Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This rejection at least served the purpose of bringing me face to face with the uncomfortable fact that I was now without a job and almost without an occupation . |
| 2 | And what a sight it was to see them day after day , night after night , huddled in corners , crowded around drinks machines , arguing and agreeing , debating and disclaiming . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , when Fox made the preposterous statement that ‘ This is simply shocking , they might as well make me professor of Poetry , ’ Lewis responded , ‘ Well , we will . ’ |
| 4 | We met them face to face and he gave his full backing . |
| 5 | Then Heathcliff asked me question after question about Catherine 's illness . |
| 6 | TYPE in the text of Task 24 , insetting the quotations 0.5″ from the left-hand margin and typing them line for line as shown below . |
| 7 | The single-track section of line would have given me cause for concern and it is one which could reasonably be removed . ’ |
| 8 | Indeed , it had been on roach trips that I have found most of my bream swims in the past and although I 'm a roach man first and foremost , a splendid , clean seven pound river bream has never given me cause for complaint ! |
| 9 | It was my blood because he had given me mouth to mouth resuscitation . |
| 10 | Its ringing , double-noted call haunted me night after night — a call the least experienced birdwatcher would recognise instantly . |
| 11 | Ever since I was able to go into Porteneil alone and check things up in the library my father has had to be pretty straight with me , but when I was younger he used to fool me time after time , answering my honest if naive questions with utter rubbish . |
| 12 | The men who tried to civilize these shaggy and uncouth marginalians by bringing them news of civilization have left a certain number of translations that are better reading today than are the works of the ignorant islanders who were too Proud to translate . |
| 13 | It does n't matter I hate my voice on tape . |
| 14 | In the middle of the instep there is a place called ‘ exact coastline uncertain ’ and this became my place of work . |
| 15 | Yes , it was nice to sit and eat my lunch in peace , with no-one to interrupt me but it is not nice every morning to ‘ bye ’ and leave him in someone else 's care . |
| 16 | I solve it by pointing my eyes towards C , bringing my body into line with my eyes , and walking forwards . |
| 17 | I got my mate to caddie for Seve . |
| 18 | This was brought home to me recently when the Conservation Officer of the Cumbria Wildlife Trust countered my defence of canoeing and canoeists by accepting that two or three canoeists are no problem in a sensitive area , whereas a large group does cause unacceptable disturbance to wildlife . |
| 19 | I have learned to please , to gauge and sniff the air before I move off , to swing my head from side to side as I put one foot carefully in front of the other , ears and hair raised to twang on the slightest change in the atmosphere . |
| 20 | Seeing my work in print was great — as was getting the royalty cheque — I still have n't cashed it ! ’ |
| 21 | This undemanding life-cycle had never been disrupted and I read the new lecture list partly just out of habit and partly for the simple pleasure of seeing my name in print . |
| 22 | A good reputation will be merely a means to winning what I want from others ; I shall care nothing for the respect or contempt of people who can not help or ham me , and find no pleasure in the prospect of millions seeing my face on television or reading my books after I am dead . |
| 23 | About four years after completing my work with lead poisoning I became a lecturer in medical genetics , working part-time as by then I had two young children . |
| 24 | New pastures indeed and I regret my lack of education in historical bibliography . |
| 25 | What I need to do is adapt my approach to training , focus on what I consider I can still achieve and get the maximum amount of benefits and pleasure from a reduced volume of training . |
| 26 | ‘ This has developed my liking for theatre and I am much more aware of theatre issues than before . ’ |
| 27 | To explain my curiosity I should perhaps explain my definition of excellence . |
| 28 | It was Elvis who kindled my interest in music . |
| 29 | I 've bought Smiths records but they have never altered my way of thinking . |
| 30 | It would just have altered my level of safety and I would have forgotten the route completely by now . |