Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [pers pn] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er l After I finished my apprenticeship I was in a union . |
| 2 | It 's in my mind she 's of greater importance than she seems . |
| 3 | We 'd been discussing something else , and I said it out of the blue , but in my mind it was as if we 'd just been talking about Oliver , and the way she answered , as if she thought we 'd just been talking about Oliver too and there was n't any break in that conversation even though we 'd been through lots of different subjects in the meantime , made me feel very cheerful . |
| 4 | It 's my fault he 's in this mess . |
| 5 | We went to the christening and my heart was in my mouth it was on edge the whole time . |
| 6 | ‘ For your kindness to my girl I am in your debt , as she is . |
| 7 | you hold my hand Richard , my goodness you 're like grease lighting are n't you , a pair of slippery eels , your poor mum 's trying to run after your brother in high heels are you staying at my house tonight James ? |
| 8 | Last night I opened my eyes when it was dark and feeling a sudden want of air opened the window when to my astonishment I was in time to see Oreste carried past in the arms of an angel and I wept and called out to him but there was no reply and soon they were gone up to the heavens and lost sight of . |
| 9 | Oh my god it was like a , well it was like a fog out here . |
| 10 | We went about a mile before they tired of the effort involved , and I did n't mean to go much further in any case because according to the map I had in my pocket we were by then in about the centre of the western spur of the Quillersedge woods . |
| 11 | Now my Lord it 's at the beginning of October things start to go wrong in erm and as it is pleaded on the first of October er , the plaintiffs were told the , in correspondence from the bank , that the financial terms that the finances that had been approved in principal , were only going to be available if security was offered in respect of a number of properties . |
| 12 | At the beginning of my illness I was on the exercise bike every day , desperate to lose weight . |
| 13 | He 's head lad over there , and once they leave my yard he 's in charge of them . |
| 14 | Erm in my regiment I was in |
| 15 | They they also have My Country it is of Thee . |
| 16 | After a hurried cup of tea at my house we were on our way to do a climb which had been a longstanding ambition of Norman 's — Via Media on Craig Aderyn , probably the best medium-grade slab pitch in Snowdonia . |
| 17 | ‘ And I 've told my mother I 'm in love with you . ’ |
| 18 | If the word Gruyère on the packet can induce people to buy the product in question ( I have tasted it ; and it seems only fair to say that of its kind it is of a matchless ignobility ) then it becomes clear that it is a too innocent belief in authenticity and the efficacy of the ancient formula which has made us such easy victims of the purveyors of the farmyard-fresh Surrey chicken from the battery house , the mountain-brook trout from the breeding tank , via the deep-freeze , the hedgerow-ripened blackberry pie-filling out of the cardboard box . |
| 19 | In these instances it is not uncommon to find a government 's revenue ( as in Lesotho ) almost totally committed to paying its teacher force — hence nothing left over to equip the schools ; in which case it is worth asking whether the whole costly mechanism of providing school education has not come to an unprofitable full-stop just before the only point where it can be productive — enabling children to learn . |
| 20 | However , it is possible that a bright flash observed on the Moon by five English monks in the summer of 1178 was the formation of Bruno , in which case it is about the only lunar crater that has ever been observed to form . |
| 21 | I apologise for the delay in response — we had to track down which university you were at ! |
| 22 | For her part she was under extreme pressure , still only in her twenties and supervising up to 160 Girls at any one point . |
| 23 | ‘ Do you think they 're going to have a sign out , telling us which side they 're on ? ’ |
| 24 | This is a time to make up your mind which side you are on : America or the people ? |
| 25 | A glint of admiration showed in his eyes , and before she could open her mouth she was in his arms and his mouth was on hers . |
| 26 | But whatever their fate they are on course for the most successful season in their history . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've sent men into the palace compound to find out which household she was from . ’ |
| 28 | Barney Willard loved Angy too but we both know it was n't her body he was after and I ca n't believe he would ever have hurt her . |
| 29 | that 's not er actually my circus on that particular video and we have n't identified which circus it was on that particular one . |
| 30 | Without their goodwill you 're on a hiding to nothing . |