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 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 .
4 ‘ And love of the man twisted my heart into a dry rope .
5 Lifting my heart with a strange .
6 And it 's been on my heart for a long time to save .
7 I could not weep , though grief lay on my heart like a heavy stone .
8 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 .
9 PRICE : £2.39/250ml ‘ I left the conditioner on for 15 minutes and wrapped my hair in a hot towel .
10 A few days later I did question Shadwell about the possibility of not being covered in shit for my debut as a professional actor .
11 [ 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 . ]
12 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 . ’
13 For this is to understand my experience in a certain way , a way that others can challenge and ask me to explain .
14 ‘ 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 .
15 This , the final cherry on the snake-chasing cake concludes my hysteria with a warm flow of urine down my leg .
16 Just thought I 'd give you all the benefit of my expertise with a 1–1 prediction for tonight 's game .
17 He told Arts Scene : ‘ I do my waffle with a few little inserts from tapes . ’
18 I was preparing to depart from the hospital when the British nurse entered my suite in a white glow of anger .
19 I would not calculate this time , this time I would try to select my route in a random way .
20 What does that sleaze-bag of a gilgul expect me to do when I announce my presence to a quivering subject ?
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 But I have this nagging suspicion that my luck as a first-timer tour group leader can not hold .
24 It is possible , for example , to place nine of my readings of SF texts at the nine nodes , according to my judgement as a single reader .
25 So began my search for a suitable bird .
26 ‘ He 'll probably report me , and that will be the end of my search for a perfect summer . ’
27 It was always hard to get going , for if I did n't carry my own sins , and hence guilt , then my dad 's sins were always about to be draped around my neck like a dead albatross .
28 The rain sliced my neck like a miniature guillotine .
29 Andrew stavanger was beginning to emerge in my mind with a shadowy personality — as the vest sort of successor to a family business , with a high sense of responsibility reinforced by his disciplined training at sea .
30 I just felt like I would have given my right arm to be there with a camera — and that stayed in my mind for a long time . ’
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