Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [be] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My 5-year-old is now a regular ‘ discloser ’ : she loves using her black tablets — she strips to the skin first ( could n't find any to match the bathroom ! ) |
| 2 | My mum was only a little cross with me. then — mystery and more mystery — my mum took me with the fireman in his car to his house . |
| 3 | Harvey said , ‘ My ambition is exactly the reverse . ’ |
| 4 | My reply was always the same : ‘ Just read the papers and it will come naturally . ’ |
| 5 | Be warned , both of you , though , my hacienda is almost a kingdom . |
| 6 | Thank you very much , er I ca n't carry along because you want to stop me , but if I were capable of telling , I 'd say my attitude is still the same as it was before . |
| 7 | ‘ My attitude is still the same as it was at the beginning of the 1986–87 season and that is , if I can continue to contribute then I 'm happy to do so . ’ |
| 8 | This photograph on my desk is now an object for me in virtue of my perceiving experience . |
| 9 | energy council , I 'm not make a bid , we 've just , er we 've just heard , what I think is a , is an example of enlightened and model practice , so praise is on the superfluous , but I think we 're probably not typical of of the business sector in being so enlightened , and my question is only a wide one , and it is this . |
| 10 | The granny table where I ate my toast was now a cocktail cabinet , with studded plastic , three high stools , a Manhattan skyline of siphons and shakers . |
| 11 | There 's the excitement of birthday cards in a new house , and a new school where my classroom is again a hut with a wood stove . |
| 12 | My opponent was much the same height , build and temperament ; we stood toe to toe and swapped blow for blow . |
| 13 | To my right was still a morass of broken glass , brickbats and son-of-metal-pipe ( good things always happen in pairs do n't you find ? ) , all under three inches of water . |
| 14 | My record was merely an extension of that vast range to the south side of the Black Sea . |
| 15 | my husband was here a fortnight ago , Duncan . |
| 16 | ‘ My husband was never a particular friend of yours , was he ? ’ |
| 17 | As my husband was then a consultant there , and involved in research in rheumatology , it was only natural that I joined him in the research field . |
| 18 | In may respects , my shop is just the opposite , although I certainly have a health foods section , as do many delicatessens . |
| 19 | Well a at the start of the strike , my wife was just a little bit narked that I was out of work , but after a while when she fully understood the reasons , I think , I 'd like to think that she was a hundred per cent behind me and the rest of us . |
| 20 | ‘ My father 's much the same , ’ Aubrey said . |
| 21 | My father was just a blatant sycophant . |
| 22 | But erm and of course my father was also an inventor , he had , he had done , everything was used . |
| 23 | He 'd done some dreadful things , but my father was only a boy and this man took care of him . |
| 24 | Yet it is my firm conviction that at the peak of his career at Loughborough House , my father was indeed the embodiment of ‘ dignity ’ . |
| 25 | In any case , my father was obviously a bit of an embarrassment to his brother : Harold Swan pressed home the point that my father might have a fit during a performance . |
| 26 | Like , you know what , my dog 's still a virgin ! |
| 27 | ‘ My game was just a little bit off in all departments . |
| 28 | ‘ What I do is follow the money and make sure the people who are spending it on my behalf are actually the right sort of people , and are doing the right sort of job . ’ |
| 29 | I could not decide if the fact that no one had discovered my secret was actually the result of my elaborate efforts or just the boys ' lack of attention . |
| 30 | My cousin was simply the easiest and most obvious target . |