Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [coord] was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't the best news to come home to — finding my renegade nephew had not only broken and entered my apartment but was bent on destroying an important career opportunity by eloping with some feather-brained teenager ! |
| 2 | But the contrast was so ludicrous that the thought flashed straight across my mind and was gone . |
| 3 | I came out of the station , having had my break and was putting it into my notebook — ‘ refreshments at such-and-such a time , leave such- and such a time ’ . |
| 4 | I shook my head and was saved from further entreaties by the arrival once again of the children who all wanted choice titbits from the grownups , ‘ table ’ , kisses and praise . |
| 5 | Norman Bayles was a cousin to my father and was related to Mother through the Tallentire family . |
| 6 | As well as El CID , he starred opposite Sally Field in Not Without My Daughter and was showered with praise for his portrayal as tortured comic Tony Hancock . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , say I then took Fiona off him and maybe I told him to go find himself another filly and the next thing was he got a pincer-hold on my ear and was bopping me one on the nose and there I was bleeding fit to fill the Frenchy furrows so naturally I gave him one back . ’ |
| 8 | I had dressed after my shower and was sitting on the steps of the shower room staring dully through the wire . |
| 9 | I had finished my breakfast and was reading the newspaper . |
| 10 | He splashed some down the front of my tunic and was gone . |
| 11 | It seemed to take a long time to reach the end of the wall and I was about to turn right towards the door of the farm kitchen when from my left I heard the sudden rattle of a chain then a roaring creature launched itself at me , bayed once , mightily , into my face and was gone . |
| 12 | He had big nose in my face and was blowing impatiently . |
| 13 | She 'd washed her hair and was drying it on the hessian towel . |
| 14 | Philippa was wearing a black kerchief which covered her hair and was tied at the nape of her neck , a knee-length black T-shirt and black straw sandals . |
| 15 | Apparently the club lost its license and was shut down after a series of lawsuits stemming from car accidents involving drunk punters — and under American law , bar staff who serve drunk drivers are liable to get hauled up in front of the local beak of those people are later involved in accidents . |
| 16 | A Kelmscott Chaucer with an estimate of £4,000-£5,000 either did not reach its reserve or was withdrawn . |
| 17 | The effect was for her to wave both her arms out in front of her holding her hands together , then surprisingly a seeming third hand was under her jumper and was moving up and down . |
| 18 | We followed the wall 160 ft , at which point it doubled its width and was continuing and we had no time to go further . |
| 19 | Jenny had put Ted quite out of her mind and was threshing over problems and questions she would not have believed could have existed a week ago . |
| 20 | She had successfully banished the photograph from her mind and was gazing outside , down at the sunlit seashore , her eyes searching for Emily , when Mrs Birkin appeared . |
| 21 | Two days later Joy Prentice discovered a rash on the back of her neck and was sent home with the measles . |
| 22 | Her hair , once so dark and lustrous , had lost its sheen and was stranded here and there with grey . |
| 23 | Ariel kept on walking , and did not respond until she had lowered Sycorax from her back into her hammock and was sponging her limbs to rinse them free of salt . |
| 24 | The driver of the Vauxhall had got out of her car and was advancing with menaces . |
| 25 | Amy tried confronting her rival but was thrown into despair by her youth and beauty . |
| 26 | Bessie was at a strict Jewish school at the time of her début and was expelled publicly for appearing in the theatre . |
| 27 | Transferred to Fort Vancouver as an accountant , he rapidly improved its management and was given more responsibilities , including negotiating with the Russians to the north and the Mexicans in California . |
| 28 | She , too , had suffered from Clarissa 's neighbourly concern about the behaviour of her child and was waiting with calm anticipation for the time when Clarissa 's children , who were at present eleven and twelve , should enter puberty . |
| 29 | He had pulled the band of material that passed for a skirt up around her waist and was tugging at the top of her tights . |
| 30 | He was still cursing Midnight with great beery breaths , but had succeeded in finding her waist and was inching his hand up towards her breast . |