Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I work freelance from home my days/hours can be completely flexible . |
| 2 | Since Sotheby 's catalogue categorically stated that their version was ‘ unknown ’ to me , it seemed reasonable that my views should be made known to them . |
| 3 | I 'm ashamed to say my Artists can be found anywhere around the house , not at all in order . |
| 4 | The decisions of the committee would be crucial in determining whether my proposals would be enacted . |
| 5 | I question both the justice of all governments and the principle by which my taxes can be used to pay for machines of mass destruction . |
| 6 | ‘ What happens is that maybe I 'll just see the shape of some chords , or where my fingers should be on the frets . |
| 7 | I am going to attempt such a classification not with the belief that it is either scientific — this University has a Department of Criminology , and I am sure that my attempts would be regarded as very crude in those august circles — nor with the idea that the classification will be exhaustive , but by way of illustration of my essential point that different criminal phenomena , or anti-law-and-order phenomena , require different types of reaction on the part of the rest of society and imply different prognoses . |
| 8 | I turned and plunged downwards , hoping my footfalls would be masked by his , making-plans as I went . |
| 9 | Readers of my books will be only too aware of this negative tradition within Christianity which denies that animals have minds , reason , souls , sentience or status . |
| 10 | My kids will be driving their aunts and their bubbeh round the bend … ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Well you do n't think my lads would be out here just for the bloody exercise , do you ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I have some rather good jewellery ’ ( and it was as if somewhere among her assortment of boxes was a very special one — but there was not — a mysterious Ali Baba store of necklaces , bracelets , rings , even a tiara ) ; ‘ I do n't think my insurers would be very pleased to know that a window was left open at night . ’ |
| 13 | Thompson , making a tour of the Lancashire cotton belt , continued to regard himself as independent in late 1853 but promised Chamerovzow , ‘ My exhortations shall be to unite upon broad principles for a common object . ’ |
| 14 | Some of my methods may be a little unorthodox , but I do n't cheat the law . ’ , |
| 15 | In 100 years time my worries will be of no consequence . |
| 16 | ‘ Luckily it 's a very old bath and only my shoulders could be seen , ’ she managed to joke . |
| 17 | This other more rigid lever which is gouging a hole in the knee of my tights must be the hand-brake . |
| 18 | I thought my eyes must be starting out of my head , too , but there was little I could do ; I was trying the best I could to think of something distracting to say to Eric . |
| 19 | After all , the reformist might say , some of my readers will be men . |
| 20 | By this point some of my readers will be up in arms . |
| 21 | ‘ I have been silent ’ ( this was news to the Lionisers ) ‘ but my lips shall be sealed no longer . |
| 22 | but not by thee my steps shall be , |
| 23 | Glaring at Matt , she snapped , ‘ How dare you say my ears could be used for horse blinkers ? |
| 24 | I calculated finally that my savings would be able to meet all the costs I might incur , and in addition , might stretch to the purchase of a new costume . |
| 25 | Just as well : this fresh humiliation and the subsequent return with tail between my legs would be the final nail in my professional coffin . |
| 26 | My brothers 'd be watching his every move , just hoping he 'd put a foot wrong so they could jump in and scrag him . |
| 27 | I said I 'll put my shoes back on but I do n't know what my feet will be like when I get out the bus |
| 28 | Do you know what , I think one of my feet must be longer than the other ! |
| 29 | My chips will be cold by now . |
| 30 | My brother Jack , tired of the atmosphere at home , had left when he was 16 to live with friends , and Uncle Joe started coming round when he knew my parents would be out . |