Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tricia sat between Melanie and me , which made me change gear ever so carefully in case I brushed against her ample thigh , and Melanie shouted instructions around her . |
| 2 | It is midnight and after great difficulty I managed with my little bit of French to convey to my dancing partner of the evening that I would like to see her home . |
| 3 | No , the next bit I looked over me bit and you were parked up alongside me , why ? |
| 4 | The simple lines of modern architecture break up space and light in a very mechanical way , and not with the variety I seek in my paintings . |
| 5 | The simple lines of modern architecture break up space and light in a very mechanical way , and not with the variety I seek in my paintings . |
| 6 | Well do you know , when I met , I , I 'm meeting old chaps through this very excellent marriage agency , I 've never expected any thing like it , they are marvellous , and the sent me a nice old lad , but I knew I was onto a looser when he said , of course I go to my daughter-in-law every Saturday for lunch , she absolutely insists because she says , she wants to make sure that I 'm eating properly , now this is a very healthy old man with a very good income who could afford to buy any food he wants and the fact of the matter is his that he 's son is probably not , he does n't want to upset his old dad , and it 's handy to have him to come on Saturday for lunch and be done with it as it were , but I thought surely Bernard your own sense would tell you that nobody want 's their old father and father-in-law every Saturday of their life , for lunch oh . |
| 7 | Now yesterday afternoon I said to our Joe I fancies a bit of chocolate . |
| 8 | That afternoon I sat in my room and unpacked my things . |
| 9 | ‘ Only from the business card I found on my desk , ’ the other replied , his English excellent . |
| 10 | Gaston I quarrelled with his mother , Margaret of Béarn ( d. 1319 ) and despite a reconciliation in September 1312 , a dispute then broke out over the custody and tutelage of his heir . |
| 11 | Analogy I used in my book , was actually suggested to me by , although this is a ana a kind of metaphor that , that her father was very fond of . |
| 12 | I can not describe to you , my dear sister , what I went through during those three quarters of an hour , seated was as pale as the jasmine I had about my head … |
| 13 | The massed volumes that take up the wall next to the window are evidence of the research I did for my first and second books : one a dual biography of two late Victorian figures , the politician George Wyndham and the poet and political campaigner Wilfred Scawen Blunt ; the other a life of the Edwardian Prime Minister Arthur Balfour . |
| 14 | There 's no job in the industry I covet above my own , but I dearly wish I could spend more time designing and less on paperwork . |
| 15 | It went pretty well actually , the feedback I got from my immediate boss fairly pleased with it was pleased with it |
| 16 | The feedback I get from my heart is that the best skiing is to be found not at big resorts but small ones . |
| 17 | If I use violence I descend to his level . |
| 18 | This stems entirely from the violence I encountered from my father when I was young . |
| 19 | Although I am down , I still have my pride and dignity and so I thought it only right that I should remove all the silverware I had brought to the club from the trophy cabinet : my cycling proficiency medal , the Mitchley Majorettes runners-up trophy I nicked from their carnival float , my Winston Churchill commemorative coin and the photograph of Michel Platini and myself talking football outside Broadcasting House whilst both waiting to secure Bruce Forsyth 's autograph . |
| 20 | What I w what I will say to my honourable , my right honourable friend is that er when I recently visited the United States I did find that the , on which our training and enterprise councils have been based , have provided a very valuable experience for us in learning the lessons that he had indicated of ensuring that the private sector is fully involved in decisions over training and I believe that the figure I gave to my honourable friend early today , combined with over two billion that my department spends on training , forms a very effective public private sector partnership . |
| 21 | The second drawing I submit to your lively discernment is the indigo bush , from which a deep and lustrous shade of blue is obtained by a kind of alchemy . |
| 22 | Whatever the size of land or terrace you have at your disposal , a little lateral thinking will prove that there are always ways and means of providing yourself with enough plant material to experiment with the very enjoyable pastime of pressing flowers . |
| 23 | WHEN that grand old man of the turf Jim Joel died last spring at the age of 97 , a condition in his will allowed the Queen Mother to choose any horse she wished from his estate . |
| 24 | Thanks have just been received in the Office from Janice Glen for the lovely flowers and card she received on her birthday . |
| 25 | Consciousness you raise through your sexuality allows you to enter that non-reality and use it . |
| 26 | As she climbed the stairs Sally could hear the low voices and the giggles coming from the bedroom she shared with her sister and knew what it meant . |
| 27 | In confusion she pushed against his chest and awkwardly scrambled off , beginning to pick up her scattered belongings , knowing her face must be a fetching shade of scarlet . |
| 28 | Her third cup of tea she balanced on her stomach , lying full length on the bed and pointing her stockinged toes into the air , sighting various objects over them with one eye closed . |
| 29 | It was the sort of place where you are accepted for what you claim to be , your worth depending on how much gold or silver you have in your purse . |
| 30 | beautifully made erm , I mean they 're brand new but they will be antiques I suppose in the future you know for your , for your grandchildren sort of thing , but er I mean you ca n't possibly think what 's |