Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] and [pron] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | His great shoulders shook and his teeth gleamed white against a dark red beard . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Only her eyes spoke and her words stayed , ‘ But this story is true . ’ |
| 5 | Keep your shoulders relaxed and your wrists balanced . |
| 6 | They had composed their faces , but their eyes sparkled and their mouths yearned to smile . |
| 7 | His eyes flashed and his fingers tightened in a vicious grip . |
| 8 | Their eyes glittered and their branches reached out . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The girls strolled and their perfumes gargled in his throat |
| 13 | Her arms shook and her legs shook . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The group of men receded and their voices faded . |
| 16 | The smell of the steaming meat tormented them until their mouths slavered and their eyes rolled . |
| 17 | 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 . |