Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 With every nerve on edge and my heart pumping I put my foot on the first stair .
2 I think I might dye my hair blonde you know .
3 Meanwhile , I ask eagerly for your prayers as I for my part pledge myself , with the help of God , to be at your service to the very best of my ability .
4 Give my Easter egg I wo n't bite you !
5 Oh , my Mum rap he 's going to cool dude , cool dude .
6 For instance , my sister comma who works in a green grocers comma said she saw her with Kim last night .
7 Many opinions I formerly entertained are now given up & probably many of my present opinions will share the same fate — I wish them to be closely and fully ( as I know they will fairly ) examined without any regard to the author & therefore I can not by my presence aid your cause .
8 During his three years at University College , London , he got work each Christmas with the post office in his home town of Woking : ‘ When I was coming to the end of my university period I sat a civil service examination with possible jobs at the end which included income tax , the secret service and the post office which involved travelling as a management trainee .
9 And with what ever you have left of my watch money we will buy baby food , nappies , bum wipes … ’
10 I was also interested in the possible help for tension , worry and lowering my blood pressure which had lately begun to rise and which concerned me greatly .
11 If it helps my blood pressure I could live with the cold
12 It states : I am currently looking at carpets as I need to replace the Stoddard Super Sax in my drawing room which was purchased around 28 years ' ago .
13 When six cartons of drugs , bandages and serums were heaped on my study floor there was the business of finding out when and how they should be administered .
14 I 'm afraid that when Alexander tapped on my study door I was in a rather abstracted state .
15 In the case of my golfing year I play a lot of golf with the handicap golfer and a fair amount with those without handicaps .
16 Later on in my undergraduate career I was lucky enough to be given some teaching by Dr Douglas Ross , consultant in Glasgow , and had personal experience of the efficacy of homoeopathy when he cured the gingivitis ( inflammation of the gums ) which had been plaguing me for three weeks with a homoeopathic preparation of mercury .
17 As part of my degree course I am required to make a study of the impact of the General Strike of 1926 on Alton and the surrounding area .
18 Having already paid for my return ticket I was cross at having to buy another one , and even more upset at having to pay extra for the one-way ticket and convert sterling at an unfavourable rate .
19 This morning you were playing French cricket with my tennis racquet which I have just had restrung . ’
20 By my dancing presence I kept the pests away .
21 For my work experience I went to the local primary school where I was a classroom helper with the reception class .
22 It is proving a delight to use ; on my fist attempt I punched two cards in quick succession without making a single mistake and with no strain to my hands — despite the instructions for the punching being written in Japanese only !
23 ‘ It 's inevitable that you take time to adjust , and with moving to my home county there was extra pressure to do well .
24 Anyway talking of nonsense you should 've seen the bill I was sent for my council tax it was quite pricey .
25 ‘ In my lunch hour I run a three and a half mile circuit of the village where I work .
26 from my vantage point I saw nothing in the few seconds between the County Inspector 's announcement to have incited what appeared to be a concerted start by the police .
27 U From my vantage point I could see through the railings into the front garden where Shep was slinking noiselessly into position beneath the stones .
28 and ma and my group leader he er he 's already got about nine cars cos he collects them anyway !
29 So I feel a terrific relief and release that in the latter part of my business life I 've been really able to make things happen at a considerable speed .
30 ‘ Steve , as well as my business partner I consider you my very best mate — ’
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