Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want to hand my cans in as mayor to lead the way , ’ said Coun Bolland . |
| 2 | I need to be able to see the path ahead in order to plan my route well in advance , or else I may get myself into an awkward position . |
| 3 | I know because I called around early and took my sister out for tea . |
| 4 | I earned my living mainly from teaching . |
| 5 | ‘ Harry 's carrying my books home from school today . |
| 6 | ‘ Tom Horrocks has put my mind quite at rest , ’ he said . |
| 7 | and to deal with problems of substance abuse , unemployment , illiteracy , rather than things which are fashionable and to my mind highly like opera and the ballet which is n't to say that I do n't love them both , but I think that you have to have a sense of complete reality about the social issues . |
| 8 | ‘ The time you washed my mouth out with soap . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's about the time you washed my mouth out with soap . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I have my house and my car up for sale to help pay for costs when I 'm over there . |
| 11 | Even if it happens that I have made a firm decision to commit suicide , and have been wondering for weeks how to cheat the insurance company , the failure to jump would accord with my intention only by chance . |
| 12 | In the soft evening light , I retraced my steps back to town , soothed by the songs of blackbirds and chaffinches . |
| 13 | As soon as I get my legs out of bed , that 's first thing I pick up , my glasses . |
| 14 | ‘ Quite honestly — and who wants to celebrate becoming twenty-six ? — I 'm really looking forward to a long soak in the bath , and then putting my feet up in front of the TV , ’ she added firmly . |
| 15 | With things like art nouveau and Edwardian furniture , when David started buying them , I went and got books to get my act together in order that I knew what he was into , but with drugs , I did n't know , added to which David was very secretive and for a long time I was n't aware that he was having a problem , not necessarily from cocaine addiction , which everybody loves to tell you is not addictive , but it is in terms of the fact that you rely on feeling up to cope — you just become more and more paranoid . |
| 16 | Somehow , though , she managed to keep her head , ‘ Of course , ’ she replied , but quickly followed up , ‘ Though I always prefer to write my work down in longhand first . ’ |
| 17 | And if , when I turn my Mac on to upload this article , you hear James Brown screaming : ‘ Fellas , I 'm ready to get up an ’ do MAH thang ! ’ do n't fret . |
| 18 | Thing is , I 've got my heater right in front of my wardrobe , and I 've to move it so someone 'll open my bloody wardrobe . |
| 19 | I am ready to keep the pack law , to do a good turn every day , and to help my parents especially at home . |
| 20 | They had left the path and turned up by the side of the long Nissen hut when Len paused and , half turning to Joe , he said , ‘ You know , you still did n't answer my question earlier on information concerning one Joseph Jebeau . |
| 21 | Such training and preparation brought both me and my marriage almost to breaking-point . |
| 22 | They put a safety rope around my waist just in case . |
| 23 | In short , they are versatile summer trousers which have proved a useful addition to my wardrobe both for use in the UK and on the continent . |
| 24 | It is going to effect my trade very much because the Americans are the mainstay of my business particularly at lunchtime . |
| 25 | My feet moved my body forward without thought or intention . |
| 26 | Can I feel one side of my body more in contact with the floor than the other side ? |
| 27 | ‘ He tricked me into employing him to look after my boats simply in order to gain access to my cousin . |
| 28 | I had a meal out with a friend recently , and now we 've got mother into hospital for a few weeks so that I can take my husband away on holiday . |
| 29 | My pensions from former employers , together with income from investments , brings me into the age allowance scale , while my wife receives a reduced state pension based on my contributions together with building society interest , which alone would not cover the allowances . |
| 30 | With Caroline , Giles and Georgiana around , I 've never been in the slightest danger of getting the so-called high profile of my job out of perspective . |