Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [prep] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was told they know how to honour their dead in the Highland regiments but the next time I go to Edinburgh I will gaze up at Dad Tam , and see both of my sons in that solid likeness ( despite the Kitchener moustache ) . |
| 2 | Especially not when I 'd left my heart with this fantastic woman up in London . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd like to have my hair about that long , about erm |
| 4 | and and that 's what I want done , my hair about that long erm |
| 5 | I outlined my views on both those subjects on 15 June 1990 in a 40-minute speech . |
| 6 | If you can identify it , ask yourself ‘ can I do anything to avoid or minimize my exposure to this external event in the future ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't know why I 've been dropped but I can only think it 's something to do with my run-ins with those high-profile managers . |
| 8 | Pushing my bike up those long hills and dry valleys gave me an intimate understanding of the nature of the chalk landscape . |
| 9 | My experience over this past year has been of closed doors . |
| 10 | ( Not my experience in several recent trips into Aberystwyth — KWL ) |
| 11 | I published the results in a book called Manwatching and for twenty years continued my investigations into that bizarre species Homo sapiens . |
| 12 | My excuse for this lengthy and amateur digression into history is that I have been trying to show how I think geology got into the hands of the theoreticians who were conditioned by the social and political history of their day more than by observations in the field . |
| 13 | ‘ The Queen Mother was always my favourite after that first invitation to play before her , ’ he said . |
| 14 | My notes on this marvellous issue are littered with amazed adjectives . |
| 15 | Have you come to scorn me , to poke holes in my skin with those rag-and-bone nails , or to console me , saying , Claudia , I know you , you are just as I am , you are a lonely dandelion , as I am . |
| 16 | I rest my decision on this broad approach . |
| 17 | I should be more particular in my description of this singular man . |
| 18 | ‘ Here , ’ he said ( or some such generous word ) : I grabbed the bag from him and got my fingers round some dried fruit and stuffed into my mouth . |
| 19 | ( They have ignored my existence to this very day . ) |
| 20 | Suddenly I seemed to know why , to understood the reason for my presence in this small , forgotten chamber with its images of death . |
| 21 | ’ In my search of all other Federation data stores , it has become clear that the data on Ardakke has been tempered with . |
| 22 | ‘ I can phone from anywhere , and I 'll go mad if I have nothing to take my mind off that worthless brother-in-law of mine , but I 've changed my mind about the wall . |
| 23 | For instance , among the beliefs in virtue of which I claim to know that Napoleon was a great soldier there may be one which is false , but which is so insignificant that my justification for believing that Napoleon was a great soldier would survive my changing my mind on that particular point . |
| 24 | It was an interesting experience , both musically and personally ; it opened my mind to all that stuff , the poverty and everything . |
| 25 | I 'd love to GET MY MOUTH ROUND that GREAT BIG ONE ! |
| 26 | I 'd love to GET MY MOUTH ROUND that GREAT BIG ONE ! |
| 27 | ( The recently-renovated 1930s Mamounia gets my vote for most beautiful rooms anywhere ) . |
| 28 | I could have punished my whoremonger with some disgusting venereal complaint , but that would have been far too simple . |
| 29 | I ca n't take my eyes off this beautiful woman and as if sensing my gaze she hurries off to the adjoining room to get dressed . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've lost three pounds and I 'm back to my weight of all last season , 13 stone , although I will be even sharper if I come down another couple of pounds . |