Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [prep] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I was paying my taxes for you to acquire your skill , I 'll have you know .
2 My superiors like me to get as much detail as possible . ’
3 I change out of my pyjamas into them to write
4 I put down five hundred on my lists for you to decide .
5 I would especially wish to record my thanks to who retired in September 1990 from the chair of the Highland Area Committee after eleven successful years .
6 Hold I 've got ta my words on you go go on could n't tell anything else about it , I said yeah it had an orange on and he said , you got the lea oh course
7 In spite of my appeals for him to make some effort to intervene with the King , who could often attain success with a father bent on violent punishment , Kareem dismissed my cries of alarm with unconcealed irritation and insisted the subject be dropped .
8 D' you think there 's anything further in me considering my ideas of them having half an hour not working session a week ?
9 BELVILLE : [ aside ] The bewitching girl every day rose in her charms upon me and I could not help entertaining a jealousy that she was writing to somebody who stood well in her opinion , and my feelings for her made it a sweetheart , of course .
10 I have tried to make myself hate her , yet my feelings for her remain very strong .
11 Tess , when you told me about that child of ours , my feelings for you became strong again .
12 ‘ Though , since Prague has reared its head again , perhaps I should explain that , when we returned to our hotel after dinner last night , with my feelings for you seeming to be on an agitated boil , I had to invent having someone to see . ’
13 Throughout the trip my feelings toward him varied from fury at his incompetence to humour and pity .
14 Seven years later , my experience of further education has grown and my perceptions of it have inevitably changed .
15 My relations with her became cold , but correct .
16 I will have to keep my wits about me to get my team selections , and my substitutes , right .
17 ‘ I wish , ’ said Marie , ‘ I wish I could get my hands on whoever did it . ’
18 I put my hands behind me to find the pillar , found it and pushed myself up , hoping my feet would n't slip on the beer-wet floor .
19 ’ And two days later : ‘ Along — my thoughts of us clarify , and my feelings distil themselves , and I realize that you 're doing what you must do and it was probably best for me .
20 Erm , I agree with my colleagues for what 's been said , so I wo n't say any more about that , but it is the point that what happens to the capital receipts , in the future .
21 My conversations with her gave me no inkling to that effect , and , although she was ambitious , I do not think she felt that her time had come .
22 Nor is the idea of community policing popular amongst ordinary constables in other sections of the police , often because it contradicts their views of what constitutes ‘ real ’ police work , but also because they have misguided notions about what community policing is , as well as a practical awareness of the unrealistic expectations held of it by enthusiasts .
23 Client care , at its most basic and in common with a great many practice development concepts , is the application of common sense : giving the clients what they want , putting the client first and , above all , asking clients for their views on what constitutes good service .
24 I want to know their views on what needs to change . ’
25 He felt that , on the whole , we should aim for people who had come off the BBC training course , who were n't yet ready to tackle major dramas , but who needed to cut their teeth on something demanding .
26 These proud people who carry all their possessions with them pity us for our rooted existence in cities .
27 PEP Guide editor Roz Barder is closer to the market than most , and she gave me her views on what to follow in 1993 .
28 One of the great achievements of the Roman Empire was the construction of their roads by which means their Legions moved with comparative speed from place to place .
29 Many funds were promising substantial returns , in some cases up 10 times the invested value within a year , and for this reason the number of citizens choosing to place their investments with them exceeding predictions .
30 She took his hand , curling her fingers into his to lift it to her lips and kiss it .
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