Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his will , written in his own hand , he donated some of his books to Oxford University and bequeathed to his servant , Thomas Painter , ‘ all my books and papers of Arithmetic and Geometry in English and all my copies written and printed and all mine Instruments of Geometry ’ . |
| 2 | Personally though I do n't mind hefty boots and would prefer to feel the greater support around my ankles offered by other boots in the High Country range . |
| 3 | I will get my guitar mended . |
| 4 | There was a sickening lurch as my chute opened and my harness tightened round me so that I could hardly breathe . |
| 5 | At 8.45 I arrived at school my heart filled with delight as I stood amongst pupils in school uniform while I stood in my usual scruffy manner . |
| 6 | I can not tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth . |
| 7 | But my heart dipped at the thought . |
| 8 | I had my heart set on a soft-top — preferably a Corvette or a Mustang — and I was n't going to let a spot of bracing weather stand in my way . |
| 9 | But I had my heart set on training a bird . |
| 10 | My heart hammered and I felt breathless . |
| 11 | How many times had my heart sunk when I asked if we could go somewhere or try something new in our poems and he had answered with the excusing phrase ‘ I guess not ’ ? |
| 12 | My heart chilled and I gnawed at my lip to hide my disappointment . |
| 13 | And my heart returned to a human being 's heart beat rate in — oh , just a few days , give or take a month or two . |
| 14 | My heart bled for you when I watched it . |
| 15 | ‘ When I walked away from the Great Rebellion , my heart bled with the pity and the waste and the anguish of it . |
| 16 | My problem is that over the last 4 or 5 years , I 've been having my hair highlighted and gradually I feel that it has become too blonde . |
| 17 | Because I 've had my hair highlighted regularly for the last ten years it gets really dry . |
| 18 | Welfare Assistant with Infants class gave me her telephone number so that I can arrange to have my hair highlighted by her daughter . |
| 19 | ‘ I have n't had my hair cut for about a year and neither has Meera so I thought it was time for a change . ’ |
| 20 | I can also get my hair cut , do some gardening , go to an art exhibition — things that just got squeezed out altogether beforehand . |
| 21 | Daily Mirror : ‘ Davie , who comes from Bromley in Kent , said , ‘ I have no intention of having my hair cut . |
| 22 | Like yesterday , when I 'd had my hair cut , he did say it looked a mess before ! |
| 23 | Q My problem is that I 've got very bad split ends but if I keep having my hair cut it wo n't grow . |
| 24 | I was awful , in those days I was into acid green sleeks and I had my hair cut in a triangle When I saw Auntie Muriel I thought , if that 's the way you end up , working on a farm , I 'll stay at home and become an underresourced juvenile But it was n't up to me . |
| 25 | I 'll have words with Sharon on Monday and er , oh I ca n't , yes I can on Monday I 'm having my hair cut later , but I can come up about nine o'clock and see if she 's here . |
| 26 | I 'm a creature of habit — in the way I have my hair cut , the suits I wear , the eternal brown boots that I get ribbed about and which are fleetingly seen by the viewers at the end of the programme as we come to the closing headlines . |
| 27 | I had my hair cut very very short and I just all of a sudden realised that it was all a bit serious ; that something else was about to happen . |
| 28 | I 'm just trying to think where you what you 're gon na do when I have my , have my hair cut ? |
| 29 | tell Andrea I 've had all my hair cut off as well |
| 30 | See I 've had my hair cut and I did n't even use any of it . |