Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [adv] [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In early 1986 , my foot finally healed and I began to train as if I was as fit as I had been before my injury . |
| 2 | She still filled her boring blue costume wonderfully , I noted — while part of my mind slowly realized that my ship 's damaged preceptors probably had kept Posi from spotting their approach . |
| 3 | ‘ But my sessions gradually increased and my double-session intensified systematically until my weekends have also become involved and I am now on seven days a week . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ My legs slightly raised and on my left side , ’ Faye finished for him , deliberately parroting the words . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , I know you wo n't believe me when I tell you that he doctored that fuel blend to make me look a fool , but one of the boys back in London knows ; he 's going to have my work independently checked before Jason gets home ! ’ |
| 6 | My group actually thought that the return of Peter Pan made a better tale than Barrie 's original . |
| 7 | My pouch-seat automatically deepened and clutched me like an egg . |
| 8 | " My husband just crumbled when I felt it was me that needed to crumble and somebody to help me . |
| 9 | But my husband always thought that my in-laws were good to me , because they never criticised me in his presence , He had told them beforehand ‘ I know this girl , what she is like , so I do n't want to hear anything about her from you . |
| 10 | My father always considered that you were as good as old Granpa Charlie and everyone knows he was the best . ’ |
| 11 | Whether it was the disappointment showing on my face I shall never know , for my guide quickly added that it was a Celtic path and , perhaps , more than 4,000 years old . |
| 12 | I took 2 days off work before my baby was born , and on the third day my life suddenly changed and it seemed that all of my well laid plans would go to waste . |
| 13 | I was poring over a chart in my room , working out a passage from Foulness Island to Aldeburgh , in Suffolk , when my door half opened and Sir Edmund looked in . |
| 14 | I wrote asking if my information still applied or had some legal restrictions been imposed since the programme had been shown ? |
| 15 | My master finally realized that he could make a fortune by showing me to people all over the country . |
| 16 | gear with my forehead with such force that my goggles , which I was wearing luckily , were shattered and my face badly bruised and bleeding profusely . |
| 17 | I was sure that my mother neither understood nor agreed with what Lili was saying , but the mention of these classic works of literature compelled her to reveal at least her knowledge of their existence . |
| 18 | My mother always maintained that the first words I said were " Go yay , " which meant " Go away " and showed an independent spirit . |
| 19 | Many of the illustrious are there too , their signatures sometimes smudged or rain-spotted , but nonetheless memorable for that : Hobbs , Sandham , and Strudwick ; Nichols and O'Connor ; Hammond and Charlie Parker ; Hallows , Watson and Makepeace ; Freeman and Woolley ( the short and the tall ) ; the 1928 West Indians , including Learie Constantine ; and the ‘ All-Indian ’ tourists of 1932 . |
| 20 | He laughed under his breath and looked at her with reluctant appreciation , but Alyssia did n't notice because she was staring out of the window at the passing scenery , keeping her fingers tightly crossed that the car would n't stop wheezing and die completely on them before they reached Nice . |
| 21 | By the end of the afternoon she had replaced her wardrobe from top to tail , had acquired an evening dress that was out of this world , and had had her hair freshly washed and styled . |
| 22 | Athelstan 's pleasure increased when-he saw that Benedicta , her hair now braided and hidden under a wimple , had a small basket by her side in preparation for their journey to Smithfield . |
| 23 | She would have her hair nicely done and I might be doing a bit of sewing . |
| 24 | And then her heart almost stopped as she remembered — and wondered instantly how she could ever have forgotten . |
| 25 | She would then , on the vague premise that they might meet , have had her words all sorted and ready , and would have told him that Rosemary , in the flat opposite … |
| 26 | Ruth struggled for words , her mind so confused that she could n't rein a coherent thought to the surface . |
| 27 | All in all , a great day and night was had by all and the hygiene northern area sales teams returned to their branches fully motivated and ready to make 1992/3 their best sales year ever . |
| 28 | The Roman army was now committed to establishing a frontier in difficult terrain and their losses steadily mounted until Scapula , worn out with bitterness and frustration , collapsed and died . |
| 29 | Mambo Leo was popular not for its opinions but because it was well produced , entertaining and readable ; nevertheless , its popularity did not mean that its readers either believed or trusted it . |
| 30 | Isabel lay looking up at him , her lips softly parted and moist from his kisses , eyes heavy-lidded with love and longing . |