Example sentences of "and [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That skimp cost me a learned pig of prodigious memory , two weeks in Benidorm with a beautician called Tracey , a life peerage and my entire collection of Marc Bolan records . ’ |
| 2 | When are we gon na have rules revisions , there 's a long way to go and as the , the er General Secretary said , be careful , because I 've been to talks with , on , from the Regional Committee with the T & G yes we got on lovely with them , they 're fine , they , they gave us a nice big er commemorative medal of the dockers ' strike and it 's got my granddad and my great granddad on it cos they was there in the other union mind you while we 've done all the striking and that they stood by , but nevertheless they 're not bad lads anyway and as John said we must be careful that we are not the ones that are gon na be taken over , because I remember that old song of the fifties , never smile at a crocodile |
| 3 | I detailed my education , A Level results , the particulars of my brothers and sisters , everything that I had done while in the Territorial Army and my minimal brush with the law . |
| 4 | Some day John , you , me and my once-blonde head of hair are destined to meet … |
| 5 | In 1976 with the Tories gaining votes I left my friends , my lover , my job and my political life in Ireland . |
| 6 | I wish to place on record my party 's stance and my personal stance on the reprocessing of nuclear material at Dounreay . |
| 7 | Old Saul was the culprit , Old Saul had gone down in our history and my personal mythology as the Castraitor , but thanks to the little creatures who flew the creek I had him in my power now . |
| 8 | I did not then know any literary people , and my first contact with Ivy ( at one remove ) was when Spencer Curtis-Brown ( later to become literary executor of Elizabeth Bowen and Somerset Maugham ) accepted the agency of my first novel late in 1937 . |
| 9 | Nancy did n't appear through the mist , and my first sight of her was nothing like so romantic . |
| 10 | I remember the sinking feeling still : 1964 , having just moved up to Leeds and my first day at Almscliff — then , and probably still , the best swather of tall poppies in the land . |
| 11 | As I 've mentioned/bragged/gloated previously I know two of the leeds youth team who won the Youth FA Cup final against the scum earlier this year at ellamd rd ( And my first venture into Mt . |
| 12 | I tried opium , and my first experience with anything really hard , using it intravenously , was when I used Omnopon which was from a lifeboat , y'know , from the life-saving equipment on a lifeboat . |
| 13 | My family were too poor ever to have a holiday together , and my first glimpse of the sea was on a choir outing shortly after my joining . |
| 14 | I do want you to know how clearly I understand my deep obligation to you for giving me my first insight into the real problem we were facing and my first understanding of the nature of clinical research ’ . |
| 15 | It was my first taste of big-time athletics , and my first visit to Gateshead . |
| 16 | It was my first time in California and my first visit to a swank house . |
| 17 | The only thing miraculous about my hypothetical story is the coincidence between my being struck by lightning and my verbal invocation of the disaster . |
| 18 | My arrival and my anticipated help with the paperwork have been fortuitous . |
| 19 | ‘ And my unscheduled departure from the Simonova ? ’ |
| 20 | THE WAITER in the Calypso bar at Chania carries a smiling blond baby on one hip , and my Cretan breakfast in one hand . |
| 21 | In my tycoon days , before the collapse of my second career , I 'd had a fair amount to do with bankers , and my collective memory of them was of thin , precise men , in dark suits and wearing rimless glasses . |
| 22 | With bands like Nirvana , the Pixies and My Bloody Valentine beyond reproach from the music press and the record-buying public there has never been a better time to play guitars with manic fervour . |
| 23 | ‘ I would have loved to join the elitist few who have made 500 League appearances and , but for my spell in the Conference and my long list of injuries , I probably would have done it , ’ added McDonough , who netted 89 goals in 460 league games . |
| 24 | Mr Chairman , er , I 'd like to thank you for those nice words of introduction but I am particularly delighted as I am a lifelong member of the G M B , of almost thirty five years ' standing , due to my employment with British Gas and my long membership with the Labour Party . |
| 25 | I am just giving priority to those who were most instrumental in shaping my life and my general outlook in all matters appertaining to living . |
| 26 | It was made even stronger by my visits to his home and my increasing understanding of his own way of life . |
| 27 | As I was an officer , they devised a special treat for me : they raped my wife and my ten-year-old daughter in front of me , three of them to each , sticking their penises into each of the gateways . |
| 28 | Two , earn enough money to support both my Babylonian apartment in the West and my Spartan hiring in the North . |
| 29 | I am 61 years of age and my only link with computers was a brief but satisfying fling with a Sinclair ZX81 some ten or eleven years ago ; it was , though , a 16K so I was upmarket ! |
| 30 | People drifted in and out , not acknowledging one 's presence , and my only meeting with Joan 's mother was when she rushed past me with a vague smile and a tennis racquet . |