Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Severe wind turbulence caused my canopy to go down a lot faster than normal . |
| 2 | My sister picks up a |
| 3 | My mind went back a couple of months to when Charlie 'd asked me if I 'd like to make a bit on the side . |
| 4 | It had been my intention to seek out a further interview with Mr Cardinal with minimum delay , but this proved to be impossible , owing largely to the arrival that same afternoon — some two days earlier than expected — of Mr Lewis , the American senator . |
| 5 | My dilemma points up a basic dichotomy in the educational aims of the school . |
| 6 | My horse went down a couple of times when we were riding along a shallow river The hooves must 've turned up the mud at the bottom and I 'm sorry but no amount of expert preparation can help you keep cool when a 500lb horse goes down on you . |
| 7 | About four weeks ago I visited Mourneview Park to witness my team pull back a one goal deficit and win 2–1 . |
| 8 | ‘ My team put up a good workmanlike performance . |
| 9 | My confidence came back a lot towards the end of the season . |
| 10 | I set about building up an act with the aid of Rag magazines , joke-books , a gag nicked from here , a gag nicked from there and at my next engagement , four days later , I was billed as a comic and my fee went up a few quid . |
| 11 | Every pore in my body cries out a message of underlying wretchedness . |
| 12 | I start running , but my body puts up a fight . |
| 13 | When I first came to live here this room ran through to the back of the house , but my husband put up a partition , so we have a small room at the back where we can have our meals . |
| 14 | Well , my friend brought out a frisbee right ? |
| 15 | Before he died my father set up a trust to endow the Sherman Field Museum of Natural History in Washington . |
| 16 | across the road and took my cigarettes out , out my pocket to light up a cigarette and a bus came round the corner so I put it back again . |
| 17 | I knew that I was alone , and I found myself saying over my name to myself to intensify my individuality to bring about a conviction that though alone I was strong . |
| 18 | The gardens of the Manor Road houses went through to one side of Fair View Road and my cousin pointed out a Nissen Hut in one of them as the garage rented by Mr. Rogers where the fateful taxi had been kept . |
| 19 | In view of the limited time available before the scheduled date for Advance Data Capture for Council Tax purposes I will ask my secretary to set up a meeting to discuss this document and Council Tax structures and staffing levels in a couple of weeks time . |
| 20 | Suppose that I am sitting by a bowl of fruit ; my hand hovers over a pear , then a peach catches my eye ; their distinctive favours revive in memory and pull against each other , then my hand moves over and picks out the peach . |
| 21 | And my ankle gave out a sound like a pistol-shot . |
| 22 | My flatmate moved out a month ago , and in that month I 've used it as an excuse to binge . |
| 23 | ‘ No lass , I 'm on my way to pick up a radiator . |
| 24 | ‘ I am on my way to take up a situation as companion and had to put up here to catch the cross stage tomorrow . ’ |
| 25 | Twenty years ago , in all innocence , the occupant of my house stuck up a little fence , 15ft long , inside his own boundary . |
| 26 | Q. Can my partner take out a DOUBLE PAYMENT PLAN — and is it worth it ? |
| 27 | Tears came to my eyes and to Bruno 's , but my mother put on a brave face . |
| 28 | Beneath my bed my home-brew gave off a yeasty smell . |
| 29 | As our century draws towards its close , the lives of the men and women of distinction whose careers have spanned its course take on a special significance and interest . |
| 30 | THE schools team needed to call on all their experience to fight off a spirited challenge the youth side at Templeville Road where they won 32–7 . |