Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George Roman read me and after I 'd done the first reading he asked me about my own attitudes to the Part and then told me his as a director , which were completely different . |
| 2 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , I want simply to tell you that work on your notes connected with the Big Glass is at last under way and that I have remained scholarly and impartial throughout what has not been an easy task , in view of what you say about me and especially about my family , and which you must have known would give offense . |
| 3 | The thing about my life , he wrote , is that everything has always been too late . |
| 4 | When people write nice things about my food it always sounds like they are referring to someone else … ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ And now , Sergeant , I must be about my business . |
| 6 | About my neck a sylke scarfe do I tye . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not one to speak ill of my betters , as you know , ’ said Mrs Cornforth , ‘ but her Ladyship 's remarks within Thomas 's hearing about my profiteroles Angels would not forgive ! ’ |
| 8 | My final term there seemed rather uneventful after the previous two , and only Renaissance Anne showed any signs of concern about my impending departure . |
| 9 | In truth , I found her rather a pain on the subject and merely parried her constant questions about my job-hunting activities . |
| 10 | I remember the shock of realizing that this was my last ever second-year class , then my last ever third-year class , and then people started asking me about my leaving party . |
| 11 | I applied for the post and was interviewed by the headmaster , a man of about my own age who was ‘ mad on Puccini ’ , and consequently thrilled to bits when I recognized |
| 12 | He could have complained to the top about my basic lack of professionalism but instead he went out of his way to try and help — and sometimes got pretty short shrift in return . |
| 13 | ‘ Is there something about my work that 's been bothering you , Headmaster ? ’ |
| 14 | They were suspicious about my past , my age and a picture of me that simply did not add up . |
| 15 | My parents both died before I left the School of Italian Studies so I had heard nothing about my family for over ten years . |
| 16 | Feeling conspicuous — embarrassed about my very existence but resentful of what had happened . |
| 17 | It was n't Katrina who next appeared , it was a slight woman of about my own age , Kathleen . |
| 18 | I started to think about my childhood again , about my parents and my sister . |
| 19 | I started to think about my childhood again , about my parents and my sister . |
| 20 | While I was sitting waiting for Jenny , a number of well-dressed women of about my age filed past me , some of them evidently wearied by their afternoon of serious picture-watching . |
| 21 | My fellow residents turned out to be a chap in his late thirties who was trying to put his life back together after the death of his wife and various other things , and a chap of about my age who had also run into problems after his wife died . |
| 22 | ‘ Yeah , if you want to keep yourself to yourself that 's no problem , ’ Pete , the man of about my age , said . |
| 23 | What will they want to know about my home ? |
| 24 | What will they want to know about my health ? |
| 25 | Twenty years later he could still recall the event : ‘ I can think about my loyal dog buried in the snow , ’ ( Death Of A Lady 's Man ) . |
| 26 | I spotted a critical piece about my department in the Economist and drafted a letter to the editor for Mellowes to send but he did n't use it . |
| 27 | I explained again : about my job description , custom and practice and my right to do the work for which I was employed . |
| 28 | ‘ What about my nose ? ’ |
| 29 | I am thinking about my spectacles lying on the desk before me as I write . |
| 30 | ‘ Hey , what about my bomb ? ’ she shouts after her . |