Example sentences of "[vb past] [pos pn] [noun pl] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stripped off , laid my clothes out to dry in the sun , and cooled myself in the loch ; then , standing on a rock , I surveyed the magnificent view , sure that the effort involved in reaching the loch had been more than repaid by its utter peace and serenity . |
| 2 | The intelligentsia found their services positively welcomed by both discontented workers and , from the turn of the century , peasants . |
| 3 | She tried to ignore the stench but found her thoughts continually returning to her physical situation . |
| 4 | She watched as Callum wove his way through the various clusters of people and found her eyes irresistibly drawn to the corner where Luke stood , surrounded by a large group of his friends . |
| 5 | Straining his ears over the slight sounds of their careful progress for any alien noises in the night , Grant found his thoughts increasingly filled with unsettling images of leaping dark shapes and gleaming fangs . |
| 6 | But he later changed his spots enough to insist on Leopardcover as a condition of accepting the market 's chairmanship . |
| 7 | FIRE-FIGHTERS risked their lives yesterday searching for two suspected young arsonists believed to be trapped inside a blazing school building . |
| 8 | Then he opened his eyes again to peer at his watch and the expression of irritation returned . |
| 9 | The fact that the Government disregarded our recommendations largely accounts for the debate that we are having today . |
| 10 | The Austrian branch of the Habsburgs continued to give precedence to the representatives of its Spanish relatives , the pope insisted on treating the French and Spanish ambassadors in Rome as equals , and the Spanish government ordered its diplomats not to appear in public with a French one of equal rank , and thus avoid giving way to him . |
| 11 | He returned to private practice with his brother and developed his notions sufficiently to present at the Manchester Technical College in 1887 a series of lectures on the completely new subject of chemical engineering . |
| 12 | The self-styled Brahmin of the Banal kept my fear-levels up to scratch by manifesting himself unexpectedly . |
| 13 | The children were listening though they kept their eyes intently fixed on their school books . |
| 14 | The wind whipped at their cloaks and the horses kept their eyes half shut against it . |
| 15 | In July the government majority fell to three on one vote but this narrow margin produced better attendances on the government side ; Unionists therefore sent their MPs off to speak around the country " with an occasional rush to London to keep the Rads. there " . |
| 16 | Eventually he asked her out , and , even though she knew her parents strongly disapproved of the flashy young man from London , she disobeyed them and started sneaking out of the house every night when they were asleep , to meet him . |
| 17 | Phoebe dealt with Maggie 's immediate needs and took her trousers off to soak in the bathroom . |
| 18 | Heads of health authorities saw their salaries almost doubled in 1991 . |
| 19 | But still Timothy Ful Cher , 31 , kept his arms firmly wrapped around Nony Tedjakasume as they dangled upside down above the water . |
| 20 | At the only time in his life when he would have liked to he was so crushed by doubt and diffidence that he kept his eyes scrupulously trained upon the ground , or the table in front of him , or the wall behind the shoulder of the person concerned . |
| 21 | ‘ Goodni — ’ But she stumbled over the final syllable , for suddenly his dark head was leaning towards her and she felt his lips lightly brush against her cheek . |
| 22 | And whenever he was with people , he mustered his energies together to appear to be ‘ normal ’ . |
| 23 | Scapula was determined to seek out and seize all hidden arms by a show of force and sheer terror tactics to stun the Britons into immobility , while he led his forces forward to deal with Caratacus . |
| 24 | Retreating until she bumped into a Spanish walnut table that stood before a window , she put her arms back to lean on the table , then decided that her position might look inviting , folded her arms , and scowled at Sam . |
| 25 | No one was moved to burn the place down and the teachers were not encouraged to beat the children : though I had my knuckles painfully rapped on various occasions when I had apparently failed to decode some mysterious message or other . |
| 26 | They gave the impression of being a hunting party — not far from the truth , Grant thought , but for the fact that many carried baseball bats and all had their faces heavily smeared with camouflage cream . |
| 27 | ‘ It certainly is , ’ Lindsey smiled , forbearing to mention that , as guests filed into the reception lounge to be formally greeted by the captain and his deputy , each couple would have handed their formal invitation card to a senior officer and had their names discreetly murmured into the captain 's ear as the introductions were made . |
| 28 | Poor kids , but in those days youngsters had their wits quickly sharpened by such antics . |
| 29 | They had their eyes so fixed on its wagging that some said you 'd disappeared in plain sight . ’ |
| 30 | Thirty year old Robin , thirty two year old Paul and twenty three year old Darren , left their homes in to travel to Turkey to support England last March . |