Example sentences of "[pos pn] mind [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Good ; it 'll take my mind off the other itch . ) |
| 2 | I stood by the phone prodding away at my mind with the unanswerable rationalizations , wondering why I did n't feel happier and better now I 'd decided . |
| 3 | ‘ I changed my mind at the last minute . ’ |
| 4 | I can change my mind at the last minute if I think the thing is n't watertight . ’ |
| 5 | How many responsibilities of a disparate nature did I have to hold in my mind at the same time ? |
| 6 | He admitted : ‘ There was doubt in my mind after the third round and I would have preferred to win by going head to head with Nick Price . |
| 7 | ‘ What I am conscious of when I see the colour blue ’ , says Mill ‘ is a feeling of blue colour ’ — a feeling excited in my mind by the outward object . |
| 8 | At least I know something about such problems ; they were my original reason for opposing the scheme , and I have not changed my mind in the slightest . |
| 9 | It had slipped my mind in the last awful seconds , but it all goes to show the value of a good education . |
| 10 | She forced her mind through the labyrinthine sentences of Jacques Lacan and Jacques Derrida until her eyes were bloodshot and her head ached . |
| 11 | Maybe it would change her mind about the great Prince Sabatini , maybe she 'd ask her papa to marry her off to someone who believed in a woman 's right to decency and respect . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes … ! ’ he said deeply , and then his mouth closed over hers , burningly sensual as his hands moved slowly up to tunnel into her thick black hair , and as her mouth opened beneath his the hunger swept them both again , their breathing quickening as the kiss took fire and his mouth was fierce , hot , demanding , his hands moving over her body as she heard his heart thudding violently at his chest , and she knew she was in danger of losing her mind with the sweet , hot rush of excitement . |
| 13 | The sounds mingled in her mind with the harsh cries of the birds as she waited for Sybil to pick up the phone again . |
| 14 | He looked like a man she had seen about the village who drove a green truck , but the name she associated in her mind with the monk-robed man was that of an almost universally adored God . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , she changed her mind at the last moment . |
| 16 | Was he furious because she 'd led him on only to change her mind at the last minute ? |
| 17 | It 's not fair on a man if a women undresses and then changes her mind at the last minute . |
| 18 | She stifled the admission that they had to talk about something — anything — to take her mind off the contradictory emotions that stirred inside her , and managed a casual shrug . |
| 19 | Cooking lunch for a guest might at least take her mind off the intractable problem of Samantha for a while . |
| 20 | Ruth supposed it was Mrs Peterson 's way of taking her mind off the sad events of last week . |
| 21 | There was still almost half an hour left before Luke Calder was due , time she would prefer to spend doing something to take her mind off the coming evening . |
| 22 | She did n't want to see Joe or anyone else ; she wanted to close her mind to the outside world and crawl back into the safe , controllable environment of her imagination . |
| 23 | She tried joining her mind to the millions of people everywhere glued to screens for this all important match but all she could see was Colm 's pudgy little legs swinging backwards and forwards and the grim look on his face as she washed away the crusted blood . |
| 24 | She gave Eva plenty of scope to prepare her mind for the whole matter of the interpretation of the gospel in Africa , and how to make the good news relevant in a non-Christian environment . |
| 25 | She says she wept nonstop for an hour during which she gradually began to realize that she had been out of her mind for the last six weeks . |
| 26 | Aunt Louise was seeking in her mind for the next verse , but it had gone . |
| 27 | She knew it with the first note she sang , she knew it as she walked jerkily across the stage in a parody of her usual smooth-flowing stride , she knew it as she was forced to search her mind for the next line of a song she knew by heart . |
| 28 | Do not do as I did and arrange to work only to find that the childminder changes her mind within the first few days . |
| 29 | But for the moment she had to concentrate on dipping a formal curtsey to the Queen , a consideration which had greatly exercised her mind in the previous few days . |
| 30 | Six Welsh officials and 10 players made the trip , many changing their mind at the last minute . |