Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [conj] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They found most of the equipment to do just that in my flat when they searched it : an answer-machine , my PC and its modem ; another lead or two and it would have been easy to set it up if you knew what you were doing , or just used trial and error and were patient . |
| 2 | I did n't think I 'd be able to keep my sanity or my family if it happened again , but there was no way I was going to let him make me sign for a loan I did n't want . |
| 3 | My sanity and my memory returned . |
| 4 | I 'm taking my sons and my brother to Kilimanjaro in August . |
| 5 | erm I enlisted in the Air Force December thirty nine , and I had six and a half years taken out of my life for helping with the war effort , and hopefully my sons and my grandsons will not have to go into another war . |
| 6 | They seemed quite pleasant young people , who listened intently to my greetings , my introductions and my little jokes . |
| 7 | ‘ It breaks my heart that his career has been ruined . |
| 8 | I lose my heart and my common sense . |
| 9 | And there are the future situations I sit on the bed here and think about : my utter love for some man ; I know I ca n't do things like love by halves , I know I have love pent up in me , I shall throw myself away , lose my heart and my body and my mind and soul to some cad like G.P. Who 'll betray me . |
| 10 | Blindly , like a plant in search of light , I turn my face up , and his lips are there , on my lips , and my senses and my nerve ends and my heart and my body , every part of me , all my love , everything is drawn into the sweetness of his mouth . |
| 11 | Dear God , but I gave you my heart and my very soul — ’ |
| 12 | I gave you everything too , my heart and my soul and you … you just used me ! ’ |
| 13 | Something in my story or my way of telling it had evidently touched him . |
| 14 | It 's not really ever one person that does my hair but my favourite salon is Constantines in Manchester . |
| 15 | Another , who works in a uniform all day , said how important her earrings were , and the short dreadlocks under her hat ; how she felt they were making a statement for her , something like : you may think I 'm an ordinary , boring nurse , but my hair and my earrings give you the clues ; this is what I 'm like out of my uniform , I 'm different , I 'm me . |
| 16 | Q I 'd really love some oomph in my hair and my hairdresser says I 'll only get it with a perm . |
| 17 | To do my hair and my nails and to forget my role as head cook , bottle-washer , laundress and housekeeper for a while was refreshing , and each job increased my pleasure in the other . |
| 18 | I turned away , I remember , so that Enid should not see my face , and thought of his arms holding me , and his hands in my hair and his mouth … oh , such a melting , a melting in my stomach . |
| 19 | The wind whipped at my hair whilst my stomach lurched in horror at the dreadful sight below . |
| 20 | I lost my faith when my parents died . |
| 21 | I stood on my grave and my flesh knew all there is to know of clay , and my bones of stone . |
| 22 | I also kept my contacts and my work going during the golf season , even if I did it mostly by telephone . |
| 23 | In or out of prison I will relentlessly fight my case until my conviction for the murder of Reginald Stevens is finally quashed . |
| 24 | My presence among you here in Exeter is the manifestation of my admiration and my solidarity with the human rights movement and your work . |
| 25 | ‘ They have my confidence , my admiration and my full support . |
| 26 | Most importantly I know that there is an ongoing correspondence between my meanings and their meanings in this world , that we share a common sense about its reality … . |
| 27 | Running in a half-mile race with little pains tearing at my chest and my knees sinking lower and lower as if I were running across quick-sands . |
| 28 | My income and his pay packet did n't run to that . ’ |
| 29 | I should pay according to my income and my neighbours according to theirs . |
| 30 | I felt like a Run , so I left my jacket near the Pole I 'd been at the day Diggs had come with the news , and tucked the catapult tightly between my cords and my belt . |