Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blot skin dry and apply plenty of moisturiser . |
| 2 | She had a huge square jaw and a look of iron self-satisfaction that kept the boredom and loathing intact and extended them to as many other people as possible . |
| 3 | But it made sense to keep the running titles intact and transfer them as a set to another forme on its way to the press , saving a little of the compositor 's time . |
| 4 | Dave said : ‘ John was a bit fiery but kept himself to himself . |
| 5 | I chose Miller for you , he could drink a distillery dry and chase it with a brewhouse . |
| 6 | When the time is right Shamans pick the special fungus and make the vile brew which sends the Fanatics crazy and turns them into uncontrolled whirling maniacs . |
| 7 | He was pulling the sun roof open and thrusting himself to his feet . |
| 8 | He charged the half-mile to the narrow exit lane at the eastern end of the Bay , wedged between the point and the beach , but got trapped in the surging rip current that dragged him towards Coffin Corner , the shipwrecking rocks at the west end of the Bay . |
| 9 | In the first of a new series , which considers the properties of various media , MARTIN CHILD examines the brands available and puts them to the test . |
| 10 | As a boy growing up in New York , he recalls his father doing whatever he could to keep food in the ten hungry mouths , including buying up condoms and sunglasses wholesale and selling them to shopkeepers . |
| 11 | Let's just say it seems a bit questionable and leave it at that . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ So , ’ Nathan pulled the towel from his shoulder and tossed it aside , ‘ after you 've tidied the galley , wipe the oilskins dry and hang them in the locker . |
| 13 | Scott reached slowly inside his jacket then pulled the Beretta free and handed it to Hitch , who gripped the automatic in his fist and checked that the magazine was full , slipping it from the butt . |
| 14 | The sentence trailed off as Hitch pulled the Beretta free and aimed it at the crewman . |
| 15 | Taskopruzade quotes from his father these words of Hocazade 's : " At the time when I was at the Sultan medrese in Bursa I was thirty-three years old and loved nothing save Taskopruzade goes on to say that Hocazade used to take more pride in having taught at the Sultan medrese than in having been kazasker or Mehmed II's Hoca . |
| 16 | I arranged to see Isabelle alone and told her of my feelings . |
| 17 | Griffith then took ordinary cold rods of the same glass about a millimetre thick and broke them in tension , finding that they had a tensile strength of about 25,000 p.s.i . |
| 18 | Beryl also welcomed Rita Quick and thanked her for coming to deputise for Molly at the afternoon session on Devising Display Items . |
| 19 | In July Amnesty International called on the Uzbek authorities to ensure that the incidents were fully investigated and that every effort was made to identify the persons responsible and bring them to justice . |
| 20 | He clipped his white tail and made Rabscuttle nibble his fur short and stain it with mud and blackberries . |
| 21 | He pulled the pistol free and shoved it against Hitch 's cheek . |
| 22 | Two of the drovers took a strip of white cotton about 20 yards long and held it across the top of the quay , and it did for a fence . |
| 23 | So many mixed feelings of guilt and anxiety , love and hate can blur the issue that it may be important to adopt the suggestion of one therapist and discuss all the issues with a wise counsellor , perhaps a minister or some other friend of the family , who knows most of the people concerned but has none of the strong emotional involvement of a family member . |
| 24 | He folds the paper open and lays it on the desk . |
| 25 | When the viewers arrive , make sure you have the details ready and take them round room by room as listed . |
| 26 | You can either perform the story live or record it on a cassette-recorder . |
| 27 | The problem is that soap washes out the natural skin oils which keep our skin supple and protect it from the ravages of the outside world . |
| 28 | His body shuddered , and then his tolerance disintegrated and he wrenched his arms free and wrapped them round her , holding her hard against him . |
| 29 | He pushed the dress free and lifted her into his arms , walking to the bed , and Maggie made a small whimpering noise she did n't even recognise , a softly feminine noise of submission . |
| 30 | WordPerfect have found the multi-tasking capabilities of OS/2 valuable and see it as an important platform for future development . |