Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 My child you used and pierced my heart a hundred times and deep . ’
2 Jessie Young fired my imagination with her tales of warfare , politics and terror at Berwick , and fanned in my heart the first flames of a lifelong fascination with Scotland 's history .
3 Something of that strange that strangeness and that irony lies behind the famous claim ‘ I will try to express myself in some mode of life for art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can , using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use — silence , exile and cunning .
4 And he said , ‘ I have in my mind a million notes , and every one which is not perfect makes me mad . ’
5 It did go through my mind a few times , but at the time it does n't seem that important .
6 it 's been uppermost in my mind a few times but the I daresay I would n't go to prison the first time .
7 I started organising puppy parties for my clients a few months back , using a good dog trainer to co-ordinate the parties and a local church hall as the venue .
8 In answer to John Mowforth 's justified moan about Warwick truss rods — I 'm a guitar repairer and I was presented with the exact same problem by one of my clients a few months ago .
9 After looking out into the daylight , it took my eyes a few seconds to adjust .
10 What she did n't know , of course , was that I finished my work a few days ahead of that schedule , and was not here when you — in the guise of your sister , ’ he inserted gently , ‘ arrived . ’
11 Half way to the door I swivelled and , as if simply following the script of this particular hangover , strolled back to the table and came to a halt with my hands in my pockets a few feet from Davis 's chair .
12 He said : ‘ After I lost my keys a few weeks ago a locksmith replaced the tumblers but it was n't enough to stop the door being opened .
13 AUGUST 1991 , and Arsenal , my team the reigning champions , take the field against QPR for the first game of the new season .
14 ‘ In my opinion the communicative activities suggested by the Teacher 's Extras for Departures and Connections are most interesting .
15 In my opinion the true themes of religion are being lost in all the disputes surrounding it and the fact the religion is a force for the good needs to promoted .
16 I had spotted this on my travels a few months previous to this time and had made a mental note to return and search it .
17 In my day the only coaches we had were called charabancs and had four wheels and a man in a peaked hat . ’
18 Behind my back the four smokestacks of the power station pointed upwards , the threshold of an unfinished building of inconceivably vast and dreadful size .
19 I had been down in my pantry working through the supplies sheets , when I had heard somewhere above my head the unmistakable sounds of motor cars pulling up in the courtyard .
20 ‘ Simon used to work for my father a few years ago , but he … ’
21 ‘ Touch my toes a few times first .
22 But I depressed his chest with my palms every three seconds In the old-fashioned way , willing the dog to breathe as the eyes still stared at nothing .
23 I discovered soon after my illness the same energies walking beneath the cliffs of Lyme Regis , in the shadow of Mary Annan and the ichthyosauruses as I do in this hamlet .
24 Beside my bed the dog-eared gods of art
25 This is a , you know , how you should approach change , er , I learnt my lesson a few years ago , because I went on a course , I came back to my office , and thought the world had changed .
26 Deep in my stomach the whirling pits started a few trial revolutions and it was n't down to the meat pie I 'd had .
27 In my view the weakest sounds in the A4 are its overdrive and distortion , not because of the amount of effect available , but because of the various voicings on offer .
28 ‘ I was in Florida a few weeks ago and heard an album cut at my studios a few years ago by the Diamond Accordion Band being played on a pub juke box .
29 It seems a bit unfair to people who can not afford to update their computer every 12 months .
30 HAR DAR DA The complete understanding that all the soil of Myrin passes through the bodies of its earthworms every ten years
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