Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to wear my hair up in a knot but Elise said you 'd prefer it loose like this . ’ |
| 2 | combing my hair out in a darkened room |
| 3 | ‘ We 'll take my bike out for a ride . ’ |
| 4 | Should I see my sister alone in a foreign country — blind ? |
| 5 | Just knocked my tooth out with a hammer and chisel , that 's all . " |
| 6 | keeping my mind still as a pool |
| 7 | This story took my mind back to a survey on driving that was published a while ago on the differences between men and women behind the wheel . |
| 8 | It was evident that my ideas on semantics needed more careful exploration , so I developed my work further into a monograph . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've cut my boss out like a cancer but I ca n't drive past where I used to work , ’ she says . |
| 10 | It sat in my wardrobe malevolently for a while until , out of sheer defiance , I grew two inches in as many months and in most directions . |
| 11 | As Distillery manager Billy Hamilton said before a clash with the Glens : ‘ I have yet to send my team out against a Glentoran side which did n't have eleven household names in it . ’ |
| 12 | From the tarn , I followed my nose down to a cairn that stands on the shoulder above Deepdale Side where the view down Deepdale into Dentdale was so good that I sat and looked at it for a good half-hour until the thought that I needed to be home by late afternoon pushed me on down to the green lane of the old Craven Way . |
| 13 | All the emotional turmoil and excitement of the outbreak of war , all the long drawn out details of my training , the thrills of flying and the fear of death , all the bustle and anticipation of the last few days had ended in this , in my standing alone on a slushy path in the late afternoon with absolutely nothing whatever to do . |
| 14 | I bus-hopped back to Hackney , feeling a bit of a prune sitting there in my suit in between a gaggle of wrinklies who 'd been blowing their pensions down the supermarket . |
| 15 | I 'm a bit tired , to be honest ; I 'm going to get my head down for a while . |
| 16 | If he was n't home , I 'd go back to the squat and keep my head down for a few days . |
| 17 | I like having my head down in a border listening to conversations as visitors go past . |
| 18 | I should yawn my head off in a palace , and I should laugh during the most solemn ceremonies , and I should certainly beat my Ministers . |
| 19 | But at any rate I can finally dust my hands and put my jacket on with a clear conscience . |
| 20 | ‘ I ai n't breaking no law , guvnor , I 'm just borrowing a few pence off my friend here for a drink . ’ |
| 21 | I grew up close to my godmother so as a child I was inoculated with the theatre . |
| 22 | After this I put my name forward as a candidate for the official biography and so informed my editor at Collins , Philip Ziegler . |
| 23 | During the worst period for external conditions of the whole three years the only book I could get hold of ( and then only after putting my name down on a waiting list ) was Somerset Maugham 's enormous Of Human Bondage . |
| 24 | Now my relationship with David did actually include sex , but it was never initiated on that basis as he 'd come to my flat only as a lodger and during the course of the time he was there , we slept together . |
| 25 | It 's helped my career up to a point . |
| 26 | ‘ I scored one of the best goals of my career there in a Bass Irish Cup semi-final against Linfield . |
| 27 | ‘ She 's a lovely , intelligent , sensitive woman who continues to turn my life around in a wonderfully positive way . ’ |
| 28 | Honecker begs in vain , then finally asks : ‘ Can I at least leave my luggage here for a bit ? ’ |
| 29 | nice talking to someone about education cos I talk to some people and they think I 'm crackers cos I took my kid out of a state school ! |
| 30 | ‘ But I got my hand there in a reflex action and it took the worst of it . |