Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I was blind , and fat , and ugly , and my hair sprouted into wires with cold , glittering dandruff . ’ |
| 2 | In competition it is to my advantage to feel for others as little as possible , an advantage which outweighs my dread of a growing isolation . |
| 3 | I suddenly cottoned on to what he was up to , and I ran and fetched our short washing-line , the one my mum used for dusters and tea-cloths . |
| 4 | One benefit deriving from advancing years is that my clerk diverts to others briefs that are devoid of interest . |
| 5 | my neck covered in lovebites . |
| 6 | as my mind insisted on words |
| 7 | My mind whirled with thoughts and anger . |
| 8 | My mind hums with questions . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , I 'm certainly not going to miss racing around Tesco on Friday nights and struggling to my car laden with bags . |
| 10 | Personally , I do n't even eat chicken ; I prefer my protein to come from eggs , fish and cheese — but that is a personal choice based on my own unhappiness at the way we raise animals for slaughter . |
| 11 | G. A. Smith was among the first to give up , going to work with Urban on developing his new colour process ; Haggar retired in 1909 to run his own cinema ; Williamson curtailed the production of dramatic comic films after his standing contract with the UA was cancelled and directed his energies into educational filmmaking to escape ‘ the horrible nightmare of having my business directed by outsiders . ’ |
| 12 | The lumps on my body disappeared within days , but already I can feel the familiar ‘ bruising ’ sensations on my neck , an indication that one is about to appear . |
| 13 | My non-eating started from positions of helplessness , of hopelessness , of a barely deniable adulthood and an even less deniable womanhood . |
| 14 | My husband works in computers as well . |
| 15 | If my girlfriend f—s somebody else , or if I f— somebody else , or we 're not getting along , it 's always my reaction to write about things . |
| 16 | my head studded with eyes . |
| 17 | I could n't possibly allow my wife to work for men who ca n't keep their minds on the job and their hands to themselves . ’ |
| 18 | Rhoda and my father lived on sausages and mash , and little crisp frozen chicken pies . |
| 19 | When my father came with drinks , I told my story again . |
| 20 | My father traded in parchments and vellum in a shop just beneath the cathedral there . |
| 21 | My father travelled in ladies ' underwear . |
| 22 | In autumn my father watched for boys who climbed in to steal his apples but was stumped by their shamelessness even when caught red-handed . |
| 23 | and my Lord the my Lord you 'll see at the bottom of page sixty nine , this is the latest edition just published this summer my Lord , erm at the bottom of page sixty nine you have an extract from the European community treaty which er defines a directive and you will see my Lord says in terms that it leaves to the national authorities the choice of forms the methods , and then if my Lord could read the passage er under that on page seventy |
| 24 | But I 'm exhausted now , half-dead and looking back , see that Stewpid is gaining on me , has halved the distance between us … my breath comes in jags , my chest is going to explode . |
| 25 | My skull burrows among antennae and fronds . |
| 26 | ‘ I was the kind of person who would sit back and let my manager look after things , ’ he says , ‘ and that 's never a good idea . |
| 27 | I need more fuel ! ’ having seen my helicopter burst into flames and plunge towards the desert . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's just that I do n't like wasting my energy worrying about things I can do nothing about , ’ Sally said matter-of-factly . |
| 29 | I expected to have my family ripped to shreds , even though my childhood was extremely happy , but in Freudian analysis you look to the family for the source of all your anxieties . |
| 30 | Fifty to eighty percent of my time goes to meetings , either with one of my engineers or in development meetings , or in planning functions , or — we have a series of meetings set up with this group since they provide a service to us — and oh , I do n't know — ten to twenty percent of my time [ is spent ] on the phone … and the rest of my time , either in filling out forms that I have to fill out or thinking , sometimes . |