Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tackle looked two-footed but Hirst argued : ‘ I only went in with one — my right foot scraped the ground . ’ |
| 2 | Nothing had been disturbed here — although the air of desertion and my timid light lent the place a sinister aspect . |
| 3 | ‘ My old man worked the river all his life , doing deliveries , pick-ups . |
| 4 | My old man worked the length of it . |
| 5 | My favourite story involved the joint telecommunications company set up by GEC and Plessey in France and called GPT . |
| 6 | One of my favourite bits concerned the column she was commissioned to write for a newspaper during the general election . |
| 7 | I can not answer in the unconstrained sense in which my hon. Friend asked the question , but , clearly , we are prepared to play our part — bilaterally through the provision of know-how and technical assistance in appropriate matters and , of course , through the European Community to which we are a substantial subscriber . |
| 8 | My hon. Friend raised the important point of what happens under the Bill if a man or woman leaves a child in the car and the car is taken . |
| 9 | Is the environmental assessment to which my hon. Friend referred the same one as that referred to by the hon. Member for Keighley ( Mr. Waller ) who I understood to mean the King 's Cross project , while my hon. Friend was referring to the high-speed link ? |
| 10 | I am glad that my hon. Friend mentioned the extra expenditure under the urban crime fund , which is designed to tackle crime in particular areas . |
| 11 | My hon. Friend mentioned the fossil fuel levy . |
| 12 | My hon. Friend gave the details and I shall return to them in a moment . |
| 13 | My hon. Friend gave the figures , and if a Conservative Member wishes to dispute them he is free to intervene and do so . |
| 14 | With black hair , and moods to match , for I was more capricious , my blue-grey eyes mirrored the sullen nature and restlessness which ever simmered within . |
| 15 | Two more days went by and my little Angels left the slate . |
| 16 | The third common expression for which my journalistic curiosity found the origin , was ‘ Hobson 's choice ’ . |
| 17 | The Shrimptons have looked after our affairs ever since my great grandfather started the business in 1900 . |
| 18 | After a few months as a general news reporter I was given a wider range of assignments and when Jim Miller left , my regular beats included the monthly School Board meetings and the daily Police Court and High Court sessions . |
| 19 | My vertical stabiliser hit the side of his fuselage , knocking a hole in him and bending about three-quarters of my tail over ’ . |
| 20 | The financial details of the transaction to which the hon. Member referred , and which bear no resemblance to those that he described , took place two years after my noble Friend left the Government . |
| 21 | My small room adjoined the doctor 's surgery . |
| 22 | My tender talent needed the succour of northern light . |
| 23 | Like a camera my restless mind followed the rabid mongrels of Puno as they roamed down the narrow streets , through the tight patchwork of market stalls , over the rubble-lined railway track , to fight at last over a pair of cow 's horns I had seen earlier topping a pile of refuse . |
| 24 | The mental hospital where my great-uncle Fred spent the last 30 years of his life was one of a chain built around the fringes of London in the second half of the nineteenth century . |
| 25 | As my two-year-old son said the other day : ‘ … ’ |
| 26 | My long-suffering boss said the other day , ‘ pity you 've been poorly ever since you 've been fit ! ’ |
| 27 | My original programme included the week 's Workshop in Jaipur and two lectures in Delhi , but in fact I found myself with many more professional engagements than this , through the Indian habit of ‘ cashing in ’ on one 's presence to arrange last minute lectures and seminars , and the Indian tendency to solicit one 's opinion of personal research , of Ph.D . |
| 28 | Mottle Foin , the only foin on which trees grew , little stunted pines making a black dappling on its surface , was the highest hill on the moor after Big Allen and now its rocky hump hid the Milder 's northerly curves , Pierce Foin and all of Lustley Dale . |
| 29 | Its working past laid the foundations of a good beef breed and it was improved for that specific purpose during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , by selection rather than crossing ; it was said ( rather coldly ) to ‘ die well ’ , that is , to yield a lot of meat in the best cuts . |
| 30 | The crashing wind had dropped to a vicious whine , but the rain had intensified and its thunderous noise filled the room . |