Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From time to time , walking in the crowded arcades of the Plaza Mayor , my heart would miss a beat as I fancied I saw Jordi mingling with all those similar dark heads and slender figures . |
| 2 | In these circumstances , I for my part can see no material distinction between the council in the present case and the Crown in the Hoffmann-La Roche case [ 1975 ] A.C. 295 . |
| 3 | I for my part can see no error in the exercise of his discretion in this respect . |
| 4 | My case can attract no eager newsmen . |
| 5 | I recommend that you use a good brush and learn to paint with it well ; if you can master using the brush there will be no need to mess around with varnishes , which in my case will alter the appearance of the painting . |
| 6 | Just as it is almost impossible to apply what is now called the ‘ Japanese ’ system of management to other parts of the world , because of the differences of culture and background of the people who are working in industry , so it is equally unlikely that the particular , precise ways that I have found so useful will have the same application to others ; Nevertheless , since I have spent so much of my life developing these ideas it may be that some of my experience will hit a chord of recognition or cause others to reflect or contemplate . |
| 7 | My mum just has black coffee okay ? , got sugar in , any one , my mum can have the one with Brian written on it though |
| 8 | Boy-wonder karate expert , I thought , and I hoped that my sister would get the hill and the record collection ; some of the Goodman discs were valuable . |
| 9 | I do see it as a delay even though w I 'm gon na learn and my technique 'll improve a hundred percent . |
| 10 | My death , my banishment would deprive the King of contentment as well as my husband . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ I knew my club would hit the rock but I popped the ball up to 20ft and two-putted . |
| 12 | Meyer , lifting her country 's first track medal following South Africa 's 32-year exile from the Olympics , said : ‘ My silver will inspire the entire nation . |
| 13 | My vote will go the party that faces up to present day problems not one that wallows in class hatred and preaches the doctrine of envy and bitterness . |
| 14 | The immaturity of my attitude will do no harm at the moment , for the very significant reason that I have no dependents . |
| 15 | The voyage will certainly be a very expensive one but I doubt not my work will have a great sale in consequence and if so amply repay me for my exertions . |
| 16 | With Shine On being ridden by a hospital case , my home could have a chance . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ The Queen has said that my lady shall have a place in the bed . |
| 18 | The other sites erm or other site on the periphery of Skelton erm to which you drew my attention would have the potential if developed of causing a different sort of damage . |
| 19 | My grey school skirt would be swapped for a rock-and-roll dirndl and six net petticoats , painstakingly dipped in sugar water to make them stiff when dry ; after the first four dances , the heat from my body would melt the sugar and my nylons would stick together . |
| 20 | Of course the harder I tried to insert it , the tenser I became , and the less my body would accept the foreign intruder . |
| 21 | I know that if my feet leave the floor of the cave then I 'll float upwards and my head 'll hit the ceiling and my skull 'll get bashed in and I 'll die . |
| 22 | Has my hon. Friend considered consulting people such as members of the Secondary Heads Association to see whether all the heads of comprehensive schoools in my constituency would relish the idea of paying an extra 9 per cent . |
| 23 | ‘ My wife used to do the gardening at home . |
| 24 | My wife will extend the invitation to the Carsons . |
| 25 | Well shipping Angus , so you know when the dredgers go on er er er creeping ahead , see we used to have er what we call the head wire there used to be a wire which was all stretched out say about half a mile and what you s and erm and all according what erm how much mud you were dredging for the depth of water and then my father would give the signal to say right , cos on the , on the head wire used to have a pull , we call the pulls and they were like er a jutted piece off the wheel and he 'd say five pulls ahead and we 'd say one two three four five right and we went ahead with it and then when we were dredging sidewards you see , used to sidewards , you never went ahead with it , not all the time you c you went sidewards across the river , and erm once you got ahead your side chains they moving up cos you got so far ahead th that the side chains were n't much good to you , so you had to then move your side chains so you got a little off the mud in an old boat and then re further up the river . |
| 26 | I know my father would raise a terrific stink if I told him the Headmistress had grabbed me by the hair and slung me over the playground fence . ’ |
| 27 | For my father would keep the best for himself , to train and breed , and sell or give away the remainder . |
| 28 | In any case , my father was obviously a bit of an embarrassment to his brother : Harold Swan pressed home the point that my father might have a fit during a performance . |
| 29 | ‘ My father used to do the garden at Taigh na Tuir . |
| 30 | And er my father used to do the garden then . |