Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] be [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Well I do n't think they would actually but my , my sons are into , to trade you know . |
2 | My ankles were like tree trunks and I could just about reach the model because I was so big . |
3 | My heart 's in the Highlands . |
4 | Or perhaps , like Hope , he found an inexplicable access of joy : ‘ I must be alone , ’ he wrote , ‘ if either my imagination or my heart are to be enriched . ’ |
5 | My heart is with Rangers but my head says Leeds |
6 | I 'd love to see that error put right tomorrow but , although my heart is with Rangers , Leeds are a mighty outfit and I think the force will be with them at Elland Road . |
7 | My heart is with Wallis and I can not live without the woman I love . ’ |
8 | My heart is on the point of breaking |
9 | My heart is like a singing bird . |
10 | She did not say ‘ I feel overwhelming joy ’ but ‘ My heart is like a singing bird ’ which is infinitely more powerful . |
11 | ‘ My heart is like a singing bird , ’ rhapsodised Rossetti . |
12 | My heart is in the Wallowa Valley , and I want to go back there to live . |
13 | Every time I have to strike my heart is in my mouth , and although I do not consciously hold back when I strike , I wonder if I am doing so without being aware of it . |
14 | ‘ My heart is in the club more than ever . |
15 | ‘ My heart is in the workshop aspect of my job , ’ says Kristine Greenaway , who is a communication education specialist working with the United Church of Canada ( UCC ) in Toronto . |
16 | ‘ It 's not my life frame by frame but my heart is in every scene of this film , ’ he says . |
17 | I thought I detected a faint smile on his lips , but I did not smile back because my heart was in a turmoil . |
18 | We went to the christening and my heart was in my mouth it was on edge the whole time . |
19 | And my story 's about someone like that . ’ |
20 | My story was about a girl who finds a bedraggled kitten who is really a king . |
21 | My story was of a murder taking place in a boys ' preparatory boarding school ( " looking-back book " in miniature , in fact ) with the victim being a pet bird . |
22 | Q The natural colour of my hair is between a light brown and a dark brown . |
23 | Q My hair is in terrible condition . |
24 | When I did eventually look in the mirror my hair was in patches , like little bits of baby hair . |
25 | My driver was under the impression that I had instructed him to break the world land-speed record . |
26 | My driver was in conversation with Sir Victor Sassoon 's driver , who informed him that his employer had considerable confidence in his horse . |
27 | Sometimes my views are at variance with the institution |
28 | But I told you once what my views were on marriage . |
29 | ‘ Now come on — my masterpiece is in action on stage and we 're missing it . ’ |
30 | Had not the echo of my prayer been upon me still , I should not have been ready . |