Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [pos pn] brother " in BNC.
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| 1 | She screamed and was saved when her brother , hearing the noise , lunged towards her bedroom . |
| 2 | She went over to the round table in the middle of the room , moved The Field and Country Life into slightly different positions , concealed the one ashtray to discourage smoking , and went down the passage to see if her brother was ready . |
| 3 | Dad went down to see if my brother was in his room . |
| 4 | I wrote up the notes , made myself some scrambled eggs , then decided to walk over to the post office to see if my brother had telephoned last night with any message . |
| 5 | From ribbon roses and tapestries to a triptych , Rosemary has always had craft projects of one sort or another on the go but her interest in the world in miniature was re-kindled when her brother , mindful of the dolls-house she had lost years earlier , bought her a one-twelfth reproduction Georgian eight-roomed ‘ des . |
| 6 | Terry wailed as her brother walked lightly down the stairs . |
| 7 | But Richard at first refused , arguing that he was as nobly born as his brother . |
| 8 | Wolski survived because his brother Avram put a hand to his back and despite his father 's protests pushed him forward from the line when the Germans said they wanted shoemakers and tailors . |
| 9 | The eldest brother refused to have his hands tied but coolly watched as his brother 's carcase was rolled away . |
| 10 | Cos er , she 's got ta go cos her brother 's in it . |
| 11 | Joan asked whether her brother would be charged with murder if she did not work for them . |
| 12 | So she waited till your brother was born , and laid all her spells on him . ’ |
| 13 | And if they come when my brother 's here , he 'll get some marvellous shots of them , I promise you , telephoto lens , the lot , and I think he 's got a video camera now , too . |
| 14 | His face changed because his brother Stair was one of the party , escorting the young heiress to a beer barony in Milwaukee , which was as much as such a penniless man as himself could aspire to , especially as his title was a mere baronetcy . |
| 15 | Her sisters proved to be a hard act to follow while her brother , then at Maidwell Hall in Northamptonshire , was displaying the scholastic skills which later won him a place at Oxford University . |