Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I drink my whisky and look out at the inky loch . |
| 2 | I drain the last of my whisky and look into the empty glass . |
| 3 | Yet now , ’ his look was amicable , ‘ you , Miss Kingsdale , with your haughty manner ’ her haughty manner ? ‘ wish me to at once revoke my plans and allow you to ask me endless work-orientated questions . ’ |
| 4 | But then hands of steel get hold of my ankles and start pulling at me — pulling pulling pulling . |
| 5 | ‘ No , I do n't get pissed off and run to my guitar and write a song . |
| 6 | I filled the crack above with belay nuts , tied off , and eventually relaxed enough to hang into my harness and haul in the rope . |
| 7 | If I shift in my harness and lean nervously backwards I can see my partner creeping nearer on a wall of loosely compacted rubble , brushing and blowing the sand from the holds as he swings upwards . |
| 8 | Maybe the imminence of the new technology was the moment to hang up my briefcase and say good luck to the thrusting new young generation . |
| 9 | ‘ Cross my heart and hope to die , ’ Charlie stated solemnly . |
| 10 | Ollie 's Honour , cross my heart and hope to become a Girl Guide . |
| 11 | ‘ Cross my heart and hope to die . ’ |
| 12 | Now I need you to back up my story and put me in the clear . |
| 13 | With any luck I 'd have time to dry my hair and dive back into the satin whatsits before he arrived . |
| 14 | ‘ Then phone up from reception and give me time to comb my hair and hide my pyjamas . ’ |
| 15 | If I had the courage to grow out my hair and take on the streets without frill or face paint , bangles or heels and all such accessories of fear and vanity , then I would be seen far less and see much more . |
| 16 | I am vain enough to want to look good , but not to style my hair and paint my toenails . |
| 17 | I wash my hair and leave it to dry naturally . |
| 18 | ‘ If I like , I 'll throw my dinner on the floor and put clams in my hair and have tantrums , and … ’ |
| 19 | I submerge to re-wet my hair and stamp it down in place to stop it shredding my eyeballs . |
| 20 | Possibly the only answer is to grey up my hair and start a new post-modern clothing movement , modelling myself rigorously on Hilda Ogden , complete with a fawn cardigan and a flowered pinny and curlers . |
| 21 | That was the whole point and the way , it was like , he could he could hit , he could , he could hit me or go like that to my hair or run his fingers through my face , rip all my clothes up , you know what I mean , not rip them off , rip them up ! |
| 22 | Place a sundial over my grave and let me be forgotten . ’ |
| 23 | I squeak my resistance and yank that particular limb away from the offending direction hoping that they wo n't do it again . |
| 24 | But there is , th th there is the promise in , down in verse eleven , for thus says the Lord God behold I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out . |
| 25 | I was told they would look into my case and get back to me . |
| 26 | I thought I might find some reasonable woman who would understand my case and accept me . ’ |
| 27 | Furthermore , should the unit go in before or after my chorus and delay pedals ? |
| 28 | Nobody 'd let me wheel my bike or carry my bag . |
| 29 | ‘ ' So I pour seven whiskies , hand them out , then wander off to stab each of the captives with my foot and check they 're still awake . |
| 30 | Sometimes I 'd stamp my foot and cry in a completely feminine burst of frustration and he 'd stand bewildered , pleading ignorance and apologising . |