Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [noun pl] [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She swung her long tanned legs over the edge of the bed , forgetting for a moment that she was naked underneath the loosely tied robe , and when she stood up she could feel his eyes trailing insultingly at the V where her naked breasts could be glimpsed . |
| 2 | Without you I 'd spend my summers picking morosely over the remains of train crashes . |
| 3 | He laughed again and she could see his teeth gleam whitely across the room . |
| 4 | It is essential , but not always obvious , that R&D workers should understand what accountants do sufficiently to be able to communicate with them and on occasion to negotiate change in the detail of how they do it . |
| 5 | It is essential , but not always obvious , that R&D workers should understand what accountants do sufficiently to be able to communicate with them and on occasion to negotiate change in the detail of how they do it . |
| 6 | While Ipswich are one game away from the National League title , Chelmsford are one place away from relegation to the Second Division but when it comes to March 28 the league will seem a million miles away and both sides will have their sights set firmly on a semi-final place . |
| 7 | Gazzer could hear his teeth clashing together with the cold . |
| 8 | Even now , five years later , I do not let my children get close to me , although I sometimes allow my wife to sit with me while I eat . |
| 9 | There 's a strong and well delivered geographical link ( she uses the excellent Central Television series ‘ Going Places ’ as a starting point for her second-year juniors ) , but she does n't allow her topics to develop systematically into related areas of the curriculum . |
| 10 | Look , Karen , we 're a hundred and twenty miles from Manchester in this spot , for God 's sake — do n't let your fantasies run away with you . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ A great part of the Bible is to show us that all creatures are in God 's hand , and that He will either make our afflictions work together for good , or remove them . |
| 12 | One of the inevitable problems with this new tax was that business properties in the more dynamic or prosperous areas would find their valuations rising overnight to a much higher level than before , while other businesses in less prosperous areas would experience a fall in their valuations . |