Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv] [pron] " 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 | STUDENT leaders are to campaign against Government proposals expected today which will curb drastically the powers and public funding of student associations . |
| 3 | God , when those lances passed over your head , I swear my heart stopped beating . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | They met in Sion College , and , following some lengthy discussions drew up their list of proposals for church government and church discipline . |
| 6 | 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 … |
| 7 | The New York Times demonstrated how he had made little impact on the movie world , until that point in time , with the observation that the lawyer Hanson was ‘ … played by Jack Nicholson whose sharp , regular features may be vaguely familiar to kids who go and watch drive-in movies . ’ |
| 8 | So successful was the tactic that the return fire from the Dragoons passed over their heads without inflicting a single casualty . |
| 9 | Waves crashed over their heads and burst through the open saloon door . |
| 10 | Her mouth was everywhere , biting me and sucking my mouth and kissing me , and her fingers pinched and stroked her legs coiled round my legs until every bit of me was throbbing and burning and twitching and I was only conscious of never wanting it to stop . |
| 11 | His eyes flickered over her legs sheathed in fine black stockings . |
| 12 | His eyes flickered over her shoulders . |
| 13 | His eyes moved over her slender figure , clad in filmy chiffon , his expression unfathomable . |
| 14 | Once more the blue eyes moved over her body with appreciation , confusing yet exciting her at the same time . |
| 15 | His eyes moved over her face and he smiled tightly . |
| 16 | The blue eyes moved over her slender body in the red dress . |
| 17 | But the pictures triggered off my father 's remembered commentary . |
| 18 | Her legs trembled so they would hardly carry her . |
| 19 | As the words sank in she raised her head . |
| 20 | In some cases their authors avowed openly their desire to perpetuate the distribution of territory which existed when they wrote . |
| 21 | His eyes played over her blouse and she noticed that his hand around the whisky glass trembled a little . |
| 22 | A GANG of football fans burned down their arch rivals ' ground after watching their team lose , a court was told yesterday . |
| 23 | Sorry I 've spoilt your expectations … ’ his obsidian eyes darted over her flushed face , framed in its disarray of blonde hair ‘ … though maybe , ’ he paused significantly , ‘ maybe you 'll make do with a temporary substitute ? ’ |
| 24 | Surere 's eyes darted over his face . |
| 25 | As the new parliamentary session began on April 23 the leading parties negotiated over who was to fill the posts of president of the Senate and leader of the Chamber of Deputies . |
| 26 | And if you read the scriptures , you 'll discover those where er he , you know er he was with Paul on one occasion , and er he 'd been eating with Gentiles and er then some Jews came up who believed that eating with er non-Jews even though they were followers of Jesus was wrong . |
| 27 | When they heard it the sepoys threw back their heads and uttered a howl so piercing , so harrowing that every window in the Residency must have dissolved if they had not been already broken . |
| 28 | When at the end his brothers poured out their guilt and begged him for forgiveness , he replied with the words , ‘ Fear not , for am I in the place of God ? ’ |
| 29 | His eyes raced over her hair and face and his expression suddenly softened . |
| 30 | His dark eyes flared over her hair and the long lips compressed in irritation as if the sight of her was more than enough to infuriate him . |