Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [subord] i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I feel that er protecting my income if I were to die would be the most important thing at the moment and er possibly er making some provision for my retirement . |
| 2 | The sun is low now and I need a lot of time to pitch my tent where I am headed , the dry watercourse near the laibon 's village . |
| 3 | He sat on a stool in my kitchen while I was cooking lunch and said , ‘ Do you like this song ? and proceeded to play ‘ Space Oddity ’ . |
| 4 | I 'm , I 'm sure I 'd change my mind if I was burgled . |
| 5 | There 's a few examples here , Mother Theresa was one that sprung sprang to my mind when I was thinking it through . |
| 6 | My picture was also there but I still had to present my ID before I was allowed to play a note of Mozart or whatever . |
| 7 | However , it had been my intention , and still will be my intention unless I am persuaded very strongly to the contrary , that when I close the enquiry , which I hope will be next Wednesday , I will have in my hands all of the representations , that is to say , both any additional re representations by objectors and the Councils ' replies , before I close the enquiry . |
| 8 | I WISH to thank the very kind gentleman who gave me money when my purse was stolen from my handbag while I was shopping at Dunn 's store , St John 's Precinct . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , she particularly likes to lie on my lap when I 'm wearing it , ’ said Sophia , examining the skirt of the dress . |
| 10 | There was one point during my test when I was driving along and erm the I was creeping forward in a stream of traffic and the person in front of me had crossed the solid white line at some traffic lights and the lights changed and it would have been very easy to follow his lights and just carry on |
| 11 | ‘ I glimpsed you out of the corner of my eye when I was talking to the porter . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ One ca n't give cast-iron guarantees , just as you ca n't give me guarantees about my safety if I was to go to Birmingham , ’ Mr Thomas replied . |
| 13 | One evening , after he 'd been answering more questions from Coombs and Beeding , Quigley came into my room when I was doing my homework . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't remember him taking my picture when I was doing that . ’ |
| 15 | It was rapping in my back as I was pushed past Roger Beeding and Roger de Mornay and closer and closer to the eight steps that led up to the low wooden platform on which was the gigantic cross and the large black-and-white photograph of Rose Fox . |
| 16 | I could feel the blast on my back as I was pitched forward , landing face down on the ground unable to move and gasping for breath . |
| 17 | cos Jo got a picture of my head when I was sleeping and a close up |
| 18 | It just leapt up like a demon in my head when I was staring at you … like X-ray eyes … |
| 19 | A clergyman in his late thirties recently said : ‘ No-one has asked me about my praying since I was ordained ! ’ — whether he wanted anyone to ask him was not clear , but the implication was that he needed it ! |
| 20 | I crushed some of the flowers and rubbed them on my forehead as I 'm told it has an invigorating effect on cabbages and thought it might do the same for me . |
| 21 | I like to put the television on , as there 's usually a very good programme at twelve ten like there is supposedly Rainbow today , but there is n't , which I find very useful for my toddler while I 'm getting lunch for the baby , myself and her , so she can sit down for twenty minutes , there can be a few minutes peace , and there 's just you know it 's just not on . |
| 22 | I had letters after my name so I was called finance director . ’ |
| 23 | I did not let anybody enter my laboratory or my flat while I was doing this awful work . |
| 24 | My mum , by the way , was ditched by my father before I was born . |
| 25 | ‘ But now I do feel bitter about what happened — I really believe I lost the chance to breastfeed my baby because I was left to cope on my own . ’ |
| 26 | So it was the surprise selection of my career when I was picked against America and Canada . |
| 27 | ‘ You saved my life when I was dying on the hillside . ’ |
| 28 | My rules are to cut down drinking , control my temper if I am drinking , not to drink in a such a large group and not to waste much money . |
| 29 | So , imagine my relief when I was called to the front porch , and I was greeted by a cheery ‘ American Red Cross reporting for duty Ma'am . |
| 30 | He came to my door while I was having my tea . |