Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although usually quite reasonable priced , the cost of using them tots up to a considerable amount over several days . |
| 2 | My now dog-eared letter gained me admission again through the main gates and into the office of a Mr Saleb , a shabby fellow in slippers and an undershirt . |
| 3 | In consideration of your agreeing to make an offer , on behalf of our customer , [ client name ] for the whole of the issued share capital of a company known to both of us under the code name [ ] ' , we , [ name of Bank ] London Branch , [ address of Bank ] , hereby guarantee that our customer , [ client name ] have available to them funds up to a total amount of £ [ ] . |
| 4 | Mo gets up on the top of them stands right up the top , spreads around there 's ! |
| 5 | So that was how I came to have a new dress and boots and a real ribbon for my hair instead of the usual string . |
| 6 | I wanted to wear my hair up in a knot but Elise said you 'd prefer it loose like this . ’ |
| 7 | My own vanity , such as it was , could not accept any of this ; in that dressing-gown , and with my hair all over the place , I was hardly something that a chance met man would want to lay claim to . |
| 8 | combing my hair out in a darkened room |
| 9 | Tearing my hair out by the roots . |
| 10 | I much prefer expressing my views publicly in the House to my constituents and others . |
| 11 | Thank goodness I had my knickers on at the time ! |
| 12 | ‘ We 'll take my bike out for a ride . ’ |
| 13 | I was so tired I had to get off my bike twice on the way up to Creeting and sit on the side of the road in the snow for a spell before I could go on . |
| 14 | And like a well-trained dog I stuck an arm in the air and said , ‘ I 'm putting my foot down for the Telethon , how about you ? ’ |
| 15 | I had to make haste now or I would be late , so I threw my kit in the back of the Porsche , threaded my way through the traffic on the Kingston By-pass and then put my foot down on the M3 , keeping a wary eye open for the police . |
| 16 | I had n't slammed my foot down on the brake . |
| 17 | no hope we do n't lose it on that Tim , it 's got all my money in at the moment , it 's a really good one is n't it , we 're really enjoying it at the moment does n't what number it is but we just , what do we do with this ? |
| 18 | I took all my money out of the banks , sold everything I had and packed up . ’ |
| 19 | I let the money slip through my fingers on to the floor . |
| 20 | Should I see my sister alone in a foreign country — blind ? |
| 21 | I found myself putting the intelligence into my programmes not through a general researcher , but through the intellect of the presenter . |
| 22 | So erm you see that 's , that 's why when we had this we paid somebody to put this in cos the gas company would n't put my my boiler right out the back . |
| 23 | I took my skis back to the shop next morning , realising that perhaps the marginal snowbridges and crevasses of the Argentiere glacier were not an ideal nursery . |
| 24 | But when I pack my skis back into the hall cupboard behind the vacuum cleaner , I want my hills unsullied by pylons and snow fences . |
| 25 | I daresay you were right , I should n't have brushed my teeth out of the tap . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I was running just 20 miles a week in my build up for the race . |
| 27 | My father 's leg , locked solid , has given me my sanctuary up in the warm space of the big loft , right at the top of the house where the junk and the rubbish are , where the dust moves and the sunlight slants and the Factory sits — silent , living and still . |
| 28 | If Robert came to you and said in his gentle , somehow caressingly placid voice that I had admitted or confessed to him in ‘ obvious distress ’ that I had pushed my penis up between the hired legs of more than one hundred and fifty tarts ( including three on one single day , or two on one single bed ) then you would probably believe him . |
| 29 | I dumped the carrier with my groceries down beside the road , and set off across the moor . |
| 30 | You 've got your doubts and you know I 've had my doubts right from the |