Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] and a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A quick bath and a change into one of Elinor 's cotton caftans , a blue ribbon to tie up my hair and a dab of powder on my freckles rendered me presentable enough to be fed . |
| 2 | But , can I say this that what mattered most to me was the fact that I have been in conversation with so many people and to be able to allow that conversation to affect my faith and a faith that I have to proclaim day by day and Sunday by Sunday from the pulpits of my church . |
| 3 | It just seems right to bring a hobby , my experience and a livelihood together and we are very set on giving it a go , ’ Mrs Rowan said . |
| 4 | I can remember the very first time it happened — I was out walking the dog with my mum and a car tooted at us , and my mum said , ‘ Oh , someone thinks your bottom 's nice ’ . |
| 5 | I mean last time I was at an opera was erm I had these tickets now erm I took my sister and a friend of hers . |
| 6 | ‘ Morthen is my sister and a child . |
| 7 | I awoke in the middle of the night with a pain in the back of my neck and a beating headache . |
| 8 | After my sandwich and a drink , I got a cab to my own office in Whitehall , and rang Seddon . |
| 9 | ‘ About an hour ago , ’ Ranulf replied , ‘ with my horse and a pack mule . |
| 10 | ‘ We can start with my ricotta and a flask of good Chianti . |
| 11 | If I came out of the changing-room with a bin-liner round my waist and a lampshade on my head he 'd say that they suited me . |
| 12 | It has two doors , one , four windows , I , I do n't have the garden or , oh , in my house there are six rooms and one of them is er , one , one of them is my , is my room and a picture and a |
| 13 | So , with this weird combination of reluctance and eagerness , I confessed to her that I 'd made a copy of my cock and a cock tracing and that I 'd put them in her in-box late one night and then thought better of it . |
| 14 | I finally turned to Kent , not because of what had already been discovered there but because it was on my doorstep and a lot more accessible than either France or Wiltshire . |
| 15 | I felt several hands on my arms , a knee in my back and a tug on my rug . |
| 16 | ‘ With a thrill in my head and a pill on my tongue , dissolve the nerves that have just begun . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ With a thrill in my head and a pill on my tongue , dissolve the nerves that have just begun . ’ |
| 18 | I nod my head and a tear falls onto my hand . |
| 19 | He examines the biopsy scar , the lumps in my groin and a couple of new ones that have come up in my neck overnight , and comments on how fit I am . |
| 20 | I could leave my name and a message . |
| 21 | He gave me my drink and a membership card . |
| 22 | They were suspicious about my past , my age and a picture of me that simply did not add up . |
| 23 | You aroused an interest for me in literature which has been a resource to me for the rest of my life and a source of real enjoyment . |
| 24 | My headmaster and a teacher , after a long struggle , managed to convince my Papa that it was in my best interest to pursue such a training . |
| 25 | I 'll do it for nothing — just my food and a bed in the attic looking out over the chimney-pots . |
| 26 | In another store one sales assistant stopped short of calling me stupid when I commented that a certain guitar was n't to my taste and a bit cheap-looking . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll go and get you some wood , ’ Otley volunteered as he disappeared from view , leaving me with a duster in my hand and a country seat waiting to be polished . |
| 28 | I also had my revolver and a knife . |
| 29 | I had my cape over my shoulder and a milk bottle . |
| 30 | Spurs did me a favour , I left with a chip on my shoulder and a point to prove . ’ |