Example sentences of "[pos pn] [det] [noun sg] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was my own boss for a start — the man I worked for left after about seven months , and the man who took over did n't know anything about it : I knew more about the job than he did , so I had to tell him what to do for the first six months … in fact he tried to get the job upgraded anyway . |
| 2 | When I woke up I was in my own bed with a terrible hangover . |
| 3 | ‘ Appreciate all offers , ’ said Joe , ‘ but I 'll be having my own breakfast in a little while . ’ |
| 4 | I heard my own voice from a remote distance ask , ‘ Do you refer to Mary Shelley , sir ? ’ |
| 5 | There is a close link between my own experience as a learner and the experience of my pupils . |
| 6 | Commenting on the recent claim by junior schools minister Michael Fallon that " governors , not councils , now run our schools " , Ann Holt writes " My own experience as a governor , and as one who meets other governors , makes me less sure about the feasibility or desirability of Mr Fallon 's ambitions . |
| 7 | Everything I 've said here is merely my informed opinion based on my own experience against a limited selection of foes . |
| 8 | And now at last I feel that I am emerging from the defilements , I have reached my own self as a swimmer reaches the shore . |
| 9 | Let me be personal here , for coming to grips with this has been an important milestone in my own life as a Christian . |
| 10 | The latest of SAVE 's publications is Bright Future : The Re-Use of Industrial Buildings , written with the architect Francis Machin , who is best known for his futuristic conservatories , but whose conversions include the transformation of my own barn into a library and office . |
| 11 | I see this point of view from my own position as a third generation commuter between Harrogate and Leeds , and as a third generation commuter I do n't feel that it is a commentary on any absence of jobs in Harrogate or any shortage of jobs in Harrogate that I work in Leeds and live in Harrogate , it 's just something I 've grown up to think of as natural . |
| 12 | Ironically , because having shown me what he termed ‘ retroscendence ’ , The Fat Controller was content to let me stew in my own juice for a while . |
| 13 | The screws knew I was vocal and articulate and had by then got my own way to a fair extent by being incredibly polite and incredibly persistent but not actually stepping out of line . |
| 14 | Martin Randall believes in allowing his clients off the leash for a good deal of unorganised time , which enabled me to enjoy my favourite occupation : finding my own way around a new city . |
| 15 | ‘ It may seem so to you , but you can take my word for it , if I were in the business of prowling around car parks looking for innocent Bentleys to wreck , I most certainly would n't use my own car as a battering-ram . |
| 16 | ‘ In guilt and self-realization of my own worthlessness as a human being … |
| 17 | ‘ I am ready for the challenge and a chance to stamp my own authority on a team . |
| 18 | And I think it 's time I slipped off to my own room for a while , to look in on Rainbow via the remote . |
| 19 | I slipped from my own chair without a word , kicked away the detritus of my previous life which was posing as champagne foil , and followed him to the Gents . |
| 20 | I , Anne Mowbray , Duchess of York , can very shortly follow my own path with a clear conscience … |
| 21 | She said , ‘ Do you think I 'd arrange to meet my own father in a place like this ? ’ |
| 22 | I must choose between Dana 's love and my own identity as a person and as a poet . |
| 23 | I had my own shovel with a broken handle . |
| 24 | If I ca n't look after my own son for a couple of hours while you go shopping , heaven help us . ’ |
| 25 | With benefit of the ‘ hindsight-ometer ’ , it can be argued that my own movement into a structural limbo contained aspects of the unconscious journey towards a new self-knowledge , when the old values were able to be adjusted if not discarded ; so that it was possible to break through the constraints imposed by the inculcated patterns of police culture , albeit in something of an unprogrammatic and fragmented manner . |
| 26 | With a little help from the time-travellers they wake to full consciousness , explaining their former state as a catatonic trance induced by the inhabitants of the world they are orbiting , the Sensorites . |
| 27 | Considering his age and lack of experience , he accomplished a remarkable feat in restoring the name of Barings to something like its former eminence within a decade . |
| 28 | The 14-mile lap was reduced to a shadow of its former self at a mere 2.8 miles ( 4.51 km ) . |
| 29 | Originally built as The Great Central Hotel to serve the railway terminal at Marylebone Station , it has been restored to its former glory at a cost of £75 million . |
| 30 | Speculators haunt Cambodia 's Riviera : Cambodia hopes to restore Kep to its former glory as a holiday resort . |