Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something permanent happened to my heart when I watched him , a tough street kid , cooing over his offspring . |
| 2 | The sight of him like that gladdened my heart because I knew his news must be good . |
| 3 | ‘ I went to my GP and he examined me . |
| 4 | ‘ Then I spoke to one of my contacts and he said it was on the money . |
| 5 | Audrey said : ‘ I talked to a lot of women jockeys to research my part and they told me men getting heavy with them is common in the racing world . ’ |
| 6 | He did n't exactly put his foot on my chest but he had me all right . |
| 7 | ‘ Jaz ’ laughed and ‘ accidentally ’ trod on my foot as he made his way to take his first throw . |
| 8 | I wrote in great haste and under some excitement , from the statements to which I referred , [ Palmerston 's remarks ] and plead this as my excuse if I expressed what I did not really intend . |
| 9 | But now everybody does it and I 'm not going to sit around and say , ‘ Oh yeah , well that was my shit and everybody copied my sound . ’ |
| 10 | Anyway , he was beginning to get under my skin and I hoped my burning face was n't too obvious . |
| 11 | I knew Brian understood my decision as I understood his . |
| 12 | My mum and I voted my dad out and we said we 'll have a record player . |
| 13 | There was a slight delay as she read it and then her head slowly turned in my direction and she gave me the biggest grin I 'd ever seen . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd pet ( the mice ) ‘ em , and pretty soon they bit my fingers and I pinched their heads a little and then they were dead — because they were so little ’ |
| 15 | My sister and I put him to good use . |
| 16 | I gave my evidence — he adjusted the brakes in my presence after I found them inefficient . |
| 17 | A nurse came in and asked for my X-rays and I remembered I had forgotten them . |
| 18 | Then I became the black sheep and I found to my horror that everyone thought I was off my bloody head . |
| 19 | Or perhaps I shoved the contents of your safe inside my robe when I saw you at the door . |
| 20 | I ground my teeth as I watched her crawl back into the machinery . |
| 21 | I was wearing I had the , the stethoscope behind my neck and I took it off for something , I was holding it up to try and get a better |
| 22 | She closed her eyes and put her arms around my neck and I kissed her . |
| 23 | I lay very still , the hair rising on the back of my neck as something nudged me through the canvas . |
| 24 | Ireland spoke through you , and your mother , and a whole history of sexual repression ; the kneejerk of an oppressed peasantry rose up in you when Jed 's fingers tweaked my nipples and you hit him , comrade in Marx though he was . |
| 25 | I 'd done my apprenticeship and I knew I could do a good job . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Everybody wanted a piece of my action and I found it very difficult to adjust . |
| 27 | ( ‘ I could n't make up my mind whether I wanted it or not , and then I just panicked . ’ ) |
| 28 | But so much happened , and it had slipped my mind until I realised your father and my mother must have known each other in the past . |
| 29 | ‘ I could see how dark it was and it was on my mind and I thought she rushed a little bit but it worked in my favour , ’ said McNeil . |
| 30 | B : ‘ I thought she was far too cocky but then I changed my mind and I pursued her with a vengeance . ’ |