Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [unc] [noun] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question crossed Sabrina Carver 's mind as she stood with her left hand looped through the handle hanging from the rail above her in the aisle of the packed subway train as it hurtled through the cavernous tunnels beneath New York . |
| 2 | There was a hint of a smile on Miss Phoebe 's face as she went quietly back to her seat . |
| 3 | INSURANCE was the furthest thing from Pat Whyte 's mind as she edged her way down an Austrian ski slope . |
| 4 | She clawed at Mother Francis 's hand as she spoke . |
| 5 | ‘ Old ? ’ said Sally-Anne a little indignantly , to Dr Neil 's amusement as he watched the two women . |
| 6 | So too does the humour in the Company Sergeant Major 's patter as he demands and gets higher and higher standards — ‘ Mr Smith , sir , at drill you are as much use as a window cleaner in Beirut . ’ |
| 7 | Some of that almost-lost flavour can still be savoured in books like William Lutton 's ‘ Montiaghisms ’ ( 1923 , but compiled 80 or 90 years earlier ) , P W Joyce 's English as we speak it in Ireland ’ ( 1910 ) or , more recently , T G F Paterson 's Country Cracks ’ ( 1939 ) . |
| 8 | First she hurled insults about Dong Huibo 's bottom as he sat on her Shanghai bus , then she attacked him . |
| 9 | The jealousy swept through Mr Trotter 's head as he idolized this person for his looks , popularity , he had got everything just right , whereas he was living in a poky little cottage , with is protective wife and his asthma . |
| 10 | There was a long silence , apart from the creaking of Mr Nightingale 's chair as he swung a few degrees either way , frowning down at his desk top . |
| 11 | But Mr Lilley dismissed Mr Mandelson 's comments as he toured the head office of local house builders Yuills . |
| 12 | But Mr Lilley dismissed Mr Mandelson 's comments as he toured the head office of local house builders Yuills . |
| 13 | Then a long-shot from behind Sir Rupert Cartland 's shoulder as he forced open the dining-room door , saw the scene of Tick advancing menacingly on his beloved ( or ‘ that silly bitch ’ , as he always called her off the set ) , raised his pistol , cried , ‘ No , you monster ’ and shot the deformed coachman . |
| 14 | There is no doubt his departure will be a big blow to Mr Major , and will undercut Mr Garel-Jones ' authority as he battles to push the Maastricht Treaty through the Commons in the next few months . |
| 15 | The day had been rainy and wet so Barrymore saw the prints left by Sir Charles ' shoes as he had walked down the Alley . |
| 16 | Spanswick , 50 , returned a few minutes later with a mash hammer and delivered blows to Mr Curren 's hands as he tried to protect himself . |
| 17 | The Curator did not see the look in Mr Wolski 's eyes as he glanced back to the window and stared again at the wolves outside , who had turned to face the icy wind with narrowed yellow eyes . |
| 18 | His hard hat , held in the crook of his right arm , fell out from between his arm and his side and hit the floor , rolling briefly , Steven stooped quickly and retrieved it , banging his head sharply on the front edge of Mr Smith 's desk as he straightened . |
| 19 | As soon as they were out of the grounds , petty concerns about Deana Davenport and hospital gossip washed cleanly away , made surprisingly unimportant by the relaxing hum of Tom Russell 's car as they drove . |
| 20 | It was an unhappy and tense discussion and can have done absolutely nothing for Geoffrey Howe 's morale as he prepared for the afternoon . |
| 21 | Things got off to a bad start anyway when my Reliant Robin was crushed by Pahdra Singh 's Bentley as we jostled for a parking place . |
| 22 | ‘ I expected it , sir , ’ she said , ‘ with Mrs Browning 's health as it is . ’ |
| 23 | Tears sprang into Adele Duncan 's eyes as she held out her hands . |
| 24 | I have often succumbed to the graceful , bronzed beauty of Michael Deere and Terence Wade 's limbs as they power into action and imagine not John Motson or Alan Hansen commentating on another blistering attack , but David Attenborough in mildly hushed tones , comparing our boys with leaping gazelles or sprightly cheetahs . |
| 25 | He had left at 5.30 and heard Philip Drew 's voice as he arrived at the theatre at 6.00 . |
| 26 | Pink patches appeared on Auntie Lou 's neck as she looked at her brother . |
| 27 | There was a big smile on Jim Wagstaff 's face as he arrived in the Maternity Ward at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon . |
| 28 | The crosses erected at stages on the route of St Louis 's body as it came from Tunis to Paris for burial at St Denis were ‘ freely imitated in the Eleanor crosses of England ’ . |
| 29 | She lived in a one-bedroom flat in St George 's Place as you may know those council flats . |
| 30 | Earlier , I 'd had the good fortune to place my left ear point-blank to old Gavel Basher 's larynx as he asked everyone in a 20-mile radius ( or so it seemed ) to be seated . |