Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] and [pron] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her legs quivered and her chest heaved as she struggled to control her breathing . |
| 2 | I think my eyes bulged and my buttocks clenched in reflex , but there was a fair amount of surprise there as I could see both of Sally 's hands on the handles of the wheelchair . |
| 3 | Even though your knees trembled and your heart fluttered and you felt weak with longing , how could you melt , knowing that ? |
| 4 | Her shoulders sagged and her voice deflated . |
| 5 | His ears tingled and his heart trembled to hear the report . |
| 6 | His great shoulders shook and his teeth gleamed white against a dark red beard . |
| 7 | His shoulders heaved and his chest shook with sobs . |
| 8 | Mrs Fellows consulted her General Practitioner 8 months ago after noticing that the veins in both legs were becoming increasingly prominent , her legs ached and her ankles became swollen . |
| 9 | Only her eyes spoke and her words stayed , ‘ But this story is true . ’ |
| 10 | Keep your shoulders relaxed and your wrists balanced . |
| 11 | They had composed their faces , but their eyes sparkled and their mouths yearned to smile . |
| 12 | His eyes flashed and his fingers tightened in a vicious grip . |
| 13 | Their eyes glittered and their branches reached out . |
| 14 | Others are those who did not adventure themselves on the Crusade , but stayed to maintain the rights of their absent lords in their proper manors and castles , but as the years passed and their lords did not return they have been turned out from their posts of trust . ’ |
| 15 | He thrust his free left hand into the back of Harry 's collar , took a fistful of him , cotte and shirt and all , and twisted until the boy 's cheeks purpled and his eyes began to swim . |
| 16 | He plays with the quintet in a quite different sense from that in which they play at revolutionary politics ; though , bemused by him , set at odds , their purposes deflected and their fantasies fed and coaxed along , it does n't seem like playing to them . |
| 17 | Its body is hunched up in a strange way , with its wings drooped , its feathers ruffled and its head lowered . |
| 18 | His dark brows rose and his mouth curled cynically . |
| 19 | The girls strolled and their perfumes gargled in his throat |
| 20 | Her arms shook and her legs shook . |
| 21 | He enjoyed brushing it , even when she made him stand so long behind her chair that his arms ached and his eyelids started to droop . |
| 22 | 2 Place your other hand on your elbow , keeping both arms relaxed and your head held high . |
| 23 | The group of men receded and their voices faded . |
| 24 | His hands shook and his friend prescribed a sedative . |
| 25 | The smell of the steaming meat tormented them until their mouths slavered and their eyes rolled . |
| 26 | They replaced hundreds of divots , flattened hundreds of bumps , filled in scores of ruts , and pounded the turf until their backs ached and their hands burned . |