Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [noun] [subord] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has go to bad that I worry about my fingers when I carry out water changes . |
| 2 | A clergyman in his late thirties recently said : ‘ No-one has asked me about my praying since I was ordained ! ’ — whether he wanted anyone to ask him was not clear , but the implication was that he needed it ! |
| 3 | I feel a lot better though about my exams since I 've started revising |
| 4 | ‘ I was 17 years old when I committed the offence for which I was sentenced to die , and I did n't even start thinking and caring about my life until I was at least 20 . ’ |
| 5 | I think about my work when I 'm at home . |
| 6 | About this time I had , by a certain wicked attempt — for I had a bold heart which rather put me upon courting than avoiding danger — set a hornet 's nest about my ears so I thought it better to remove myself to France and be a little more discreet in my armours . |
| 7 | I promised to tell him all about my murder when I 'd written it . |
| 8 | ‘ One ca n't give cast-iron guarantees , just as you ca n't give me guarantees about my safety if I was to go to Birmingham , ’ Mr Thomas replied . |
| 9 | There was one point during my test when I was driving along and erm the I was creeping forward in a stream of traffic and the person in front of me had crossed the solid white line at some traffic lights and the lights changed and it would have been very easy to follow his lights and just carry on |
| 10 | I think of myself rushing out of the house in North Oxford , or the quiet residential streets beyond the University Library in Cambridge , snatching my ancient portable typewriter off my desk as I go , with the voices of boorish boys shouting ‘ Mum ! |
| 11 | Pushing myself up off the wet ground , I brushed the twigs and earth off my trousers while I checked my pockets . |
| 12 | But I 'll never forget how good she was to me all through the war , took so much off my hands when I just could n't cope . |
| 13 | ‘ I forgot to wipe the sweat off my hands when I started swinging , ’ he said , ‘ and my hands were so slippery that I fell . ’ |
| 14 | I wrote in great haste and under some excitement , from the statements to which I referred , [ Palmerston 's remarks ] and plead this as my excuse if I expressed what I did not really intend . |
| 15 | All that flashed through my head while I took one step out of the Ladies . |
| 16 | To see this , look at the payoff matrix and imagine the thoughts that might go through my head as I play against you . |
| 17 | All these thoughts and many more were racing through my head as I polished the silver teapot which she would be drinking out of . |
| 18 | After such a long day I thought of my wife and son with ‘ What have I done ? ’ running through my head as I dropped off to sleep . |
| 19 | All these thoughts were racing through my head when I came face to face with you , and when you did n't show me out I could n't entirely understand why . |
| 20 | I remember the shock of fear when I heard her scream and the sickening jolt of pain through my stomach when I saw the angle of her hand to her arm . |
| 21 | I was already enough of an expert to recognise it — people had begun to give me books about birds of prey , so the first time I heard this sorrowful sound I searched through my books until I found out what it was . |
| 22 | The first one was still exploding through my cortex as I gulped the second and reached for the third . |
| 23 | I felt the blood racing through my veins as I put my bodystocking on . |
| 24 | All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind as I waited for the explosion in our midst . |
| 25 | I have to check through my tapes cos I 'm not sure if they , if I 've used it all up |
| 26 | I would not be responsible for my actions if I saw him . ’ |
| 27 | He said , ‘ What I 've done , I 've left everything in the top drawer so that it 's all easier for my wife when I die . |
| 28 | I did n't have to say please and thank you for my milk cos I pour straight on my dinner , did n't I ? |
| 29 | Oddly I was uneasy about this , worrying over what I should do for my friends when I got home . |
| 30 | Although I thought the Callanetics course was very good for small groups , it was unsuitable for my ladies as I have members of all shapes and sizes , whose ages range from 14–83 . |