Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] mind [be] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 At the back of my mind was the feeling that I would bump into you in the street .
2 At the back of her mind was the thought that he might be with someone else .
3 Ruth wanted it never to end but always in the back of her mind was the thought that it must .
4 Somewhere in the back of his mind was the knowledge that Legion wanted the woman kept alive , but the sight of Kreig 's ears had given Ardamal a thirst , and he needed to slake it .
5 He did not have time now to investigate his own feelings , but somewhere at the back of his mind was the thought that he was , himself , no idealist .
6 At the back of his mind was the fear that he had been given too much air , that his lungs could not sustain the pressure , that they would collapse as Commander Barnwell 's had collapsed .
7 But the only query that Trevor 's put in my mind is the fact that he 's saying that the cost is gon na be extortionate .
8 What really stands out in my mind was the homage that was instantly paid to a good poem and the individual who had written it . ’
9 She had faced a certain amount of humiliation again at the hands of that wretched Marie , but the thing that stayed in her mind was the feel of Alain 's arms and the tang of his skin .
10 Emerging in his mind was the thought that he might become a writer .
11 Paramount in his mind was the thought of his daughter .
12 The least marked to her mind was the Leader .
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