Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] and [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was warm and sleepy but my master kept haranguing me : compliance seemed the easiest way out so I put on my boots , grabbed my cloak and accompanied him down to the Templar chapel . |
| 2 | When I met Jean-Claude I found something in his face , his speech and gestures , that alerted my heart and made it a gift to him . |
| 3 | He seemed very moved by my story and said he intended to write an article about it . |
| 4 | Again they swallowed my story and gave me a year 's conditional discharge . |
| 5 | I shook the rain out of my hair and wiped my feet on the doormat , then stepped into the porch and tried the inner door . |
| 6 | I washed and combed and plaited my hair and rubbed my clogs , then I went round and knocked on the door . |
| 7 | I broke my faith and smoked one . |
| 8 | I pulled off my shirt and threw it beyond the woodpile . |
| 9 | I opened my shirt and bared my chest and said , Go ahead . ’ |
| 10 | On my return I developed a pain in my chest and rang my GP . |
| 11 | It swam straight into my chest and bowled me over , thank God it swam on but the adrenalin was flowing so all I could think about was what sort of picture I 'd got . |
| 12 | The receptionist took my money and locked it in a drawer of the desk , then stood up . |
| 13 | ‘ Certainly , ’ he said , as if he had never seen me before , took my money and gave me a ticket . |
| 14 | The blade glided easily over my skin and left it very smooth . |
| 15 | ( I put down my knitting and closed my eyes . ) |
| 16 | He taught me the fundamentals of the job … unsparingly … he channelled my discontent and made me want to be an actor . |
| 17 | This morning rang up my sister and said I would visit her tomorrow . |
| 18 | I sat in my pew and heard him prate on for at least an hour and a half . |
| 19 | I looked at my watch and found it was after eleven o'clock , which meant nothing really . |
| 20 | ‘ Put the Bronica in my rucsac and claimed it went down with you . ' |
| 21 | She draped it at my neck and sprayed it with her perfume : it still smells faintly of Chanel . |
| 22 | The bastard smiled evilly at me as if he would have loved to have put a noose round my neck and had me swinging on a branch of the overhanging elm tree . |
| 23 | With a slightly shaky hand I tool hold of the pendant hanging around my neck and pressed its jewels in a certain way . |
| 24 | She threw her arms round my neck and kissed me . |
| 25 | That seemed to have been what he had in mind , as he put a paw on the back of my neck and bent me forward until my face was squished into the table top . |
| 26 | she called back to the card players , over her shoulder , and then she put a silky arm round my neck and drew my face down to hers , and fastened those red , red lips on to my mouth and darted her snake-like tongue between my teeth and pressed her whole soft body right up to mine and seemed to squirm with pleasure . |
| 27 | I cried after the girl had gone and he seeing my distress and I explaining I feared your anger he put his arms around my neck and comforted me and said he was sure his real mother could not but love her sister and believe she had acted for the best . |
| 28 | ‘ She would if you told her how you 'd look after me — see to it I washed my neck and changed my socks . ’ |
| 29 | I must own that the possibility of taking matters further did cross my mind and infiltrated my uncensored dreams , but it would have been unwise at the time and later I was glad we had left things as they were . |
| 30 | But I dismissed these thoughts from my mind and entered our house . |