Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So of course I said how much I 'd like to be able to play my guitar like a saxophone , and he said , ‘ Yeah — and vice versa . ’ |
| 2 | My free associations about wealth changed dramatically : ‘ Prosperity flows through my heart as a channel of pure light — the Light of the universe , which offers to me its vast abundance . |
| 3 | ‘ Roses , chocolates , jewellery , my heart on a platter — I gave Cherith everything except what she really wanted . |
| 4 | Belting tales of outlaw attitude like the born-to-be-wild rocker ‘ Ride Into YOur Town ’ are juxtaposed to beautiful ballads , like the piano-accompanied ‘ How Does It Feel ’ ( ‘ … to ruthlessly steal my heart like a thief in the night ’ ) — . |
| 5 | Belting tales of outlaw attitude like the born-to-be-wild rocker ‘ Ride Into YOur Town ’ are juxtaposed to beautiful ballads , like the piano-accompanied ‘ How Does It Feel ’ ( ‘ … to ruthlessly steal my heart like a thief in the night ’ ) — . |
| 6 | And that knowledge is lodged in my heart like a splinter . |
| 7 | I 'd welcome it too — get him out of my hair for a bit . ’ |
| 8 | Lili brushed my hair with a brush wrapped in a silk scarf and pinched my upper lip to refine the line of lipstick . |
| 9 | I threw the final package on the bed , wrenched off my boots and was standing in damp socks , pummelling my hair with a towel , when the door flew open . |
| 10 | Lying on the bed with my hair in a mess and holding my tummy . |
| 11 | I am fed up with French plaits and ponytails and refuse to wear my hair in a bun . |
| 12 | If you do close then it will pretty conclusively solve my dilemma about whether or not I could have afforded to tap 50 quid out of my grant for a subscription next term . |
| 13 | On minute one one four , I 'm using my privilege as a chair to hang on to that ; the fact that the Poly are to hold a conference on health and housing in the new year . |
| 14 | I would have trusted my male with a female by themselves in a 24″ : tank , something I would never dare with the rock-dwellers ! |
| 15 | He ought not to have died , and if I had gone with my mother to the doctor and done my part as a son , I feel as if he need not have done . ’ |
| 16 | I failed to get my case for a share of his property and savings heard because I was told the courts do n't recognise a common-law wife . |
| 17 | I had packed my case in a state of some excitement , taking only my best clothes with me . |
| 18 | If the husband 's shirt has lost a button , he says , ’ Mary , Mary , why is my shirt without a button ’ , to the Black ’ girl ’ not to his wife . |
| 19 | I think the image might have been a ghost-negative of doctor number one — his black tracksuit and powerpack plimsolls , and the satisfied wince he gave as he pointed at my chest with a shake of his head . |
| 20 | I felt very much the wallflower as I crept out of the room without speaking to anyone , my books held tightly against my chest in a way which , I was to learn , was feminine and wrong for a man . |
| 21 | Mine was hitting my chest in a frenzy ! |
| 22 | It now appears that , in addition to this , I will be expected to part with a further portion of my income as a graduate tax to pay for my education , the last three years of which I am spending in hospitals , not only studying , but assisting on a voluntary basis with essential clinical procedures and tests . |
| 23 | ‘ I am merely chopping firewood in the salon and beating my mistress like a gentleman . ’ |
| 24 | For half a second you might have thought his fist had smashed me across the room , except that I follow through my dive into a roll and end up squatting on the floor , eight feet away , with the pistol pointing straight at his guts . |
| 25 | And physically it was n't any worse than when I fell off my bike as a kid and was concussed for an hour or two . |
| 26 | Not being a driver darling , I do n't know really much about such things never had to worry I 've always found somewhere chain my bike to a lamp post or er ha |
| 27 | you 're gon na stand on my foot in a minute then I 'm gon na kick you in the bollocks with the other foot ! |
| 28 | Paley begins Natural Theology with a famous passage : In crossing a heath , suppose I pitched my foot against a stone , and were asked how the stone came to be there ; I might possibly answer , that , for anything I knew to the contrary , it had lain there for ever : nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer . |
| 29 | erm unfortunately , it might sound extremely erm severe , but I can think of a number of people I 've met in my experience as a pastor who really and frankly could not help themselves and need to be treated almost like children again and made to receive help , and there are quite number of those sort of characters , unfortunately , on the streets of Oxford . |
| 30 | ‘ We needed to identify an enterprise which was more stable and yet would fit in with my experience as a farmer , ’ said Mr Singleton . |