Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The living-room had once been almost elegant : high , with a deep frieze , plaster cornice , and an elaborate ceiling rose , reminders of a time when even prosperous merchants lived over their shops . |
| 2 | But there was a silver lining to the cloud — those first natural contacts with the West paradoxically inspired groups to search out their own roots and national identification . |
| 3 | ‘ Those first contacts with the west inspired groups to search out their own roots and national identification . |
| 4 | In the light of their two powerful flashlights visibility was all that could be wished for and it took them only two minutes to carry out their examination : unless one is looking for some obscure mechanical fault there is very little to look for in an engine-room . |
| 5 | God , when those lances passed over your head , I swear my heart stopped beating . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Walked on the race course before breakfast the air balmy and very delightful , great numbers of the blue mountain parrots were making their morning meal on a large kind of the Eucalypti — two of the beautiful Nankeen night herons passed over our heads and we heard the curious note of the coul [ cowl ] bird or bald-headed friar — returned with an excellent appetite — drew all day — in the evening John called me to look at the skin of a snake more than six feet long which James shot in the act of ascending a tree — also brought me some beautiful specimens of a climbing plant bearing thick clusters of cream colour blossoms . ’ |
| 7 | Then divide the committee into groups of three to spend twenty minutes drawing out their significance and listing questions to which they give rise . |
| 8 | Her skirt had ridden up and she clung to his shoulders convulsively as she yielded to the sweet torment of his long fingers stroking over her thighs . |
| 9 | Last year the London evening newspapers had been able several times to trot out their favourite banner headline . |
| 10 | Boro will be among the clubs stepping up their recruitment as their mid-table finish in North One proved they are some way short of promotion standard . |
| 11 | That is the heart of British manufacturing and it needs our policies to carry on its renaissance . |
| 12 | But the nostalgia invokes the mythic existence of an interdependent and mutually supportive working class that was then broken up and scattered geographically forfeiting its cohesion and everyday solidarity for the false promises amenities an material improvements trading off its hopes of new of a truly better world for a bigger share in the spoils of the old one and the new fruits of the consumer society . |
| 13 | She heard the drone of some bees in the garden and the angry chatter of birds disputing over their seeds . |
| 14 | ‘ Apparently after Naylor had spent hours checking around my old haunts without success , he finally got lucky when someone recalled having many times seen my car parked outside this block of flats . |
| 15 | They met in Sion College , and , following some lengthy discussions drew up their list of proposals for church government and church discipline . |
| 16 | The entire area was so altered it took her several minutes to establish where their cottage had been . |
| 17 | His long fingers moved over her body , touching , caressing her hips , his mouth increasing the pressure , and she could n't help herself ; her heart was going faster , faster … |
| 18 | In general Mrs Bottomley has set clear boundaries and timetables for the decisions and told the relevant authorities to work out their own salvation within them . |
| 19 | The major implications of these sales of rural council houses will be an eventual reduction in the ability of authorities to meet even their statutory obligations , let alone to use housing as a tool of social policy ( Phillips and Williams 1981 ) . |
| 20 | He 'd cut short her agonised attempts to blurt out her problems . |
| 21 | The weight of advertising put behind major brands has given these manufacturers influence over their distributive outlets . |
| 22 | The Committee took just under 12 months to carry out its investigation . |
| 23 | In the sunlight they glowed an iridescent purple , green and turquoise — a thousand eyes gazing over his shoulders . |
| 24 | He ravished her like a lion , thrusting into her , his lips drawing out her life . |
| 25 | Video and one-way mirrors allow designers to see how their systems stand up in practice . |
| 26 | The chlorophyll traps make up their electron deficiency by grabbing them from water molecules sited close by . |
| 27 | Susan Stranks competed with Reg Varney to get those hormones whizzing round your Brutus Oxford bag hot pants . |
| 28 | They shuffled forward in a dazed manner holding hands , their labels hanging round their necks . |
| 29 | So successful was the tactic that the return fire from the Dragoons passed over their heads without inflicting a single casualty . |
| 30 | There were plenty other walkers fumbling around their vehicles in the car park when we arrived , but then Schiehallion is such an easy walk its popularity is assured . |