Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But my heart dipped at the thought . |
| 2 | ‘ When I walked away from the Great Rebellion , my heart bled with the pity and the waste and the anguish of it . |
| 3 | Q I am getting married in the spring and am planning to have my hair permed nearer the time when it is longer . |
| 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 | My dad was a coach builder and my mum worked at the gas board . |
| 6 | MY MIND returned to the man with the starched cuffs . |
| 7 | Her kiss at the cottage gate left my mind occupied during the long walk back to the farm . |
| 8 | Gustave did n't understand this , could n't see that my talent depended on the swift moment , the sudden feeling , the unexpected meeting : on life , that 's what I 'm saying . |
| 9 | With hindsight , she says : ‘ I wished I 'd kept my mouth shut in the first three weeks . |
| 10 | My back ached , my bum was sore and my mouth caked with the rich tang of the wine . |
| 11 | As my car moved through the area announcing ‘ Meet shadow chancellor John Smith as he explains Labour 's policy on fiscal and monetary reform , ’ I noticed that the town was not as crowded as I remembered it from only that morning . |
| 12 | My weight shifted against the tree , slipping downwards , and the shaft of the arrow hit the ground . |
| 13 | Shifting my weight left on the layoff to get a better grip I pulled again . |
| 14 | Anyway , whatever its name , it put up a noble fight before it was gaffed and brought on board , and I had my photograph taken with the catch after we landed back on the beach . |
| 15 | The accelerator cable broke in the middle of nowhere so we had to tie some string to it and while I drove , my girlfriend pulled on the string . |
| 16 | The accelerator cable broke in the middle of nowhere so we had to tie some string to it and while I drove , my girlfriend pulled on the string . |
| 17 | I am careful to have my desk angled towards the centre of the room so that I can not see the view from the window across the park towards the lake and the western curve of the South Downs . |
| 18 | My boss returned along the passage at a furious gallop and I steeled myself for some unpleasantness as the young man was rousted from his bed . |
| 19 | But my uneasiness increased throughout the evening , and the words repeated themselves in my head : |
| 20 | All my attention focused on the commissioning fee , which I regarded as derisory . |
| 21 | Nathaniel Houlton , a widower living in Bristol , itemized the details of his coffin in a will drafted on 26 May 1767 : ‘ First , It is my Will and Desire ( if it can be done without being Offensive ) to have my Body kept for the space of One Week at the Least after my Demise , before my Coffin ( which I direct shall have a Double or false Lid , as my late Wife 's had ) , be closed up ; … |
| 22 | I mean er and as I say you had everything erm when er I wanted coal I mean you had coal erm because after my husband ceased at the pit , er that ceased because , cos miners always had coal as part of their er it was part of their wages you see . |
| 23 | I got my nose pressed against the glass and it keeps steaming up with my huff , so I wipe it with my fingers . |
| 24 | No doubt the thought of my departure added to the strain . |
| 25 | I had been the last to get on at the previous station , so I was standing with my back wedged against the window . |
| 26 | I was sitting on the deck , my back exposed to the sun . |
| 27 | My back strained against the wind . |
| 28 | my head hunched into the bolster , |
| 29 | Kneeling , with my head bent over the lavatory , it was some time before I realised this sickness was not a thing I could throw up . |
| 30 | With my head bent over the sink I had plenty of time to work out my options . |