Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be my sword arm and my scourge , the bane of my enemies and the defender of my children . ’ |
| 2 | In the complex interactions between myself and the countless others with whom I am remotely or directly engaged , my self-awareness and the self-regarding inclinations which it generates may occupy only a small part of my field of awareness , and not for any moral reason ; I feel myself spontaneously pulled towards admiration as well as pride , submission as well as power , masochism as well as sadism , judging myself from other viewpoints as well is judging others from mine . |
| 3 | ‘ I came in for a lot of criticism but I know in my heart that the good things I did there were very conveniently swept under the carpet at the time . ’ |
| 4 | As I stripped off and dipped my arms into the steaming bucket I wished with all my heart that the porcine uterus was a little short thing and not this horrible awkward shape . |
| 5 | I duly promised crossed my heart and — spat which was the custom of small boys at the time — and I never did break that promise to Dad Tam whilst he lived , and to this day I believe in my heart that the figure overlooking Princes Street Gardens is in the image of my father , complete with a handsome Kitchener moustache . |
| 6 | I need you to love me and make me whole , to live with me for the rest of our lives and be the pride of my heart and the mother of my children … ’ |
| 7 | A quick bath and a change into one of Elinor 's cotton caftans , a blue ribbon to tie up my hair and a dab of powder on my freckles rendered me presentable enough to be fed . |
| 8 | When he disappeared behind the dunes I sat for a while , scratching my crotch as the wind played with my hair and the birds returned to their nests . |
| 9 | But , can I say this that what mattered most to me was the fact that I have been in conversation with so many people and to be able to allow that conversation to affect my faith and a faith that I have to proclaim day by day and Sunday by Sunday from the pulpits of my church . |
| 10 | So , ignoring Mala 's reproaches , I took myself back to my cabin and the galacvid 's more entertaining screen material . |
| 11 | Both my GP and the specialist are convinced that my complaint is entirely separate from the vasectomy . |
| 12 | This made me even more of a social outcast since most of the other girls already regarded my disability , my lack of money , my accent and the council estate on which I lived as reasons to ignore me . |
| 13 | It was not until 1964 and a great deal of nagging on my part that the regulations were changed to require flight data recorders to be carried . |
| 14 | I am referring , after all , to a series of very minor errors on my part and the course I am now pursuing is merely a means of pre-empting any ‘ problems ’ before one arises . |
| 15 | Certainly , it will be my case that the political culture has neither declined nor been threatened to the extent suggested by Beer and other Jeremiahs . |
| 16 | In the morning , I dressed as if to go shopping , leaving my case and the new clothes in the wardrobe , the perfume on the dresser . ’ |
| 17 | My Beryl and the kids . |
| 18 | That was my undoing because the momentary inattention sent the blade slicing across my left forefinger . |
| 19 | He 'd fit the electrodes to my fingers , a band around my chest and a blood-pressure gauge to my left arm and then we 'd go at it , heat full up , windows closed , sweating like pigs because that was supposed to make the polygraph more accurate . |
| 20 | Sometime during the night , I was woken by my cold feet , a warm weight on my chest and the loudest purr I had ever heard . |
| 21 | Unbathed and weary from the bake of the sun and the refreshment of cool water , I am delicious with the skag inside my chest and the sweet , smoky aroma surrounding me , and the touch of my lover and his hot arms about my waist , and his |
| 22 | I nestled my shoulders against the pillar a little more firmly and sipped from my glass as Jamie 's feet beat against my chest and the howling , crashing music thundered through the sweaty room . |
| 23 | The paramedics turned up within ten minutes and as they turned up I passed out , so they applied the defibrillator to my chest and the next thing I knew from one minute to sitting talking to them I knew I was on the ground and they 'd brought me round . |
| 24 | I just do n't know what was wrong with it , I 've work , Jason said Ja we a subject turned to what he wore in bed Ja and Jason said nothing , right but he said when it 's winter I wear my t-shirt and the pants and I cuddle up to my glow worm and we was all taking the mickey out of his glow worm , right so I 've come home and I read the paper and I 'll see glow worm in it , so I cut it out and give it to him and he stuck it up in the factory ! |
| 25 | Fortunately , it is my experience that the burrows within hedgerows are generally quite small and often individual . |
| 26 | Sadly , it is my experience that the general standard of golf etiquette at club level is deteriorating . |
| 27 | It just seems right to bring a hobby , my experience and a livelihood together and we are very set on giving it a go , ’ Mrs Rowan said . |
| 28 | I have no desire to detract from Mike Broderick 's promotion , but as The Bookseller is a journal of record I would like to make it clear that it was only following my resignation that the position of group home sales director was created at Random House . |
| 29 | I stood on my anchors and the BMW 's much-vaunted braking system came good . |
| 30 | They asked me questions about myself and my squadron and the way I was shot down . |