Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [vb -s] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My heart tells me of a perfect flower in the centre of the garden and I move along the pathways , stopping to drink in some new and dazzling sight or scent that arrests me . |
| 2 | My sister reminds me of our isolation , the neighbours who fed us meat and sweets , the tea parties we went out to but which we were never allowed to return . |
| 3 | My sister makes lots of preserves and she 's always giving me some . ’ |
| 4 | My accusation fills me with shame . |
| 5 | ‘ They 're well away from the places my work takes me to . |
| 6 | In this respect my work differentiates itself from the work of the Minimalists . |
| 7 | My group has nothing to be ashamed of , but , like everybody else nowadays , we suffer from a general shortage of cash . |
| 8 | My body gets itself into a state of refusal . |
| 9 | My lead takes me to the Butcher Building . |
| 10 | The use of acrylic colours in my palette allows me in all aspects of landscape painting to correct and add light ; in fact it enables me to work more in the manner of an oil painter . |
| 11 | My husband has plenty of influence when he cares to use it , ’ she concluded with naive pride . |
| 12 | ‘ My husband honours me beyond my worth … ’ |
| 13 | Right well here are the phone calls , you 'll be interested in these , er Ann from Birmingham says , my husband pays nothing but the Child Support Agency did n't want to know . |
| 14 | and he said he 'd , he 'd let me know before Christmas if he can get me back on a Wednesday , but I 'm still taken on a Wednesday but my friend takes me in the car on a Wednesday but er I like to go in the ambulance you see really so er |
| 15 | My wife treats ours like a second handbag — it 's full of rubbish . |
| 16 | Her husband said , ‘ Wait one moment , Monsieur , my wife has something for you . ’ |
| 17 | I still have a phone with a dial on it , but my wife has one with buttons . |
| 18 | ‘ My father tells me in his latest letter that Hester and the baby are doing well , ’ she informed Ruth . |
| 19 | My father takes her to and from school and my parents both help at the weekends . ’ |
| 20 | But no one knows the exact details : when the accident happened , the War Office was secretive and my father remembers nothing except waking up in hospital and the five major brain operations that followed to remove bits of shrapnel from his triple-fractured skull . |
| 21 | If I present my ideas in writing , my father marks them for the appropriate offices … |
| 22 | ‘ My father knows nothing about Suzie 's escapade , ’ she returned quickly . |
| 23 | He hesitated , then , looking at the official sternly , said , ‘ My father knows nothing of this . |
| 24 | ‘ She also said that my father sees you as the son he never had . ’ |
| 25 | My father carries me in his arms . |
| 26 | My father carries me from the car and I glide up two flights of concrete steps , suspended in midair by anti-gravity . |
| 27 | I mean , erm , I know my youth officer in my area takes them as individuals where the , they are youngsters who perhaps would benefit from that . |
| 28 | Beachcombing soaks up the hours , punctuated with crisp swims during which my scarf unknots itself from my breasts and drifts out to sea like a directionless jelly fish . |
| 29 | My wit numbs them to speechlessness . |
| 30 | My voice holds them at bay . |