Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's my retainer from you . |
| 2 | I had enough of the hon. Gentleman when I increased my majority against him in the past two elections . |
| 3 | ‘ Normally I do n't want anybody or anything professional in my houses except me , doing the drawing . |
| 4 | I could discuss my plans for my proposed exploration of the Danakil country with him , take him to a meeting of the Raleigh Club or to Elsfield to have tea with John Buchan . |
| 5 | ‘ My plans for you are more in the manner of an agency . |
| 6 | I had often discussed my plans with my uncle who , as Warden , now lived in the Warden 's Lodge at All Souls , where he and his wife encouraged me to visit them and always made me welcome . |
| 7 | Read had not been particularly interested in my political book ( which I had submitted to him in fulfilment of the option clause in my contract with Routledge , so I got together some more representative pieces and sent them to Eliot , no least because he had published my article on ‘ Philosophy and Politics ’ in The Criterion , and because I had again spoken about my plans at our first meeting after the war . |
| 8 | I mentioned to Ewen that I still had some ( I told him 10 , but it appears to be only 8 ) copies left of GGE , and yesterday I approached Bargain Books on Princes Street , where I see they 're selling it for £6 , in the hope that I might add my copies to their stock and get a cheque for you . |
| 9 | ‘ I broke my heart over him when he went to the shop , ’ said Cis . |
| 10 | I opened my heart to him , and he gave me his blessing . ’ |
| 11 | A letter to Rohde contains , half-way through , the sign " N.B. " and , at the end , the following : " At the point marked N.B. , a message came calling me into town as soon as I reached the foot of the page ; now returned , I am trembling all over and can not free myself of it even by pouring out my heart to you . |
| 12 | ‘ I poured out my heart to you , Laura , telling you how much I loved you , and that , despite our difficulties , I was certain we could find a way to solve them . |
| 13 | I made one in trusting you enough to open up my heart to you about my ex-fiancé . |
| 14 | my heart into my mouth ; I love your Majesty |
| 15 | To begin with I found it almost too much to take on board , but it was all extremely thought-provoking and I had to make a decision to put my heart into it or not to bother at all ; it would have been pointless just to dip into it now and again . |
| 16 | And I found that he was universally right — by which I mean that I was answerable in my body and in my heart for what was done to my brother . |
| 17 | A Corporal appeared and beckoned me through to the kitchen ; he was taller and thinner than the other one and his arms were covered with rough tattoos executed in Indian ink ; on his right forearm were the words , ( My courage for my father , my heart for my mother , my prick for a whore ) . |
| 18 | But then I do n't wear my heart on my sleeve . |
| 19 | I ca n't say with my heart on my heart they work . |
| 20 | When she stepped into the helicopter in front of me , I had no alternative but to follow her with my heart in my boots . |
| 21 | The line was plucking nicely through my fingers and , with my heart in my mouth , I wound the pick up in and struck . |
| 22 | I would have come to find you again with my heart in my hand . |
| 23 | As you opened my heart in your going |
| 24 | ‘ … wear my heart upon my sleeve |
| 25 | This is the most difficult part of my story for me to tell . |
| 26 | The rain beat against my face , pasted my hair to my scalp , ran down my neck . |
| 27 | If you got tired and worried , she 'd say , ‘ Come on , comb my hair for me . ’ |
| 28 | A friend does my hair for me , she 's a freelance hairdresser . |
| 29 | mine , with hair all over it , my hair for my brush |
| 30 | All I want is her to carry on brushing my hair with her hands . |