Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought I 'd killed him , but my dread was replaced by fear as he began to come round . |
| 2 | " My heart 's inflamed With love 's alarms Which now so sharply stings And now so strongly charms . " |
| 3 | ‘ All my heart is given to this . |
| 4 | My heart is torn in two . |
| 5 | Oh ! hear me witness that my heart is set on higher things ; it would sail into far seas unvisited of man , but always there is this anchor of the flesh chaining it to its native shore . ’ |
| 6 | My heart was given to Tommy Steele , " Rock with the Cavemen " and " Elevator Rock " . |
| 7 | My heart was thumping with disquiet . |
| 8 | My heart was thumping as if I had run a race and there was a pain in my back . |
| 9 | As I reached the changing room again my heart was thumping inside my chest . |
| 10 | My heart was split in two . |
| 11 | My heart was made for love , like a man 's heart . |
| 12 | My heart was hardened to the Word of God . |
| 13 | But while my heart was aching for Estella , I had no idea that I would soon be hit by a disaster which would completely destroy my hopes and dreams . |
| 14 | My heart was behaving as if I were going before a judge . |
| 15 | My heart was pounding in my chest , the mosquitoes and everything else forgotten . |
| 16 | If my heart was set on buying a Sierra XR4x4 , £5000 for the Ritchie Motors offering would be sorely tempting . |
| 17 | My heart was beating in my throat making it hard to swallow , my nose was running , my hands were cold and I could n't get enough oxygen , which made me yawn every few seconds . |
| 18 | But immediately my heart was suffused with shame . |
| 19 | On the contrary , my story is riddled with deceptions , evasions , slanders and falsifications of every kind , as you will see . |
| 20 | I feel very feminine when my hair is done up that way . |
| 21 | I am hot and listless ; I wear sweats and my hair is pulled from my face with a rubber band . |
| 22 | But she says : ‘ There was a white background and my hair was put in some white paper rollers . |
| 23 | I licked my lips and could already taste the salt ; my hair was whipped into a cone . |
| 24 | My shirt was punctured in places , but not my jacket — my good , my best jacket . |
| 25 | ‘ Before the fight they were chanting my name for the first time and I could see the effect it had on Ruddock , his head was going down while my chest was swelling with pride . |
| 26 | Then Nour turned and saw us , and he leapt from his chair and took a cup of coffee ready-poured and threw it at the cat , who was near my foot , so that my foot was covered in coffee and the cat fled . |
| 27 | I tried to pull myself out but my foot was caught in some branches and the current squashed the canoe hard up against me , allowing me no movement . |
| 28 | As a senior forensic medical examiner ( FME ) working in the Metropolitan Police District since 1964 , my experience is derived from that constabulary , but I know that conditions are similar elsewhere in the UK . |
| 29 | Although I have no formal training , my experience is drawn from ‘ the school of life ’ , having come through divorce , and the death of my son and partner . |
| 30 | My patience is draining like water from a colander , but the guy called Malcolm appears at her side so fast you 'd think he was joined on a spring . |