Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [conj] [vb past] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She put her lips together and blew him the tiniest of kisses . |
| 2 | It is a shame in many ways that Robert Harris ' Fatherland ( Arrow ) has such stiff competition in the same area , for judging by the hardcover success I , along with Arrow , have stuck my neck out and made it a Giant . |
| 3 | When surveyors started sizing up her land , ‘ I got my shotgun out and showed them the gate , ' she said . |
| 4 | ‘ What would you do , ’ Wexford said to his wife , ‘ if I brought a young girl home and offered you a thousand pounds to let her stay ? ’ |
| 5 | Since she left Downing Street , Lady T has sensibly turned her attention elsewhere and built herself a new and interesting life around the globe . |
| 6 | Reflecting on the new and indeed unlikely scenario Collie Curran said : ‘ PJ McGowan came in three years ago and showed us the way ahead . |
| 7 | He slammed the phone down and allowed himself a small smile . |
| 8 | I hung the carpets out and gave them a good beating . ’ |
| 9 | After saving up my hard-earned wages for the past four and a half years I managed to scrape the 1750 or so quid together and bought myself the most stunning quilted maple P.R.S. Custom you ever saw . |
| 10 | He took it in the pub and he got three quarts of beer ; and he had to lay a penny down and bought me a bottle of pop . |
| 11 | He adds : ‘ In the last year , most restaurants have brought their prices down or kept them the same as last year . |
| 12 | How Alan kept his temper I will never know , but he quietly sorted out the mess , mounted a huge Loch Ordie , rowed out from the shore again and handed me the fly rod : ‘ Here , Bruce , you fish , I 'll work the dap and mind the oars . ’ |
| 13 | Selim shook hands again and gave him a second look . |
| 14 | Walked in the lady said Oh right , you can can have a look round and showed us the rooms . |
| 15 | They took most of their clothes off and gave you a lesson in their personal anatomy . |
| 16 | When it did she made the coffee quickly and poured herself a cup . |
| 17 | ‘ And you 've been to Diss today and bought yourself a grin'stone ? ’ |
| 18 | Grimma took another step forward and caught it a backward thump across the muzzle . |
| 19 | Well I , obviously want to try and attend meetings if and when possible , er I 've been to one last week , which basically was er because I do n't feel I 'm qualified to get up and David got up and spoke very well actually , he was always , at the police not neighbourhood watch , er to do with the cascade telephone system which we found out afterwards , after a three quarters hour debate a man came up to Dave afterwards and showed him a memo which said this cascade system has now ceased in November nineteen ninety-two and that was the the abuse on that particular meeting . |