Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of my pairs is actually reluctant to spawn if there is no-one from whom to defend their territory . |
| 2 | My o 's gon na be a snake and I go right down look at that that 's the last thing I 'm gon na have to be able to do . |
| 3 | Since I was one of the first to awaken , my noise was far from popular , and I received a few kicks and blows from my neighbours , in their kindly efforts to speed my recovery . |
| 4 | I thought I 'd killed him , but my dread was replaced by fear as he began to come round . |
| 5 | What I and my friends put down to evil witchcraft , my enemies are likely to attribute to incompetence or bad management . |
| 6 | My enemies are stronger than I am . |
| 7 | ‘ My Russian is n't up to much . ’ |
| 8 | In fact my majority was healthy enough at almost 19,000 . |
| 9 | My plans are to travel the entire world with my record . |
| 10 | ‘ Which is fortunate really , since the idea of your warning him about my plans is n't one I find worthy of consideration , Time Lord . ’ |
| 11 | She did n't ask what my plans were , or press me for details of any other potentially embarrassing subject . |
| 12 | Now that my sons are becoming more independent , I have time for myself and confidence in middle age that I lacked as a youngster . |
| 13 | My sons are decent boys and you 've no call to complain where they 're concerned . |
| 14 | Well I do n't think they would actually but my , my sons are into , to trade you know . |
| 15 | Two of my sons are working too and they bring in about 300 rupees a month each . |
| 16 | Well all we had was Broadfield School and that 's where my boys had to go to Broadfield , they went into Broadfield School and erm , they all got on alright you know , they got on well there and then from there they went to when the new school was built they went to Netteswell school you see , but two of my sons are electricians and unfortunately the eldest one , one of the electricians I could n't put him to apprentice because I could n't afford it cos I had a hard to struggle to bring them up you know in those days , we did n't get erm any family allowance or anything those days , and erm , so therefore he could n't go , but he sort of got on and got his own factory , but my other son who 's an electrician , one of the twins he 's erm , he 's got his City and Guilds he passed , he went , he was able to go to the school when the new schools were built you see , when Netteswell school was built he was able to go to night school and er learn all you see , then there was the one at Burnt Mill was n't there , down the bottom ? |
| 17 | One of my sons is an actor and I 'm very proud of him . |
| 18 | You went on to discuss your own role as a ‘ sweeper ’ ( which I gather from my sons is roughly what I was brought up to call a half-back ) . |
| 19 | Well one , one of my sons is married to er , gir , girl whose family live in Buckley |
| 20 | My sons were slightly disappointed , but Sally was delighted and felt convinced : ‘ Sorrel has always been ours , has n't she , mum ? ’ |
| 21 | . When two of my sons were little boys I took them to our old great-uncle Lord Albemarle 's yearly reception on Waterloo Day , that they might hereafter be able to say in their old age that they had seen and spoken to someone who had been at the Battle of Waterloo himself . |
| 22 | ‘ Okay I 've cried three times in my adult life , ’ he finally admits : ‘ When my sons were born and when my mother died . |
| 23 | Andrew 's grief-stricken mother sobbed : ‘ Both my sons were wonderful , special people . |
| 24 | My sons were not yet back . |
| 25 | a few years ago when my sons were teenagers I had some nice dripping and I said , you 've never had bread and dripping and I gave them some , I put a bit of salt on , I said , try this , I loved a bit of med bread and dripping when I was your age . |
| 26 | Second , my mutations are all constrained to occur one at a time . |
| 27 | My ankles are a disaster . |
| 28 | My ankles are stroked hard by thick wet grass . |
| 29 | My ankles were like tree trunks and I could just about reach the model because I was so big . |
| 30 | My ethos was I 've got a lot of money , but I 've got to look after the people as far as I can who have helped to produce it and I am going to make it grow bigger for our successors . |