Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] and [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Israel if you got in debt you made yourself a voluntary slave for six years to the person you owed money to , a form of community service , and then you were set free after six years and your debts cancelled and you were given a new start in life . |
| 2 | His ginger-clad lips parted and he belched again , more dejectedly than ever . |
| 3 | Nick took her in his arms and kissed her but , when his lips parted and she could taste his mouth , she drew back . |
| 4 | Her lips parted and she sucked on his forefinger , and then he trailed it down her throat , to the shadowed cleft between her breasts . |
| 5 | The contractions stopped and I wondered for the hundredth time what my son would look like . |
| 6 | Garty 's legs collapsed and he fell to the ground , a twitching moaning heap . |
| 7 | The nipples stiffened and she squeezed her breasts through the silk , her breathing growing heavier as she kneaded the sensitive buds with her fingers , her excitement growing rapidly . |
| 8 | Her shoulders stiffened and she looked down at her folded hands . |
| 9 | Lisabeth 's eyes clouded and I knew I 'd done enough . |
| 10 | As the storm receded and the thunder became a distant grumbling , Cullam 's shoulders dropped and he lifted sullen eyes . |
| 11 | I saw you two had your heads bowed and I was pretty sure it was n't religious devotion . |
| 12 | In the course of this treatment , during which Patrick 's eyes followed Marcus 's movements , Patrick 's face assumed a more alert expression and at last his lips moved and he uttered a sound . |
| 13 | Sometimes her lips moved and she muttered something in a low tone . |
| 14 | His lips twisted and she waited for the inevitable cynical response , but surprisingly it did n't come . |
| 15 | Her lips twisted and she gave a croaking laugh . |
| 16 | Their eyes met and they looked away from one another . |
| 17 | Over her supine body Andrew and Horatia 's eyes met and she took the initiative , knowing she had to get the better of the marquis straight away . |
| 18 | She wanted to do that with him , yes , actually that ; she thought about it on and on and waited all week for the moment that might or might not come on Sunday morning in church when , as her cousins went first down the aisle , Tristram glanced in her direction and their eyes met and she was able to send a thought message which said to him , yes , I have n't forgotten . |
| 19 | Their eyes met and she dropped her head guiltily before managing to say , ‘ Do n't worry , Peter . |
| 20 | Their eyes met and he laughed a little . |
| 21 | He urged her face up , until their eyes met and he smiled , showing a glimpse of even , white teeth . |
| 22 | I 'd been looking down all the time we were talking , but he made me look up then , and our eyes met and I know something passed between us . |
| 23 | ‘ I can easily understand how people can see seals as dewy-eyed little things but if you 're a fisherman who has just had 200 creels robbed and you have n't even made enough money to pay for your fuel never mind make a living , you would view them differently . |
| 24 | Her shoulders slumped and she covered her face with her hands . |
| 25 | His eyes closed and he slept . |
| 26 | It was only as his eyes closed and he drifted into sleep that Corbett realised the wine must have been lightly laced with a sleeping potion . |
| 27 | He drank it , she dandled him on her knee ; presently his eyes closed and he slept again , so that Mary could return him to his cradle . |
| 28 | And Preston sat there beside her , patting her ineffectually on the shoulder , saying , ‘ It 's all right , it 's all right , really , it 's all right , ’ until finally the sobbing stopped , too , and her eyes closed and she gave a great , shuddering sigh and slept . |
| 29 | Her eyes closed and she turned her head to one side . |
| 30 | Behind the sunglasses her eyes closed and she slept — and for the first time in ages slept dreamlessly . |