Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's the tail rotors that do the damage — and I 'd hate to spend my afternoon scraping you off the roof . ’ |
| 2 | I remember when I was five , my father telling me of World War I starting , you see . |
| 3 | I could of improved this spelling by engaging my brain when I did my homework doing it on my lap in front of Neighbours . |
| 4 | I mean I did n't take a lot with me , I mean I took too much as it was and my arm carrying it across the Underground . |
| 5 | Must have been the early 1940s , my mother taking me for a walk near Bostall Woods during a gap in the bombing . |
| 6 | I have the impression that the novels of Phyllis Bottome are now little read , though I remember my mother borrowing them from the local library in Barnsley in the 1930s , and speaking of them with respect . |
| 7 | I remember my mother wanting me to be a personal assistant to a managing director . |
| 8 | Stella tries to look after her sister showering her with compliements to try to get Stanley to ‘ understand her and be nice to her . ’ |
| 9 | There was a funny kind of tightness in her chest preventing her from breathing properly . |
| 10 | She was aware of a prickly sensation along the back of her neck warning her of danger . |
| 11 | They shouted from their car telling him to cycle properly . |
| 12 | But others criticised her for interrupting too often and looking unprofessional as she slumped in her seat asking him about his O level exam achievements . |
| 13 | Her hands were in his dark hair , her mouth kissing him with all the love and desire she had suppressed for so long . |
| 14 | It had ended when he knocked her to the ground and slammed out of the room , hearing her laughter following him down the corridor . |
| 15 | He deliberately kept the Lamonts in a separate compartment , their home providing him with a place to refuel in company he enjoyed and in countryside he loved . |
| 16 | She looked up , clutching her inadequate plush tablecloths , the supple line of her body begging him for a ride . |
| 17 | Before she could break away one arm had snaked round her shoulders , pulling her towards him and crushing her face against his chest , then his dark head was obliterating the light , his hot lips seeking hers and to her shame finding them without any difficulty . |
| 18 | Amidst the noise of children shouting , women calling across the alley , and dogs barking , Sarah seemed to hear her father condemning her for the way she had behaved these last months , and her misery grew . |
| 19 | Then Gedanken remembered her uncle telling her about really strong gravity ; it could be faked by really hard acceleration . |
| 20 | She was philosophical about her stepson blaming her for allowing his father 's foot to become so black , saying that Alex had to look after himself . |
| 21 | At a little after one she informed him that she was ready to leave , her expression leaving him in no doubt that any objections on his part would be swiftly killed . |
| 22 | The other half of the club has a stage surrounded by white plastic tables and chairs , above which a blonde girl in a white body stocking was dangling from a rope , with only a ligature around her ankle saving her from crashing head first to the floor . |
| 23 | Hardly surprising , then , that with this Spirit of their Master making them into sons of God , they should be conscious of the closest ties with other members of the family . |
| 24 | He could only remember their mother telling them through her tears to be strong , and to have faith . |
| 25 | A nine-year-old boy and his sister , 11 , who live with their grandparents in Reading , Berks are trying to stop their mother embarrassing them by turning up drunk at the school gates . |
| 26 | Jay remembered the sun in the garden , the paddling pool , her mother meeting her after school , face lighting up with love and joy as her little girl pelted out of school like a tornado , seized her mother 's hand and dragged her home down the street , read to her , played with her , woke her with a kiss , read her a bedtime story . |
| 27 | This was the corner to which she had tottered , her mother holding her on white leather reins , her legs encased in knitted leggings whose scratchiness she could still remember . |
| 28 | But with his defence protecting him from any direct shots , Prudhoe steadily recovered , and he excelled himself after 69 minutes when Noel Blake powered a header goalwards from only six yards , but the indisputable player of the season somehow threw himself along his line to scramble the ball away . |
| 29 | Weakly she willed him not to , but if he sensed her resistance he ignored it , his mouth tantalising her with its warm desirability . |
| 30 | He buried his face against her throat , his mouth tormenting her with its lazy progress down towards the swell of her breasts , and she arched up , silently begging for his caress . |