Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [vb -s] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My heart tells me of a perfect flower in the centre of the garden and I move along the pathways , stopping to drink in some new and dazzling sight or scent that arrests me . |
| 2 | My sister reminds me of our isolation , the neighbours who fed us meat and sweets , the tea parties we went out to but which we were never allowed to return . |
| 3 | My accusation fills me with shame . |
| 4 | ‘ They 're well away from the places my work takes me to . |
| 5 | My lead takes me to the Butcher Building . |
| 6 | The use of acrylic colours in my palette allows me in all aspects of landscape painting to correct and add light ; in fact it enables me to work more in the manner of an oil painter . |
| 7 | ‘ My husband honours me beyond my worth … ’ |
| 8 | and he said he 'd , he 'd let me know before Christmas if he can get me back on a Wednesday , but I 'm still taken on a Wednesday but my friend takes me in the car on a Wednesday but er I like to go in the ambulance you see really so er |
| 9 | My wife treats ours like a second handbag — it 's full of rubbish . |
| 10 | ‘ My father tells me in his latest letter that Hester and the baby are doing well , ’ she informed Ruth . |
| 11 | My father takes her to and from school and my parents both help at the weekends . ’ |
| 12 | If I present my ideas in writing , my father marks them for the appropriate offices … |
| 13 | ‘ She also said that my father sees you as the son he never had . ’ |
| 14 | My father carries me in his arms . |
| 15 | My father carries me from the car and I glide up two flights of concrete steps , suspended in midair by anti-gravity . |
| 16 | I mean , erm , I know my youth officer in my area takes them as individuals where the , they are youngsters who perhaps would benefit from that . |
| 17 | My wit numbs them to speechlessness . |
| 18 | My voice holds them at bay . |
| 19 | my dad puts them to bed Oh we 're gon na have fuck all and |
| 20 | My memory fails me about specific details but was there not a death here eight months ago ? ’ |
| 21 | oh , I 've forgotten , you know my brain leaves me at the most important time , do n't forget to post that will you ? |
| 22 | For my part , I 'll let you go — as my mother tells me to . |
| 23 | If my mother wants me off the Project , she can damn well go through channels and see how far it gets her . ’ |
| 24 | Shedding their skin puts them in the same position as Jane Austen 's heroes , prematurely aged by the treacherous sun of the West Indies . ’ |
| 25 | Her story reminds me of that old Christian Aid appeal for collectors , showing an elderly lady at a lace-curtained window , with the caption ‘ Someone is waiting for you ’ . |
| 26 | Lisa , her Mum gives her about every Saturday she gives her a tenner , but if she 's going out she gets a lot of money right . |
| 27 | Its orbit takes it around the world once every 24 hours , so it appears to stay at one point in the sky . |
| 28 | So in Scout 's case , her innocence leads her through her childhood and because she is too young to understand fully the barrier between the different races she lives among , she is saved from the emotional torments other people suffer , but in Perk 's case her innocence leads her straight into a very touchy emotional situation and ends up suffering death , too young to understand why . |
| 29 | Perhaps the easiest , if not the earliest way to identify the people who are not coping with recent events is to wait until their distress brings them into contact with health or social services . |
| 30 | The two-tier structure under which forensic work would only be done by specialists , as envisaged in your editorial , may or may not become a reality , but it will not lessen the need for all doctors to be trained in the elements of medicolegal matters if their work brings them into contact with those in police custody . |