Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [subord] [pron] [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were rainbow clumps of raw colour which sizzled and suddenly coiled into snakelike forms as she approached and lifted serpentine heads to hiss at her ; there were pouring cascades of things that had appeared to be silk or velvet , but which were molten gold when she got nearer and made her remember Fael-Inis and the cascading River and the salamanders . |
| 2 | Robin Gurdon , who met them at army headquarters , was to guide the party through the southernmost part of the British lines as they hoped that by skirting the edge of the depression , they would avoid any main concentrations of German troops . |
| 3 | Totally unexpected because frankly no government , no civil service would have given us as much money for residential places as they did if they 'd known . |
| 4 | And I think erm the article itself erm s says in , in the , the first part it , it seems to be written in a very sort of erm very pro-peasant style , it 's like a justification of things that are happening , he s says that the reasons for the , the peasant movement were the exact opposite of what the gentry in Hankow and Changchun were saying erm that the , that the Party , that the revolutionary authorities had , had taken wrong measures because they thought that the reasons for these movements were , were otherwise and these we they were considered detrimental so they had to change these , these er original wrong meas measures to benefit the future of the revolution . |
| 5 | It would have been sensible to consult my book of British butterflies before I started for I soon realised using authentic colours greatly improves the overall impression ; if you can , I would suggest you refer to a book also . |
| 6 | Maxwell 's theory clashed with these generally accepted assumptions because it predicted that light is an electromagnetic phenomenon and also predicted , as was to be realized later , that fluctuating currents should emit a new kind of radiation , radio waves , travelling at a finite velocity through empty space . |
| 7 | It also presented him with an interesting little self-discussion about his future prospects because it came when he was on the cusp between low-key acting roles and moderate fame . |
| 8 | I found I would eat as much of the unrestricted foods as I wanted and I still steadily lost weight . |
| 9 | Indeed , some went so far as to ‘ play dumb ’ when they were with male students because they knew that the men did n't like clever women . |
| 10 | The van slewed wildly , but kept travelling , smoke appearing from its rear tyres as it swerved and skidded back towards the exit . |
| 11 | They proceeded slowly in the afternoon sun , Victoria content to gaze up at the massed conifers as they passed and listen to the rhythmic grating of the eight small horse-shoes on the roadway . |
| 12 | Rain lifted each and saw how the dark blobs of their shadows stretched to magnified shapes as she held and turned them . |
| 13 | Two swallows , their rapid wings slicing the air like scissors , flashed their white bellies as they turned and dived right in front of her face . |
| 14 | I first knew it unmistakably when Herr Sussmeyer replied to my first letter , saying he had this quest for pubic hairs because he loved and respected women so much . |
| 15 | Once the disorder has developed , the impact of environmental circumstances on its course and outcome is relatively easily established : the difficult issue of reconstructing family relationships and other environmental circumstances as they existed before the appearance of symptoms is unnecessary . |
| 16 | Five years six years ago they introduced the postal wallets because they found that estate agents were sending the very expensive glossy brochures out in the post . |
| 17 | She wasted little time in starting to eat , her quick brain turning over alternative scenarios as she debated whether to show herself to the Carlisle Flint team , or disappear quietly to her room . |
| 18 | On Dec. 27 government spokesperson Yuan Mu was hissed at during a packed meeting with Beijing University students on current events when he said that China would not deviate from the socialist road , despite current events in Romania [ see pp. 37104-05 ] . |
| 19 | I saw the Rabbit Grounds again , and the flaming bodies as they jumped and sped . |
| 20 | He reached across and unfastened her seatbelt , then pulled her to him , smiling tauntingly into her startled eyes before he bent and took her mouth in a kiss that sent a shaft of white-hot flame licking along her veins . |
| 21 | We were puttering up river late in the afternoon and the sun was beginning to go down over these huge trees and a flight of big birds , herons or something , were taking off like pink seaplanes as someone said and the second assistant suddenly stood up and yelled out This is paradise , this is fucking paradise . |
| 22 | The Proceedings of the Royal Society completely overlooked Lear 's beautiful Parrots when it decided that , ‘ The so-called Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains ’ was ‘ by far the most accurately illustrated work on foreign ornithology that had been issued up to that period . ’ |
| 23 | He tested the 1:8 mixture in bottles of various sizes until he found that it would not explode in long narrow tubes that offered a large cooling surface . |
| 24 | Devraux was staring towards the front flaps as she entered and he froze when he saw her . |
| 25 | When she came out , Iris was on the balcony doing her morning routine of breathing exercises , straight-backed , the sleeves of her cotton robe falling away from her thin arms as they rose and fell in time with the rhythmic and somewhat noisy intake and expulsion of air . |
| 26 | They were particularly influential in the later new towns where they reaffirmed and codified practice already established in the ‘ Mark I ’ towns . |
| 27 | I am in everyone 's bad books because I said that it was only a shop . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've done my homework , ’ he remarked , and her heart sank into her smart sandals as she realised that he was aware her neighbours were away . |
| 29 | erm the minor awards or discretionary awards as they became and that 's erm , I was given this job and er that 's how it 's built up really over the years . |
| 30 | On the one hand there were ‘ good girls ’ who were potential wives because they cooked and cleaned , were faithful and submissive . |