Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them turns her tired beam on us . |
| 2 | ‘ Would you really , a man of your enormous wealth , sue someone like me for a sum that to you is little more than pocket-money , but to me represents my very livelihood ? |
| 3 | Yours sucks her own boobs . |
| 4 | And if , like us , you 've never heard of her , we should tell you that she plays his 14-year-old daughter in a romantic piece of ooh-la-la entitled My Father The Hero . |
| 5 | 4 She drives her left knee into his chest to immobilize him . |
| 6 | There 's a quotation here from one of the ladies ' magazines at the time : ‘ woman was given to man to be his better angel , to dissuade him from vice , to stimulate him to virtue , to make home delightful and life joyous , in the exercise of these gentle and holy charities , she fulfils her high vocation ’ — pretty inspiring stuff ! |
| 7 | The stereo cassette is an essential tool , with Queen blasting out at full volume while she produces her fine work . |
| 8 | Apart from the deadlines created hy husbands ' and children 's needs , she imposes her own time pressures ; these follow from the way she organizes her work and the kind of standards she sets herself . |
| 9 | ‘ She 's only saving her money , ’ I sprang to Ellen 's defence , ‘ so she has something to live on while she writes her first novel . ’ |
| 10 | Lisa has written eleven songs — she writes her own melodies and lyrics — and three of these will be chosen as a follow-up to the video demo . |
| 11 | Jeremy settles Kate on a rattan sofa with a whisky , flicks on the stereo and then sits down himself at the other end of the sofa , making sure that she notices his careful maintenance of physical space between them . |
| 12 | She beats her hairy chest . |
| 13 | Perhaps she reserves her fondest memories for Sergeant Barry Mannakee who became her bodyguard at a time when she felt lost and alone in the royal world . |
| 14 | She thanks her lucky stars that none of the parties involved was given to temper tantrums . |
| 15 | ‘ She has her good points , Sophie . |
| 16 | No captain she has her six months leave . |
| 17 | I am glad — as you must be — that she has her adoring courtier , to take care of her in her old age , and to give her gallantry and flattery and sweets . |
| 18 | But you know , she has her sweet way with me , |
| 19 | Yet a friend with a 14.1hh Welsh Cob says his costs average out at £12 a week ; admittedly she has her own land and he lives out most of the time , but he really earns his living — last year they did everything from Riding Club events to a few days hunting . |
| 20 | Recently I 've worked in jazz with John McLaughlin ( her partner ) — and Marielle she has her own projects . ’ |
| 21 | She has her own home in Mossley Hill and her 20-year-old son Neil calls around to visit her regularly . |
| 22 | ‘ She has her own rules . |
| 23 | She has her own purpose and we are very proud to have her in our lives to love . ’ |
| 24 | Instead she has her own Ice Magic spell deck which is reproduced here . |
| 25 | She has her own tone and style and I 've seen it very effective . |
| 26 | She has her own thoughts to think . |
| 27 | She has her own Stamford Hill street credibility to think of . |
| 28 | Please also delete from my ‘ named drivers ’ , as she has her own car now ; I would be grateful if you could replace her with my mother , whose details I believe you hold from previous policies . |
| 29 | She has her own instinct when she can not carry her colleagues with her . |
| 30 | Like many , she has her own stock of painful experiences which sometimes affect her present life . |