Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] [pron] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Spirits in both cars were high , Margaret scenting battle , her guards taking what pleasure they could from the prospect of a day or two at the seaside .
2 We know that Eworth can be associated with a long series of signed pictures bearing his monogram HE .
3 There are so many visuals , wild lights and a myriad other bizarre things grabbing your attention it 's enough to send you barking mad .
4 Between shouts to the dock hands unloading my trunks he asked , ‘ You 've got the drugs I cabled for ? ’
5 ‘ It is peer pressure which has the greatest weight when it comes to children deciding which toys they most want , ’ said Nielsen marketing director Colin Buckingham .
6 ‘ We are offering free 30-minute sessions to farmers during which we talk them through their production and marketing systems using whatever figures they know .
7 With his teeth teasing her nipples she was driven beyond argument as he skilfully peeled the costume lower , easing the material over the curve of her hips until the soft triangle of golden curls was unveiled at the junction of stomach and thighs .
8 If we are to see evolutionary processes in action in plant communities and the proximal events determining their character we must focus our attention away from an anthropomorphic scale of acres or square metres and onto a scale appropriate to the organisms with which we are concerned .
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