Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Personally , I am rather too fond of my sanity to risk it in this way . |
2 | My heart tells me of a perfect flower in the centre of the garden and I move along the pathways , stopping to drink in some new and dazzling sight or scent that arrests me . |
3 | One day in 1916 my driver took me to the town of Loos in Belgium . |
4 | Although the first step can be steroid injections , my GP referred me for surgery at Wanstead Hospital , south London . |
5 | I suppose I 've done my part to help them by writing extensively about laser weapons for New Scientist and other magazines . |
6 | I found no great welcome ; people seemed quite oblivious of my arrival , and no doubt it was unconscious arrogance on my part to expect it to be otherwise . |
7 | My enthusiasm transmitted itself to Malc and he left at the end of visiting time a happier man . |
8 | My mum was only a little cross with me. then — mystery and more mystery — my mum took me with the fireman in his car to his house . |
9 | Well my mum got it for |
10 | Well my Mum done it for me . |
11 | I had that and my mum sent me to ballet classes |
12 | Cos my mum bought one for my dad |
13 | Some adolescents seemed concerned about a lack of knowledge or deficiency in Creole on their own part : For my English oral , last year , I had to read a Patois poem , so I aksed my mum to read it for me , and that 's how I got to , you know , sort of pick it up just for that poem … kept letting her read it over and over again till I get the sound . |
14 | One day my mum sat me on the bed and started talking to me . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | Not today , however , and now my route took me off the road by a stile and up over the hill by an old quarry track . |
17 | All I can remember is having a pickled onion and my sister stabbed it with a fork and the middle shot across the room . |
18 | My sister reminds me of our isolation , the neighbours who fed us meat and sweets , the tea parties we went out to but which we were never allowed to return . |
19 | My sister makes lots of preserves and she 's always giving me some . ’ |
20 | ‘ It 's the tail rotors that do the damage — and I 'd hate to spend my afternoon scraping you off the roof . ’ |
21 | Just my luck to get one with vandalistic urges ! |
22 | I do n't know why my search drew me to that part of the house , except that Curtis was the only soul in it other than myself and Leon . |
23 | I am a present looking at the dozen or so cones sitting on the floor and am making up my mind to do something with them , but even with ingenious ideas , how does one find time with all that knitting to do ? |
24 | It 's a thought that crossed my mind to help you as a trainer . |
25 | ‘ It would never for one moment cross my mind to accuse you of being a sentimentalist . ’ |
26 | Like millions of Americans I was watching the debate on television and , like millions of Americans , I leapt out of my seat yelling something like : ‘ I ca n't believe he said that … |
27 | ‘ I was very undecided when my agent told me about the offer … ’ |
28 | ‘ My agent told you about the remuneration ? ’ |
29 | No , my mummy read it to me . |
30 | Then , with a smile that set all the butterflies off again , ‘ It 's my intention to take you to where the food is really good , and also show you something of the city by night . ’ |