Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're whippin' it round between me legs like a bloody Red Indian . |
| 2 | Some were corporation housing estates , reservations for thee rehabilitation of the working class . |
| 3 | After excluding children for whom data on the continuous variables were missing 5573 ( 63.3% ) were available for analysis of respiratory illness by birth weight and duration of pregnancy . |
| 4 | That morning he 'd had an hour at a training centre ( ’ not just a fleeting photo opportunity ’ ) ; in the street he was collared by an elderly chap about the price of Guinness and tried in vain to stick a Vote For Me sticker on a recalcitrant toddler . |
| 5 | After a reasonable second class in Part I of the mathematics Tripos I transferred to theology : my tutor , Fred Marsh , gave me a deep love and critical understanding of the Old Testament , but was realistic about my chances in the theological Tripos . |
| 6 | Erm the point that both the others raised about my objection with the large document and my objection regarding what you were going to do with the information you could have apacked and come out with a stronger result . |
| 7 | I was self-conscious about my body to a painful degree , and terrified lest the weight came back . |
| 8 | But I 'm going about my job in a business-like manner and I 'm on target . |
| 9 | But I still have twinges of uncertainty about my place within the wider Black women 's struggle . |
| 10 | My discussions with the café owner have always been amiable and I have paid for car parking ( when asked ) and have gone about my business in an unobtrusive manner . |
| 11 | I work during my vacations as an auxiliary nurse at my local hospital . |
| 12 | I explained that I worked during the winter for a golf-mad stockbroker called Andrew Buccleuth whom I had met during my year on the amateur circuit . |
| 13 | He was the young player who had made such an impression on me during my year on the amateur tour . |
| 14 | During my spell on the late desk I went out on no fewer than eleven murders . |
| 15 | I used to get very sentimental during my period with the Territorial Army about the exploits of the British Parachute Regiment , despite the fact that my sole contribution to their reputation had been made in Aldershot discos . |
| 16 | During my travels across the Siberian Steppes , some years ago , I chanced upon a team of Russian palaeontologists , who were clearly in a state of heightened exuberance . |
| 17 | Regarding the recent articles concerning the B-29 Superforts , or Washingtons , with the RAF I remembered flying them during my time in the post-war RAFVR . |
| 18 | ‘ Just keep Toby off my back for a few more days . |
| 19 | The ME Polartek Sweater has hardly been off my back for the past month or so . |
| 20 | After putting up the tent , I sat outside , took the bandage off my shin for the last time , and undressed , before washing myself with a mug of water . |
| 21 | ‘ I had a lot more left at the end , ’ he added , ‘ and I can take several seconds off my time in a fast race in Rome . ’ |
| 22 | The fact is , I feel as if ten years worry has been taken off my shoulders in the last ten minutes , and I 'm a little light-headed about it . ’ |
| 23 | After sticking the hook through a crust I make an experimental cast across the river , well away from the swim , choosing a dock leaf as my target on the far bank . |
| 24 | All three Sergeants asked questions simultaneously , the interrogation wending back on itself , crisscrossing through my life in an arbitrary yet efficient way . |
| 25 | Unease slides through my brain like an oily knife blade . |
| 26 | Having read through my notes with a fine toothpick , I can find no mention of the tent on the far side of the ground whatsoever . |
| 27 | Tip was a bonny dog , but a bully — even with me to begin with — and a real problem when the walkers came through my land along the Pennine Way . |
| 28 | You can either wait until my return or leave a message through my office at the above address . |
| 29 | You can either wait until my return or leave a message through my office at the above address . |
| 30 | What was interesting to note — since I had close links there through my association with the British Council — was the reaction in the Foreign Office . |