Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't turn up , so of course I then telephoned her office and found she had n't been there that week . |
| 2 | I found that I gained a lot of strength from all this regular correspondence with people and , four years on , I now feel much more myself again , although of course I still miss my husband tremendously . |
| 3 | For ten minutes I never saw my float as the fish cruised up and down . |
| 4 | So rather than have er two cars plus a company car I just sold my car . |
| 5 | When you plant a fertile meme in my mind you literally parasitize my brain , turning it into a vehicle for the meme 's propagation in just the way that a virus may parasitize the genetic mechanism of a host cell . |
| 6 | Like some naughty child who 's been caught playing a prank she just kept her head low , staring at the floor . |
| 7 | When they introduced computers they also taught her typing and keyboard skills . |
| 8 | After a few years in atomic energy research he then discovered his vocation as teacher and enthusiast as a lecturer in chemistry at Birkenhead Technical College , where he also voluntarily taught about theatre , literature and music in a humanities section . |
| 9 | At this stage he had been in contention behind McCallen and Dunlop and even after his restart he still clawed his way back into the leading group . |
| 10 | For the first four months he also funded his salary out of personal savings . |
| 11 | Being tube amps they really complement my sound . |
| 12 | I knew the rule well enough , but in that split second it never entered my head . |
| 13 | Distressed by the cold it eventually leaves its mother 's side and finds the warmth and comfort of the dry stable . |
| 14 | She was afraid she might have a problem getting rid of him — not altogether sure she wanted to — but in the lobby he merely took her hand and raised it to his lips . |
| 15 | In a classic piece of political misjudgment he even told his party conference in a speech that the poll tax would win the Tories the next election . |
| 16 | In early July he formally announced his decision . |
| 17 | she does her hair she actually weaves her hair herself and she cuts it herself . |
| 18 | Truan you just blew my microphone again . |
| 19 | When she is ready to be mounted by the male she conspicuously moves her tail over to one side . |
| 20 | In response she simply returned our letter with the words ‘ Sorry . |
| 21 | But , in a speech to students at Oxford University she also reiterated her opposition to contraception . |
| 22 | After ringing the bell several times she reluctantly pushed her husband 's letter through the letter-box — he had very meanly sealed it before she could read it — and took the holdall around to the boiler room at the back of the house . |
| 23 | Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me . |
| 24 | Although she has lived in England for 17 years she only married her husband , Qi Can Huang , three years ago . |
| 25 | He had been remarkably restrained until then , but when she felt him ease her jeans down over her hips she suddenly caught his sense of urgency as , with a low groan , he roughly pulled her even closer , burying his head against the soft skin of her thighs . |
| 26 | Unpredictable escape patterns of this kind have been called ‘ protean ’ defence systems because like the figure of Proteus in ancient Greek mythology they repeatedly change their shape . |
| 27 | After a moment he gently took my hand and moved it away , saying nothing . |
| 28 | In these years he often changed his address in the East End of London . |
| 29 | I used to get so angry on the set that one day I just blew my top and hit John Huston . |
| 30 | And then last night I just took my stuff and knocked myself out instead . |