Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was there a secret reason that made them hanker for a new life in a new world ? |
| 2 | While he was at college , he got a Saturday job with Austin Reed , the men 's outfitters , ‘ which gave me experience of a real shop-floor environment — right at the front line of customer service . |
| 3 | Swindle was too crude , for if the plan worked , no one would lose a penny ; all that would have happened was that a few banks would inadvertently have lent them money for an undefined period . |
| 4 | In competition it is to my advantage to feel for others as little as possible , an advantage which outweighs my dread of a growing isolation . |
| 5 | ‘ And love of the man twisted my heart into a dry rope . |
| 6 | Lifting my heart with a strange . |
| 7 | And it 's been on my heart for a long time to save . |
| 8 | But I could not bear to be supplanted in a view that lay next to my heart by an old acquaintance . |
| 9 | I could not weep , though grief lay on my heart like a heavy stone . |
| 10 | I wish I 'd not had to lie to my poor Norman , but he did n't question my story about a long-lost godchild and assured me he had no need of my money . |
| 11 | If it was n't , and he came back and caught me , then I 'd have to fall back on my story as an over-enthusiastic games player . |
| 12 | PRICE : £2.39/250ml ‘ I left the conditioner on for 15 minutes and wrapped my hair in a hot towel . |
| 13 | A few days later I did question Shadwell about the possibility of not being covered in shit for my debut as a professional actor . |
| 14 | [ Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence , My Part in a Changing World , 1938 ; Vera Brittain , Pethick-Lawrence : a Portrait , 1963 ; Roger Fulford , Votes for Women , 1957 ; Sylvia Pankhurst , The Suffragette Movement , 1931 ; Brian Harrison , Prudent Revolutionaries , 1987 . ] |
| 15 | ‘ I intend taking my case to an industrial tribunal . ’ |
| 16 | One respondent in this school of thought commented on the strength of the bond between even inadequate parents and children , saying : ‘ The astounding thing , in my experience as a social worker , is that for the most part kids are crazy about their parents , even when they 're being badly treated . ’ |
| 17 | It is a personal , highly subjective account which seeks to relate my experience as an Irish lesbian , my involvement in political action at that time and my subsequent emigration to England in the mid-seventies . |
| 18 | For this is to understand my experience in a certain way , a way that others can challenge and ask me to explain . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd love to splash out on lovely bits of lacy stuff , but I 'd do better spending my money on a deep-fat fryer for all the notice my other half would take . |
| 20 | This , the final cherry on the snake-chasing cake concludes my hysteria with a warm flow of urine down my leg . |
| 21 | Just thought I 'd give you all the benefit of my expertise with a 1–1 prediction for tonight 's game . |
| 22 | He told Arts Scene : ‘ I do my waffle with a few little inserts from tapes . ’ |
| 23 | At the time I ascribed my inability to an acute sense of boredom ( which , in part , it was ) , but I can see now that it was also a form of rebellion , this time an unconscious one . |
| 24 | I was preparing to depart from the hospital when the British nurse entered my suite in a white glow of anger . |
| 25 | My description of an amazing 18-light silver chandelier weighing over 2,500 ounces and made for the Duke of Abercorn in 1837 has , instead of a photograph of the Duke 's dining room at Baronscourt , where the chandelier had originally hung , one of the entrance hall . |
| 26 | I would not calculate this time , this time I would try to select my route in a random way . |
| 27 | What does that sleaze-bag of a gilgul expect me to do when I announce my presence to a quivering subject ? |
| 28 | I was there , as I said , for two and a half years , so it would have been difficult for the teachers to respond to my presence in an artificial way because I was there for such a long time . |
| 29 | The Working Party helped me to express my lesbianism in a positive way in that I could come out , and it helped me to deal with the suspicion and fears of colleagues Black and white , gay or straight , male or female . |
| 30 | I left my sack for a third time clipped to Sal and relished the cool caress of wind around my back as I finally found out how to enjoy myself on the steep granite of the ridge . |