Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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1 | Self conscious in my normal clothes I seated myself at the rear of the upper stalls . |
2 | But as she administered to my addled wits I felt a surge of rebellion . |
3 | Mr and Mrs Singh kept most of their official correspondence between the pages of their telephone directory and on my weekly visits we sorted out the milk tokens , rates demands , post office giros , all of which made linguistic demands which were beyond the level of their competence . |
4 | About my ruined clothes I felt less concern , for I noticed that the flood had made many people shabby . |
5 | In my early years I did n't differentiate between one kind of science and another . |
6 | hiding Joe remembers : ‘ In my early days I had a big following in Barnsley , bigger even than at home in Bradford and I played Alex there one night for a few pounds . |
7 | As I scrubbed away at my remaining teeth I reflected upon the number of obituaries of men in their early sixties which I 'd read in The Times over the course of the past few weeks , and I wondered whether the Great Reaper was running a special line in the age group for some divine , mysterious end , and if so , I thought , I might be next , and then they 'd be sorry . |
8 | But it was as I got into my teenaged years I began to get bored with my walk on roles , sitting around for hours waiting to go on with make-up and costumes on was no fun any more , but I was far too young to do anything else but walk on say a few lines and walk off again . |
9 | ‘ In my worst moments I thought everyone knew , except me . ’ |
10 | In the back of one of my homemade guitars I used a bit of thin foam , rolled up tight , to hold a battery in place ; then I had a brainwave to use a piece of this and lay it across the springs , between them and the rear plate . |
11 | To my inexperienced eyes she seemed still to be floating far too high in the water , and I doubted that we would get away before sunset . |
12 | ‘ No , but until my late teens I spent each and every holiday on the Algarve so I have had conversations with quite a few . ’ |
13 | But by my late teens I had come to find this attitude repellent , and knew that I was never going to fulfil my parents ' expectations . |
14 | Trying to ignore this assault on my fundamental antinomies I peered at the train set . |
15 | And I can remember one of my first patients I had to take blood from , and it took me quite a few goes on that poor lady but she 's still friends with me so she 's forgiven me . |
16 | In one of my first jobs I plastered on the make-up and wore very executive-type suits . |
17 | Both through my background reading and my own observations it appeared that day care is perceived differently by different providers of services . |
18 | And with my own eyes I saw the stalled clock at Treblinka … |
19 | I heard no more of the debate and to the astonishment of my fellow delegates I stormed out of the auditorium and locked myself away in the Ladies to howl out my rage , alone . |
20 | Standing there in my civilian clothes I felt completely out of place and wished that I could be wearing a blue tracksuit like the rest of them . |
21 | On top of all my other problems I had something of an upheaval on the domestic front when my daughter and her two children had to move in with us for a while . |
22 | Dressed in my new clothes I went to Miss Havisham 's house , where her cousin opened the gate to me again . |
23 | On my two visits I met many ordinary people who have great respect and affection for their prime minister . |
24 | In my last comments I mentioned how everyone can influence our performance in the Division . |
25 | When morning came she was too ill with the poison to move and despite her weak protests he told her he would watch over her , for no eagle should be prey to gull or crow . |
26 | Although she felt a little guilty about letting him do it Sally found she quite liked the feel of his fingers stroking her flesh and teasing her nipples but when he tried to put his hand up her skirt beneath her scratchy petticoats she tried to stop him . |
27 | Through its low branches I had a latticed view of the buildings that made up my home . |
28 | A woman standing next to her thrust a baby into her arms , and with her usual politeness she stayed holding it long after she would have liked to go away . |
29 | For their trireme warships they used the steering technique of an external oar and this copied in today 's dragon boats . |
30 | To their further questions I answered that I was too tired to speak . |