Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun] [coord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every time I 'm chuck out of ( subject ) completely man , because every time in ( subject ) he always keep calling me something about me colour and I answer back . |
| 2 | Mm Oh I 've put in for one to pay the erm interest on the mortgage , which I have to do and that 's all being seen to because I 've had another letter saying can you tell me what this second loan were for and I 've put down yes , it was for windows and sent a bit of paper er , you know , that we 've paid four thousand seven hundred and something , five thousand , nine hundred and something we 've paid for them windows and I 've spent that |
| 3 | She had enclosed patterns and detailed instructions , and while she hoped , for the sake of appearance at the wedding , that the children 's clothes would be properly cut and fitted , she also hoped that between them Cynthia and her dressmaker would have made a pig 's ear of the business . |
| 4 | I come in for me rosin and you 're lying on the ground . |
| 5 | ‘ When I was growing up , I never thought about my looks and I never seem to get used to talking about my features . |
| 6 | Said one : ‘ I lied about my birth but I realised I was different and always coming top of the class did not help . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm much more confident about my ability and I have learned a lot . |
| 8 | Soon after we arrived I was interrogated about my parents and our home life . |
| 9 | I started to think about my childhood again , about my parents and my sister . |
| 10 | I make one remark about my life and it reverberates right through every else I do . |
| 11 | He quietly made himself at home , and launched upon the usual enquiries about my work and my writing . |
| 12 | I dreamt about my nan and I woke up and I was crying . |
| 13 | ‘ I told my family about my plan and I told Greta , my wife . |
| 14 | I began to think more and more about my family and my home . |
| 15 | But perhaps I should stop for a moment and explain why Rose was angry about my nose and my hair — and why I , a Rassendyll , said I was an Elphberg . |
| 16 | ‘ I told Frankie about my deafness and my Dad being away . |
| 17 | ROBBIE There was something else he said , about not having to look far to find out about my mother and everything . |
| 18 | My grandma kept saying horrible things about my mother and my father kept rambling on about how much he missed her . |
| 19 | I 'd sooner think about my insides than think about my face or my body . |
| 20 | I 'd like to write a really good love song — did I say love song ? — I du n no , a song about my girlfriend and my daughter . |
| 21 | ‘ How did you know about my father and my uncle ? ’ |
| 22 | I still do n't know how Marianne found out about my father and my past — but I know now that you did n't tell her . ’ |
| 23 | But he said , I said it as a joke when she was asking me about my flying and I said I do n't do as much flying as I 'd like to , I 've , I 've got a wife to support and she takes all the money . |
| 24 | McIllvanney must have been Billingsley 's source for the policeman 's information about my boat and my plans to repair her . |
| 25 | I kept telling myself that it was n't likely , that the man who shot at me could n't have known anything about my boat or he would n't have asked about my car , that I 'd met no one else on the entire expedition , and that if ever a place could be described as lonely and unvisited , it was Winter Marsh in mid-October . |
| 26 | He 's about my height but he 's filled out a bit since he came here and he has a kind of stoop now which makes him look smaller and older than he is . |
| 27 | ‘ That business about my tickets and my passport and my traveller 's cheques … ’ |
| 28 | Now I am very well aware that a number of good friends worry a lot about my situation and my health , particularly in the winter , but I manage quite nicely , thank you . |
| 29 | He said : ‘ I was happy about my time but I have to admit that I walked the last two or three miles after I hit what they call ‘ the wall ’ . |
| 30 | I like to read about my time and it was only really in the style magazines that I could get in touch with people of my generation — black or white . |