Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last thing I wanted when I was so worried about what was happening with my own daughter was to spend my sentence surrounded by pregnant women . |
| 2 | As I try to sleep , my mattress raised on corrugated iron sheeting to discourage the rats from running over me , I hear a familiar sound : click-click , click-click , click-click . |
| 3 | In an autobiographical account written a couple of years later , he described himself in having been " absolutely alone , of the most painful experiences and disappointments " ; and of his first response to " Schpenhauer 's masterpiece " he wrote that " in this book , in which every line cried out renunciation , denial and resignation , I saw a mirror in which I espied the whole world , life and my mind depicted in frightful grandeur " . |
| 4 | What happened instead was that after a while Filmer and Daffodil appeared in my view , making a diagonal course towards the station buildings , and pretty soon afterwards , accompanied by a lot of bell-ringing and warning hooters , a huge bright yellow diesel engine came grinding and groaning past my window followed by long corrugated silver coaches as the whole of the regular Canadian rolled up the track next to the race train and stopped precisely alongside . |
| 5 | Only last month , my council applied for extra funding for another eight young people to be retained in the constituency rather than making the futile trek southwards . |
| 6 | I poured my heart , soul and a couple of vats from Nettles brewery into making it a cohesive , disciplined goal-scoring machine , only to see my dream sabotaged by soccer-illiterate shopkeepers and eleven Lego-legged , sloth-brained idiots in vaguely matching shorts . |
| 7 | He brings out my package wrapped in brown paper , and I slip it into my carrier with my clean linen . |
| 8 | I sat in my armchair ; the fire was cold and so was I , my head shrouded in damp hair . |
| 9 | I 've just missed hearing my name taken in vain . |
| 10 | My path ended in thick undergrowth , just where the estuary widened into the sea . |
| 11 | And it was also a place where I could get my ship repaired by skilled persons whom I more or less trusted . |
| 12 | By the time it had been carefully re-written , my feature described in glowing terms the ‘ Hollywood film-set scenery ’ ( but no mention of The Good , The Bad and The Ugly and ‘ exotic cuisine ’ ( on the strength of a passable chicken tikka masala eaten at a restaurant some distance from the hotel ) . |
| 13 | I would see my house occupied by other people . |
| 14 | However , the reality of this ‘ glamorous ’ experience was having my face covered in black paint , sweating profusely on a narrow indoor ski slope and nearly going up in flames , when a wind machine blew a lighted torch onto my hair . |
| 15 | I pointed out that , their firm being in Birkenhead and my production scheduled for one-night stands in village halls in North Wales , it would be unlikely that any customers for her wares would be among my audience . |
| 16 | They collapsed on the ground , gasping , black in the face , their hair covered with charred paper that was slowly settling like a shower of tiny , black , bird 's wings . |
| 17 | A letter , handwritten in purple ink with many curlicues , may have its text reproduced in printed form . |
| 18 | Her jaw hurt with smiling . |
| 19 | Most plants are affected by one or more species , their presence betrayed by ragged leaves , buds or shoots , accumulations of dark green grass ( excreta ) , and sometimes silky webs or rolled leaves . |
| 20 | Pook 's stables were invisible from here but were making their presence known by other means . |
| 21 | The body of the ship rose high above the quay , its stem crowned by small castles or crenellated fighting-platforms to protect archers and soldiers during battle . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh well , that 's different , she agreed , after having her faith restored in human nature . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , West Germany was coming under increasing pressure from the Commission to lift its ban imposed in early November on the import of British beef products , imposed because of fears that they were infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( BSE , or " mad cow disease " ) which might be transferable to humans . |
| 24 | These were creatures above fashion or so they liked to think — their look characterized by exquisite dullness and a certain cock-eyed practicality , epitomized by the much favoured Barbour jacket . |
| 25 | It depicts Richard Paget , in court dress , complete with ruff , and his wife — her hair arranged in immaculate tight curls , her wrists and fingers adorned with bracelets and rings respectively . |
| 26 | Her heart pumped like mad , her body still electrified by the devastating appeal of his laughing face . |
| 27 | Her play centred on simple covering of dolls or putting objects in and out of containers . |
| 28 | With their faith rooted in Jewish law , the Christadelphians had a long-standing interest in cooperative ventures , contributing generously to attempts to re-establish the Jewish people in Palestine . |
| 29 | Her weight returned to normal but she began to vomit regularly to keep it stable . |
| 30 | Elisabeth 's face contorted as her mind filled with contradictory thoughts . |