Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pron] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In South Africa , ants visiting Ficus sur to tend homopterans deter parasitoids of the figs , thus enhancing pollination success , but some ants feed on arriving pollinators , while some birds eat them as they emerge . |
| 2 | But they have the grave disadvantage that they must spend almost all their waking hours eating it if they are to obtain an adequate diet . |
| 3 | The night became a blur of faces , trees , light and dark , the scents of the woods enveloping her as she stirred the warm night air with her urgent flight . |
| 4 | His fingers scorched her as they trailed through her hair , making her spine tingle . |
| 5 | Fran took a deep breath then opened the door , willing her legs to support her as she walked across the weed-strewn gravel towards him . |
| 6 | The preacher 's fiery words pursued them as they passed the house of Crutched Friars and turned left down an alleyway towards the Tower . |
| 7 | Let's not forget him , ’ he reminded her , eyes challenging hers until she was forced to let her gaze drop . |
| 8 | The fans support him because he has had a raw deal . |
| 9 | His blue eyes studied her as they leant together against the french windows in the sunlight . |
| 10 | So he rowed out to sea in his little boat , and for three days he neither ate nor fished , but let the tides carry him where they would . |
| 11 | Her eyes linked them until she went to pull together the curtains she knew very well had never met properly . |
| 12 | Luke stared levelly at her , his eyes betraying nothing as they centred on her face . |
| 13 | His hard thighs brushed hers as he shifted suddenly , picking up the telephone nestling in the armrest . |
| 14 | Her eyes followed him as he unpacked the bike , and she wondered if he was just going to take it for granted that she would sleep with him of if he would offer her the choice . |
| 15 | No one is denied books , materials or teachers , so all have the same opportunities to use them as they might . |
| 16 | His empty words comforted him as he walked across to the ruins , a collection of snow-covered boulders . |
| 17 | She could only whisper the words , her feelings were too intense , and his lips covered hers as he held her head to his and began to move inside her . |
| 18 | All schools market themselves whether they are conscious of it or not . |
| 19 | He has made his suggestions , not statements , and now it 's up to readers to interpret them as they will . |
| 20 | The enormous importance people attached to these issues seems eventually to have encouraged the parties to address them though it failed to encourage very much television coverage . |
| 21 | But eggs , particularly those with large stores of rich yolk within them , are excellent eating , and many other animals steal them if they can . |
| 22 | In some cases , teachers in fee-paying schools knew nothing until they received a letter announcing ‘ the school has shut down and they are out of a job ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ But I think this time it 's different in that teams will have to score two goals to beat us because we 're always going to get one . |
| 24 | The fans love it when we do JET . ’ |
| 25 | As though the heat of the liquid burning her lips reminded her where she was , she looked away from the cat 's cradle and made her eyes focus on her guest . |
| 26 | David Nicholson says the open day is by popular demand and he hopes the fans follow him if he 's successful … the whole day is organised by his wife |
| 27 | She was conscious , as she marched angrily away , of his mocking eyes watching her as she made her escape . |
| 28 | His hand moved down the length of her body , stroking away her remaining garments , his eyes watching her as she shivered with delight , shaking her head wildly , and he bent his head , a growl of satisfaction leaving his throat in a completely masculine way . |
| 29 | Security guards spot him as he tries to make his getaway — and shoot him dead . |
| 30 | I can only suppose the fans ignore you because they are too engrossed in my thought-provoking programme notes . |