Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Makes me hair stand on end just thinking about it . ’
2 And I would have to meet the head of the English Department , Professor Ruiperez , who had sent me kind letters of invitation and welcome , in faultless English .
3 You can buy them mail order from Van Tubergen UK Ltd , Bressingham , Diss , Norfolk IP22 3AA .
4 Do I have to wear one of them velvet caps with knobs on ? ’
5 My heart races with excitement so that I can not concentrate on my Light of the World jigsaw showing Jesus standing outside the vine-covered door , lantern in hand .
6 There 's other types of music that I listen to that do make my hair stand on end and they do n't have a single guitar in them !
7 I see boys calling the girls fat and it makes my hair stand on end !
8 It was so weird it made my hair stand on end ; it was almost as if a ghost had walked into the room .
9 His language makes my hair stand on end . ’
10 The only thing that made my hair stand on end was when I would say : ‘ Dive through that window there and , as you go through it , hit it with your fists clenched together , tuck your head down in between on your elbows , get through and , as you go through , go into a roll . ’
11 ‘ You 'll use my wolfskin coverlet for mortcloth .
12 I knew there was no hope at all of my finding lodgings for Aunt Louise , and put the letter aside ; only when bedtime came could I no longer hide from myself its implications .
13 ‘ One of my course tutors at college . ’
14 I will endeavour to make my Pamela amends by marriage .
15 My chest crackles with bronchitis
16 Is it you who collects my money week after week ?
17 To prove that point , come on a flight from my base airstrip at Gransden to Crowfield in Suffolk , to the inaugural PFA Mid-Suffolk Strut Fly-in and BBQ .
18 God , I hate it when my shit smells of whisky .
19 Nevertheless the ridding of my skin complaint by necromancy coincided with a shift in emphasis as far as my instruction was concerned .
20 ‘ He 's been my guardian spirit for years and it 's interesting to be forced to suppress all my own creativity in order to copy him slavishly to the last detail .
21 I give my mum money for housekeeping and that .
22 ‘ And I 'll have to think about contacting my sister Laura in Glasgow , ’ Maggie went on .
23 My sister lives in Edinburgh , me two brothers live in Nottingham .
24 Me with Dawn , Mum with Jasper the cat , my sister Leanne with Zara the kestrel , now deceased , and little sister Annamarie with Barry the guinea pig .
25 To me , it seems that my felt desire for coffee is the cause of my going to the kitchen .
26 I would like to thank you and your colleagues for taking the time to meet me and some of my branch officials on Tuesday .
27 I have included your name on my mailing list for EFL software , and will write to you with more information as soon as I am able .
28 In my living room with Judy the lodger and Bjork .
29 The kindness of my Kildalton friends in thinking of me for their minister is encouraging as showing that no truly earnest , honest .
30 Ask me to listen to Beethoven and my mind kind of drifts away …
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