entered European Community territory ) and that there would be no other special assistance , the government received 45 applications for designation . |
| 28 | I trust you , you 're not a fool , you know what could happen if you got up to some mischief out there , ’ and her fingers described general obloquy with a sweeping gesture of abolition , ‘ and then you 'll never get a husband either . |
| 29 | Her fingers gripped thin air . |
| 30 | To see her at work during the day , with her hair pulled straight back and no makeup on , and to hear her ticking off her girls if they were slacking , you would n't dream it was the same girl who was out dancing with a different partner every night . |