Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | When she corrected my accent one evening she said , " It 's all right for other people to have regional accents but not for oneself " I puzzled over this . |
2 | What does n't show in these Council papers is that in my budget next year I 've got another three hundred thousand pounds worth of Home Care service growth , so if I get two hundred thousand from income from the Home Care , the Council is still putting in more than it 's receiving , if you see what I mean . |
3 | In my review last year I said that 1992 was likely to be as difficult a year as 1991 for our North America Homes businesses . |
4 | ‘ But , ’ he went on very quietly , ‘ you can rock my boat any time you like . ’ |
5 | But in my panic stricken state I still remember the advice to face forwards with feet stretched out in front to fend off the rocks , kicking myself off as they come rapidly one after the other . |
6 | After my dream last night I had such hopes , too . ’ |
7 | ‘ You can interpret my remark any way you like . ’ |
8 | While I 've got my diary open Rose I see on the twenty third there 's a meeting at Nazeing for the spring group meeting . |
9 | Well , cos of my back last year I could n't go very far so we thought , where can we go for a break ? |
10 | If he is n't , it does n't matter what he knows and he can go over my head any day he likes and make the Assistant Commissioner read him the whole report if he wants to . |
11 | I 'm very much aware I 've not been saying my name each time I 've been speaking but probably too late now . |
12 | That was , that was what the crew were getting four pound a week and course my father that time he done away with a cabin boy so I had to do more or less two jobs , see if I were n't working on deck I 'd go down and clean the cabins and that 's how , that 's how we kept the money going course then after a few years when they got to the finish about nineteen thirty one then the harbourmaster turned round and he ruc reduced our wages five shillings a week , so we were getting three pound fifteen a week . |
13 | That 's what I had against my discount that way you can you got a gift for this person you give to them plus erm |
14 | ‘ You will recall that in my statement last night I said I would reserve further comment . |
15 | I 'd therefore grown used to getting a certain amount of respect from other drivers , so when I found one of the clapped-out Toyotas favoured by Asian families in my path one morning I expected a free passage . |
16 | For my GCSE Open Study I have chosen to look at the theme of obsessional love in ‘ The Collector ’ by John Fowles and ‘ The Great Gatsby ’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald . |
17 | On my birthday last year I received some railway birthday cards . |
18 | ‘ If I 'd had an op on my knee that summer it might have been all right . |
19 | my dad this morning he woke me up by pulling me up by the hair , bashing my face into the pillow a couple of times , I just looked at , then go , and I looked at him |
20 | She has just completed a film shoot in France , with French dialogue ( ‘ I drove my family mad learning it ’ ) , and wants British audiences to see it . |
21 | Madam Deputy Speaker , throughout my speech last week I got approval er from the front bench , I got approving nods from my colleagues and winks and a hear hears whenever I said anything about deregulation . |
22 | Their work one thing they knew |
23 | It does n't squeeze very hard , Laba explained , but tightens its grip each time you exhale , making it increasingly harder to draw the next breath . |
24 | I remember that my chest swelled with pride the day Mrs Smelley , who owned a boarding house in the Commercial Road , told me that I was a chip off the old block and that in her opinion one day I might even be as good as my Granpa . |
25 | When she went up to her room that night she sat in her chair not listening for ghostly rustlings , but to the rise and fall of their conversation downstairs , punctuated with bursts of laughter . |
26 | He 's erm three no he 's the same age as her baby next door I think . |
27 | Suppose Delia had become friendly with Angy and gone to her flat that afternoon She 'd have been one of the last people to see her alive . ’ |
28 | I hope you have a good laugh with Nicola and her father next time you see them ! ’ |
29 | Before her supper that evening she had to go upstairs and see Belle Maman , to say goodnight . |
30 | The mum added : ‘ When we went to visit her aunt last week I noticed she had gone quiet . |