Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] was [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I did eventually look in the mirror my hair was in patches , like little bits of baby hair . |
| 2 | My driver was in conversation with Sir Victor Sassoon 's driver , who informed him that his employer had considerable confidence in his horse . |
| 3 | My chest was on fire . |
| 4 | I wanted my mum or Ian , but my mum was at home and Ian had been told to go into the waiting room . |
| 5 | My Sister was at Sandy , but up to her eyes in her work with the Maquis . |
| 6 | OVER a weekend in which John Major said ‘ society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less ’ , and Kenneth Clarke let fly against social workers ‘ mouthing political rhetoric about why children in their care are so delinquent ’ , the message which will stick in my mind was from Anfield , saying simply ‘ Rest in Peace James ’ . |
| 7 | My mind was in turmoil . |
| 8 | My mind was in Small Ward Two . |
| 9 | One night , a Wednesday , I was told that I was leaving Holloway the next day to go up to Risley remand centre because my judge was at Sheffield . |
| 10 | I was the closest to being happy that I can remember ; my escape was in sight . |
| 11 | ‘ Most of my work was in Denmark and Sweden , then when I came back to England , Twiggy 's skinny figure was in vogue and mine did n't match up ! ’ she says . |
| 12 | My plan was for Rick to open the mouth while I would use the forceps to retrieve the hook , this seeming to be the most sensible approach ( from my point of view anyway ) . |
| 13 | She added : ‘ I did n't see anything , just heard a loud noise , and suddenly my home was on fire . |
| 14 | My home was in Galway . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ My home was in England . ’ |
| 16 | My question was to Mr was designed to throw light on that point . |
| 17 | Erm my reference was in part to the Secretary of State 's notice of approval of the last alteration of the structure plan , where he said he accepted that some of the provision York provision would have to made outside the ci city boundaries . |
| 18 | My great-grandmother was from Paris . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ My desire was for punishment , not revenge , and was directed at the officers who gave the orders — perhaps because of the interviews . ’ |
| 20 | One of my constituents was in touch with my colleague , the European Member of Parliament , Ken Collins , who chairs the European Parliament 's Committee on the Environment , Public Health and Consumer Protection , to seek his advice on what the European Commissioner had done and the reasons behind his action . |
| 21 | My back was in agony from the walking . |
| 22 | While feeding the meter I had a sudden blank on whether my meter was in front or behind my car . |
| 23 | My wife was on morphia for four months . |
| 24 | My wife was in Devon at her father 's . |
| 25 | What makes you think my wife was in bed ? |
| 26 | My appointment was in Alès at eleven and I wanted to give myself plenty of time to find the place , so I decided to leave straight away . |
| 27 | In 1902 , when my father was at Thame , only 9 per cent of his contemporaries were receiving full-time education of any kind . |
| 28 | In 1902 , when my father was at Thame , Balfour 's Education Act transferred these board schools to the county councils ( with some exceptions ) and to the county boroughs . |
| 29 | No , my , my aunt was in York , we used to see her once a year , Christmas , she used to come |
| 30 | Another radiologist confirmed that my kidney was in trouble . |