Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I take as typical of my difficulty a sentence from item six in your summary of your campaign : ‘ The need for the silent majority to assert itself in order that politicians and judges fully understand the true feelings of the public . ’ |
| 2 | Saved my neck a couple of times , then bought it . ’ |
| 3 | The same thing , if somebody 's annoying you like that , ignore them like I said , I do n't mean I wo n't just let them sit there I 'll touch my brakes a couple of times perhaps do the old bit with the mirror and like I said , normally if they 're if they 're responsible drivers that have just happened , they got a bit close then maybe they 'll drop back as I 've done |
| 4 | And by my side a bottle of wine |
| 5 | ‘ He had me on the edge of my seat a couple of times . ’ |
| 6 | I 've tried it to my peril a couple of times , and it really does get quite embarrassing , so that 's a difference , and of course on the grey handset , there 's a pitch control underneath as well as a volume control , okay , so they 're a bit more modern , but I do n't like these actually , because you ca n't hug them as easily as the cream ones , they just do n't sit on your shoulder . |
| 7 | I have hanging in my workroom a painting of the Pieta , that powerful image of the dead Christ , taken down from the cross and lying across his mother 's lap . |
| 8 | I 've turned it over and over in my mind , and it seems to me — I ne'er told the lad this , lovey — but it seems to me she waited till she 'd borne my Jake a son in his own image , as if she knew that 'd grieve him as nothing else could . |
| 9 | Of his picture of refuse — at once alluring and repellant — Penn writes : ‘ Evening as I walked from my studio to the train station I saw at my feet a treasure of the city 's refuse , intriguing distorted forms of colour , stains and typography . |
| 10 | Of his pictures of refuse — at once alluring and repellent — Penn writes : ‘ Evening as I walked from my studio to the train station I saw at my feet a treasure of the city 's refuse , intriguing distorted forms of colour , stains and typography . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm on my feet a lot of the day — washing and cooking for a man keeps me busy ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I have heard nothing of this until you came into my gallery a quarter of an hour ago and accused me . |
| 13 | She 'd sided with my parents a couple of years before when I 'd been thinking of a career as an artist , and they were opposed to that … |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , I wanted to be nearer home to be able to give my parents a hand with Jennifer . |
| 15 | I gave my granny a glass of iced water , there in her rocking-chair . |
| 16 | PAT has drawn to my attention a number of cases of teachers whose professional and personal lives have been virtually destroyed as a result of allegations made against them by children , allegations either subsequently withdrawn or shown to have absolutely no foundation . |
| 17 | In my opinion a tenant in that position , that is to say where an absolute order for possession has been made against him , notwithstanding that it may be suspended , is not a tenant for the purposes of section 12(1) ( g ) . |
| 18 | In other words , whilst the power to decide to serve an intervention notice without first hearing representations from persons affected was not in itself so unfair as to invalidate the notice , a lack of any means by which the person could immediately thereafter challenge the notice was in my opinion a breach of the requirements of fairness which the law should imply . |
| 19 | ‘ You talk about giving your mind a rest , sir , but I shall have to give my body a bit of a rest soon . |
| 20 | All these questions came tumbling out the moment she entered my room a couple of days later . |
| 21 | The only curious thing was that I found in my room a handbill from a Frenchman trying to solicit backers to export parchment to France and import wine into England . |
| 22 | My room-mate happening to be a policeman , I was at a loss whether to look upon it as a special honour or a special precaution , mine host putting into my room a representative of the force . |
| 23 | To my astonishment a forest of hands shot up around the class . |
| 24 | Look , ’ he lied , q have in my wallet a warrant from the Chief Justice and I shall stay here whilst my clerk hurries back to the city and brings men from the under sheriff to search this house . |
| 25 | The difficulty is I want to try and be helpful erm er er my Right Honourable Friend has , has made a number of conceptions and we have er put down in my name a number of these amendments to the Bill in order to try and meet those very concessions and those the anxieties which your Lordships have have expressed . |
| 26 | ‘ How dare you make my father a pawn in your games ? ’ |
| 27 | Give my father a hug from me when you write to him . |
| 28 | ‘ I carry in my pocket a bit of a bullet that missed me two months ago . |
| 29 | ‘ It 'd do my prospects a bit of good . ’ |
| 30 | All my life a preparation for my version of this combination ? he wrote . |