Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was awful , in those days I was into acid green sleeks and I had my hair cut in a triangle When I saw Auntie Muriel I thought , if that 's the way you end up , working on a farm , I 'll stay at home and become an underresourced juvenile But it was n't up to me . |
| 2 | ‘ Did my coin land in the fountain ? ’ she asked . |
| 3 | Bought my Paradise Lost in a second hand book and I ga , shop , and I gave it to Marion . |
| 4 | On the way down I had my camera tied to my waist and it started to drop ; in trying to grab it I lost my balance , got my foot caught in the tree root , took a tumble and twisted my ankle . |
| 5 | ’ I spend most of my time working so most of my money goes in the bank for a rainy day or for my children 's education . |
| 6 | I find that actually speaking to people my dad , mum and dad , well my mum works in an office , my dad works in a factory , and they 've always been very much sort of you know go out and get your education and |
| 7 | I have not , but my sister worked in a hotel there for a time — that is where they met — and she says it is very remarkable . ’ |
| 8 | My er my sister worked in the grenade shop and erm after she ca she 'd been working at , on the manor , do you know the manor at Willenhall and then er she decided to go on with the war work and she was courting the man named , John and his father was the timekeeper , later H & T Hornes , but erm it fizzled out and anyway the romance did but erm |
| 9 | I am in constant touch with defence industry leaders through the National Defence Industries Council and the Defence Manufacturers Association , and my Department participates in the regional seminar staged by the DTI for small and medium-sized defence industries . |
| 10 | No doubt there was something comic in the situation and I suppose that was what set my mind wandering in the direction of Farmer Bailes ' dog , Shep . |
| 11 | And then my mind shimmers in the great heat and all things appear to me as through coloured veils . |
| 12 | A trade union to my mind stands in the same position . |
| 13 | The courts decided readily enough that in this instance the offence is one requiring proof of mens rea ; ‘ the gist of the offence to my mind lies in the intention with which the thing is done , ’ as Darling J. put it . |
| 14 | The memory of my discomfiture fermented in the back of my mind for some time . |
| 15 | With hindsight , she says : ‘ I wished I 'd kept my mouth shut in the first three weeks . |
| 16 | My eyes snapped open and my mouth gaped in a soundless scream . |
| 17 | I was feeling very upset after having my handbag stolen in a large hotel in Liverpool . |
| 18 | Eliot 's enquiry about my work recurred in a letter dated 17 June 1938 , sent to Wychwood , Merstham : |
| 19 | How large will my Snakehead grow in the present set-up , and what is its life expectancy ? |
| 20 | Within , the jewelled glass of the great rose window lifted my spirits , and I felt my sorrow melt in the flames of the myriad candles . |
| 21 | ‘ If I die abroad in exile , let my body rest in a temporary grave until my mortal remains be transferred to our dear homeland , ’ said the Montenegrin President , Branko Kostic , reading the royal will and testament to the crowds in Cetinje Square , who carried flags and portraits of Nicholas and his queen , Milena . |
| 22 | That this particular remark referred to my body illustrates in a pertinent and heightened form the treatment to which I and my sisters were subject as children . |
| 23 | These phrases denied me my right to participate in the very same way that the socialist movement refused to recognize my rights to have access to information that would dispel my ignorance on such subjects . |
| 24 | ‘ My husband died in a plane crash last year , so we 've come back to live in England . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ My husband died in the war — not the last war , the first world war . |
| 26 | My husband dies in a car crash with his mistress and you think I can forget about it ? ’ |
| 27 | My husband works in a shoe shop . |
| 28 | Apparently as soon as I could read I always had my nose stuck in a book . |
| 29 | The friction burnt me , my imagination incandesced in the limelight of this magic lantern show . |
| 30 | Then there was the question of what sorts of costume were appropriate on such a journey , and whether or not it was worth my while to invest in a new set of clothes . |