Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I can colour my hair to fill in the gap . |
| 2 | Severe wind turbulence caused my canopy to go down a lot faster than normal . |
| 3 | Money was a problem because I 'd spent all the dosh I 'd got for the car , and I needed my grant to pay off the overdraft I 'd built up . |
| 4 | ‘ I used my shirt to put out the flames . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 6 | It does n't improve his nerves now to see me sitting on his carpet timing Casey 's phone rings with my stopwatch to work out the number he dialled . |
| 7 | I could smell the citronella that I put on my skin to ward off the mosquitoes and feel the breeze beginning to rise from the river . |
| 8 | My mum goes out every Sunday for lunch . |
| 9 | I palpated the abdomen with a grim certainty as to what I would find and there was no surprise , only a dull sadness as my fingers closed around a hard lobulated mass deep among the viscera . |
| 10 | But instead , my fingers closed around a small , ice-cold hand ! |
| 11 | My sister picks up a |
| 12 | I completed my 100 metre strides after they 'd gone , my heels flicking up the divots on to the back of my head . |
| 13 | My mind went back a couple of months to when Charlie 'd asked me if I 'd like to make a bit on the side . |
| 14 | The phantom of the opera is here inside my mind pull back the curtains |
| 15 | ‘ They were old and shredded but it crossed my mind to get out the glue stick . ’ |
| 16 | I 've got millions of beer bottles in my cellar , or My car breaks down every five minutes |
| 17 | I closed my eyes to shut out the glow from the cloverleaf window and tried for sleep . |
| 18 | I do n't paint from dark to light or light to dark in any special sequence , but as my eyes flit over the paper I add bits of colour here and there . |
| 19 | It had been my intention to seek out a further interview with Mr Cardinal with minimum delay , but this proved to be impossible , owing largely to the arrival that same afternoon — some two days earlier than expected — of Mr Lewis , the American senator . |
| 20 | So I gave up on the idea of girls until I was about fifteen , when I suppose my hormones calmed down a bit . |
| 21 | My dilemma points up a basic dichotomy in the educational aims of the school . |
| 22 | But I was a little person in er a commu community of little person and er my brothers worked down the pit and I believe it was an advantage not to be much greater than five foot in height down the pits . |
| 23 | My horse went down a couple of times when we were riding along a shallow river The hooves must 've turned up the mud at the bottom and I 'm sorry but no amount of expert preparation can help you keep cool when a 500lb horse goes down on you . |
| 24 | When I return my headlights sweep over the boss and this woman . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ He told me he could n't face the prospect of another divorce , which I understood because my parents split up a few years ago and it was very distressing , ’ she said . |
| 26 | My boss put down the Record , rose and stretched expansively . |
| 27 | ‘ But my daddy babbled out the truth . ’ |
| 28 | About four weeks ago I visited Mourneview Park to witness my team pull back a one goal deficit and win 2–1 . |
| 29 | ‘ My team put up a good workmanlike performance . |
| 30 | My eye skips down the page . |