Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then I spoke to one of my contacts and he said it was on the money . |
| 2 | Mr Bell was dismissive of the criticisms , commenting : ‘ I have managed to get through campaigns without knowing the names of my opponents and I think I will be reasonably successful this time , too . ’ |
| 3 | I 've done my exams and I think I 've done well in them . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 ’ |
| 5 | Suzie touches my fingers as I leave her . |
| 6 | A nurse came in and asked for my X-rays and I remembered I had forgotten them . |
| 7 | I ground my teeth as I watched her crawl back into the machinery . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | And er she says Jean I swear to God she says if she comes over near my door , I 've told Jim she says , I , I 'm ready for her I 'll beat her round that square and she said I 'm not like that but she says that 's just the way she says , and she hurt my kids when I sent them Easter eggs over , doing that she says , that really galled me , she says cos they were hurting my kids rather than me . |
| 10 | The instructor must have heard my screams as I felt myself being dragged out as I gasped for air . |
| 11 | Otley put his arm round my shoulders as we made our way to Claro and began to whisper sweet nothings . |
| 12 | Now , " he said , placing a creaky arm across my shoulders as he led me through to the parlour , " I want you to meet Vron . " |
| 13 | He even put his arm around my shoulders when he wished me a merry Christmas . |
| 14 | I lowered my eyes once I knew he was all right . |
| 15 | About this time I had , by a certain wicked attempt — for I had a bold heart which rather put me upon courting than avoiding danger — set a hornet 's nest about my ears so I thought it better to remove myself to France and be a little more discreet in my armours . |
| 16 | I could n't believe my ears but she repeated it : I realized I had not properly understood my own needs . |
| 17 | Then the words rebounded back to my ears and I heard their sound and their meaning , and the pain came back at that moment , too , and it all made sense , the way a policeman 's knock on the door must make sense when you 've committed a crime . |
| 18 | In 1975 , my engineers and I realised we should enter a new area of application — robots for arc welding . |
| 19 | So he said erm I said to the woman I went to the court this morning so he said when you explain to me he said I 've got money in my pockets cos I borrowed it from dad tha he said I owed sixty two pound so he said I said to the woman in the court how can I pay this the sixty two pounds when you 've frozen my account ? |
| 20 | The next morning Benjamin dressed my wounds and we began our journey back to Calais . |
| 21 | My parents and I saw her in the school play and they thought she was so wonderful that they invited her to lunch — to make me see what I could be if I did it right . |
| 22 | I thought it was my spine but I could move my limbs so I thought it could n't be too bad . ’ |
| 23 | Extract 2 oh listen I wanted to tell you one of the girls in my supply class we 'll hoover when we come back wo n't we she said to me she looked at my shoes and she said you 've got flashy shoes or something I said I got them in Spain she said Miss are you Spanish I thought it was really funny |
| 24 | Nicky loves it when Squeak cleans her , right , my rats and she gives it and Nicky 's getting all and there 's Squeak going |
| 25 | He feasted for months , for years , on a small pair of my slippers that I gave him ; I expect he has burnt them by now . |
| 26 | Pushing myself up off the wet ground , I brushed the twigs and earth off my trousers while I checked my pockets . |
| 27 | Sometimes it seemed I knew more about my guests than they did themselves . |
| 28 | I felt the blood racing through my veins as I put my bodystocking on . |
| 29 | ‘ But I can control my needs because I remember what all those women wanted . |
| 30 | After all , you were n't overly concerned about my feelings when you interviewed me the other day , were you ? ’ |