Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 People like ex-British Airways captain Derek Ellis whom I met at Kerikeri airfield .
2 But I I go on sorry Paul
3 I personally use a .013-.056 gauge on all the acoustics and all the electrics with the exception of the Firebird , which I use for regular flatpicking in standard Spanish tuning , and that one has much lighter strings on it — an .009 set but with an .011 on the top E. ’
4 This book is about Britain 's Defence policy in her post-imperial era , and is the sequel to my Withdrawal from Empire , published in 1986 , in which I looked through military eyes at the creation , development and eventual transformation of the Empire into the loosely-knit British Commonwealth .
5 My first rod is used to cast to within a yard or two of a predetermined spot ; a spot which I know from past experience is a productive one .
6 and placed his resignation in my hands , which I accepted with great regret .
7 But I soon learnt how to bake little cakes made of corn , which I ate with warm milk .
8 It has suffered in recent years from heavy traffic which the new by — pass will alleviate , but the old market town which I remember from forty-odd years ago is fast becoming yet a multiple retailers ' outlet .
9 That is the right way forward for this country , the European Community and the wider Europe which I hope in due course will join the Community .
10 I have one or two such places up my sleeve which I save for difficult days but I do n't spoil it by going to them too often .
11 An American film was showing which I recognized as Double Indemnity .
12 Two members of the W.A.A.F. posted to Station X neatly encapsulated the idiosyncratic nature of Bletchley Park and its denizens in these verses , which I found with great pleasure in Beryl Escott 's recent Women in Air Force Blue :
13 For me they have miniaturized an array of defensive and offensive armaments , which I carry in disguised form here and there on my clothes , accessories and body .
14 Also asked him for report which I needed for Statutory Review .
15 To say that an object which I see with perfect indifference makes an impression upon my mind is not , as I apprehend , good English …
16 At the time tomato purée for the restaurant was preserved in champagne bottles which were then sterilised — a method which was demonstrated to me by the cook at a pensione in Anacapri where I stayed during the summer of 1952 , and which I described in Italian Food .
17 Mrs Di Billups was head of Broughton Junior School , South Humberside , which I visited with great pleasure and profit in the summer of 1988 .
18 In two years we went from a £32m profit , which I suppose in current rates would be in the region of £150m , to a £14m loss .
19 One of the many things which I love about New Scientist is the way you print the odd spoof article or two in the issue nearest 1 April .
20 The goddess Hathor is thus given an uncharacteristic fierce role , but one which she fulfilled with great zeal .
21 Lesley turned smartly left as the lights changed , and wound her way by back-streets to the parking-ground on the edge of the shopping centre , a multi-storey monstrosity of raw concrete , at which she gazed with resigned distaste as she crept slowly up to the barrier and drove in to the second tier .
22 He gave her chips which she ate with great deliberation .
23 A country that gave her a cold welcome , in which the To Let signs specified ‘ No Coloureds ’ , and of which she wrote in Second-Class Citizen , ‘ If I had been Jesus I would have passed England by and not dropped a single blessing . ’
24 They are an invaluable source for women 's health problems in this period , especially the ‘ dangerous perils ’ of childbirth , and movingly discuss the traumas of the early deaths of children , which she met with resigned submission to the will of God .
25 For a week , while the ship was stored and watered and fresh livestock taken aboard , Sara lived in a strange no-man's-land of emotion in which she alternated between boiling excitement at what lay ahead and abject dolours at the thought of leaving Ireland .
26 This meant she could continue to level her basilisk stare ( the one which she reserves for special enemies ) at selected MPs .
27 She had a beautiful figure which she used in subtle movements of unparalleled grace .
28 Hi Jinks had an awesome range of martial skills which she practiced on small children .
29 One of the Follies , 83-year-old Mary Maugham , presented a fundraising doll to the foundation which she dressed in Edwardian costume herself .
30 Who is to say what it was like living out on the plains for months on end , at first in a tent and then in a small house , not much more than a hut , built of saplings , mud , and cow dung , which she equipped with Somali fabrics and safari furniture ?
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