Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was always one of my guitar heroes and he 's certainly one of the world 's finest pickers today . |
| 2 | ‘ … my harness slipper and I dropped ten thousand feet hanging by one leg . |
| 3 | My heart sinks and the lights go out : the carriage doors are mysteriously locked . |
| 4 | Despair overtakes me as soon as I see the dreaded trolleys jammed together ; I always manage to pick one with a crab-like action ; my heart sinks and culinary amnesia sets in somewhere between the tinned fruit and dried pasta . |
| 5 | ‘ I wore my first suit , combed my hair flat and tried to look as near Cary Grant as possible , ’ he recalled , ‘ but I came out looking more like Lassie . ’ |
| 6 | I was led into all these commitments in a very friendly and deferential spirit , and in a similar spirit of friendship and hospitality I was invited to numerous social engagements , from impressive lunch in honour of the Minister of Education to an invitation to a private home in Jaipur , where my kind host and hostess had gone to the trouble of preparing sandwiches , cake , chips ( without the fish ) and pudding , in case I should not like the Indian dishes served for the other guests ! |
| 7 | He paid particular attention to me finding my support players and changing the angles of my entry into the backline ’ , he said . |
| 8 | My lesbian socialist feminist identity was fully consolidated and formed the basis of my support network and closest friends . |
| 9 | I never went out without my insect repellent and waterproof sunblock . |
| 10 | ‘ Meet Constance Dean and Fiona Cole — Connie and Fenny — my deck hand and stoker . ’ |
| 11 | I pause to roll down my shirt sleeves and button the cuffs . |
| 12 | I loosened my shirt collar and watched a couple of generals being saluted by their chauffeurs . |
| 13 | My chest rose and fell , my heart pounded inside its cage . |
| 14 | It was tempting to march him home and face him with my sewing machine and its 10-point threader . |
| 15 | My grandiose descriptions faltered so I undid my money belt and emptied one of the pouches on the table . |
| 16 | At the end of the placement , a ward sister signed my assessment form and then asked me to do the same . |
| 17 | I 've I 've got a knitting machine and I worked out how to do it on my knitting machine and made a cot blanket for my newest grandchild and it does really look very effective . |
| 18 | At the teacher 's suggestion I then found myself colouring some swing tickets at happened to be in my knitting bag and attaching these to a very poor piece of knitting . |
| 19 | But I know they are there , along with my sister Danielle and brother Brendan , and it is a great source of strength for me . |
| 20 | I remember on one such occasion in early 1920 , my sister Gladys and I were upstairs in the top back room , looking out of the window , when we heard a terrifying scream . |
| 21 | He met and married my mother there , when my sister Julia and I were very young . |
| 22 | Alex Higgins once took a fancy to my sister Milly and I was n't too pleased . |
| 23 | As of today Clint is coming down from my kitchen wall and Gazza Gascoigne is going up . |
| 24 | My Board colleagues and I are appreciative of all that has been achieved by Management and Staff during the past twelve months and I am immensely grateful to the Deputy Chairman and all Members of the Board for their unfailing support and co-operation during an eventful and , I believe , very successful year of operations . |
| 25 | However , I have resurrected my garter bar and use it constantly for various little tricks that are quicker and easier with this gadget than any other . |
| 26 | As the monster rats charged at the girl , I aimed my wristband blazers and blasted large fiery holes in both of them . |
| 27 | Armed with FARMERS WEEKLY information ( read out to him over the telephone ) I was able instantly to negotiate a return to quarterly charging with my branch manager and a reduction of ½%; in the cost of my borrowing over base rate . |
| 28 | Having been told by the gentleman at passenger enquiries that the Lowestoft train is one of the few in Britain to retain six-seater compartments , I am fully prepared to adopt my usual routine for such occasions ; I intend to rush on , secure an empty compartment , slide the door behind me , adopt the brazen-hussy-like pose of an Amsterdam whore in her front window ( tongue rolling out and knees wide apart , as I slouch across the upholstery ) , crook my index finger and beckon slowly at any commuters passing along the corridor outside who are considering invading my territory . |
| 29 | Eventually , I found I could hang the slide on my index finger and doodle around that way . |
| 30 | As a complete an utter novice I am seeking a publication that will explain to me in more or less layman 's terms how my computer works and what I should/could be doing with it ! |