Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Comparing him to Demosthenes , in whom oratory compensated for a speech impediment , Storr juxtaposes two key scenes : young Winston being pelted with cricket balls and hiding behind a tree , and a slightly older Winston terrifying his friends ( and all but killing himself ) by jumping 30 ft off a bridge . |
| 2 | These ‘ five techniques ’ ( requiring prisoners to wear hoods over their heads unless they were separated from other inmates or being interrogated , having them stand spreadeagled against a wall for up to 43 hours , depriving them of sleep , subjecting them to electronic noise and beating them ) were subsequently condemned as ‘ torture ’ by the European Rights Commission ( Hewitt , 1982:157–8 ) . |
| 3 | Among the modern pictures are ‘ Guitare et journal ’ by Picasso of 1914 ( est. $3–4 million ) , formerly in the collection of the dancer Massine , with whom Picasso collaborated on a number of theatrical productions , and purchased by Rodgers from E.V . |
| 4 | I heard a terrible pounding in my ears , my heart thudding like a drum , my stomach lurching as I swung on the end of the rope . |
| 5 | I feel my heart beat like a boy 's |
| 6 | My stomach contracted and my heart went into a somersault . |
| 7 | My heart froze for a second , as if I had put on an elaborate disguise and suddenly been addressed by name — I did n't feel safe any more . |
| 8 | I had my heart set on a soft-top — preferably a Corvette or a Mustang — and I was n't going to let a spot of bracing weather stand in my way . |
| 9 | I stood up , holding on to the back of my chair , my heart beating like a hammer . |
| 10 | My heart overflows with a freedom |
| 11 | My heart leapt like a lift for joy . |
| 12 | And my heart returned to a human being 's heart beat rate in — oh , just a few days , give or take a month or two . |
| 13 | My heart rose to a tidal detonation ; |
| 14 | I just stood there , my heart banging like a sledge-hammer , and watched it slowly dawning on you . |
| 15 | My story begins with a visit to a great friend of mine , John Blackwell . |
| 16 | I 'd had enough of my hair looking like a toilet brush , so I always had it cut short — like Ronnie Lane 's of course — which was less hassle . |
| 17 | I was awful , in those days I was into acid green sleeks and I had my hair cut in a triangle When I saw Auntie Muriel I thought , if that 's the way you end up , working on a farm , I 'll stay at home and become an underresourced juvenile But it was n't up to me . |
| 18 | A bath was quickly prepared and , after being thoroughly scrubbed , had to suffer the indignity of having my hair cleaned with a nit comb — a most painful operation . |
| 19 | It was my privilege to present with a satellite dish as a retirement gift from his colleagues , customers and the company . |
| 20 | My case packed for an emergency is in that cupboard over there . |
| 21 | My chest ached with a child 's fear while I cringed in the deeply recessed doorway of North Three . |
| 22 | Bought my Paradise Lost in a second hand book and I ga , shop , and I gave it to Marion . |
| 23 | I 've got my foot trapped under a lump of concrete ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Most of my money comes from a trust fund . ’ |
| 25 | My sentence consists of a demonstrative pronoun , which acts as an ersatz name and fulfils the function of the subject , and a predicative expression . |
| 26 | I will grow my hair out to its natural colour until it falls long and lank about my shoulders , allow my skin to fade to a startling winter white . |
| 27 | What my solicitors finding from a letter let me tell you why I ask . |
| 28 | My mum goes on a Sunday ? |
| 29 | my mum went to a fortune teller and , and I had there like tears running Oh ! |
| 30 | I think you 'll find , I do n't know whether it is but mum , my mum went to a car boot sale once and they were n't selling nothing over ten pounds , so the car boot sales |