Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] in [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | my hair in heated rollers , kind-of-casual-but-vamp , threw an |
| 2 | I stuffed it all into my pocket and raced back through the rain to the hotel , my hair in soggy fronds and my feet squelching . |
| 3 | My experience in 14 years of practice is that it is virtually impossible to instigate disciplinary procedures such as the protection afforded workers by their trades union agreements . |
| 4 | From my experience in many areas of the music business , I offer my ‘ gameplan ’ for a band 's success . |
| 5 | Although this might suggest otherwise , I was all the time working hard for Schools , as I knew that Eliot , now my mentor in most things , would have strongly urged me to do . |
| 6 | what he has said is that he , it 's a matter for myself to talk to whoever I wish , and that he respects my judgement in these matters , er according to the joint statement issued Mr Reynolds briefed him on his discussions with me on that on that |
| 7 | Having craned my neck in likely locations for a good many years , I finally discovered it displaying its gorgeous wings over an oil-stain beside my car . |
| 8 | This , if I may say so , considering my bulk in those days — now much reduced by the ravages of health and time — was a very considerable offer . |
| 9 | It 's the trend which has switched the emphasis to keeping you on court — rather than being forced off it , as many have been at my club in recent seasons . |
| 10 | He thought this was a great idea and suggested I structure my talk in two parts : the training of Dawn , and a little bit about barn owls in general . |
| 11 | ‘ I have asked at houses near the academy , but to rent a room there — yes , it is most embarrassing to say I can not afford what is asked , and I shall not be earning until I begin my work in two weeks . |
| 12 | She writes : ‘ My time spent ‘ at the University of Oxford ’ broadened my outlook in many respects and this helped me with my academic studies and writing from then on' . |
| 13 | " Send Mai to my hut in two minutes , " she heard him say at last in a curt voice . |
| 14 | But one day I must take my courage in both hands and go back to visit |
| 15 | Thus in my view this Lautro rule has already defined , with some clarity , the persons who shall be served , and to whom in my opinion in appropriate circumstances Lautro owe a general duty to act fairly . |
| 16 | I realized early on how much I was getting out of the callers and the fact that some of them seemed to get something out of me too increased my confidence in other areas of my life . |
| 17 | but that 's no problem for me , it used to be a problem but it is n't now because I 've worked on building up my confidence in other things so I 'm good at quite a lot of things and I always keep re-enforcing that that I 'm good at doing these things . |
| 18 | ‘ I begin by posing my sitter in carious positions in different places in the studio . |
| 19 | My Bible in those days was Udall 's Practice of Veterinary Medicine and the great man stated therein that if a cow moved freely she was unlikely to have a foreign body in her reticulum . |
| 20 | And if they twist things still to my disgrace in both counts , what more is there I can do ? |
| 21 | Now it seemed fortunate that I had n't ; just as it seemed , though still obscurely , fortunate that I had n't lost my head in other ways when I wrote to her . |
| 22 | And then I m I exchanged in twelve months cos I was lucky I had put my name in two places to get a car . |
| 23 | It 's not because I want applause , or paragraphs in the paper , or my name in coloured lights in Shaftesbury Avenue . |
| 24 | ‘ You could put right the mistake you made by promising to be my wife in six years ’ time ! ’ |
| 25 | And our er workshop was open for and they got every assistance and every help from my father in these days . |
| 26 | I shall give you my advice in twenty-four hours . |
| 27 | Yeah , I have worked all my life in various jobs and I 've never yet met a man who hated me nor have I hated any man , and I think there must be many women here who think the same thing . |
| 28 | My preference in black olives are those from Provence , France , which are tossed in olive oil and flavoured with the herbs of the region — rich , strong and flavoursome . |
| 29 | I also took the opportunity to visit the regional offices of my firm in those towns where dinners were held , and this was very much appreciated by the people concerned . |
| 30 | This ex-rugger international has , for reasons best known to himself , tired of rambling on about the oval ball game ; as a consequence he has taken to bespattering the media with stories about his allegedly ‘ sexy ’ life and times in terms which strive risibly to emulate the writings of the greatest rock journalist in the world — just like practically everyone else in the media has been muscling in on my territory in recent times . |