Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | On the other , simultaneously , He moves across the surface of the sea : upon the face , riding the waves even as He creates them , surfing the world into existence . |
| 32 | Survivors quietly described how families were destroyed , women abused , men castrated ; how the Gestapo made them play their gypsy violins even while they performed their atrocities . |
| 33 | But she is continually spotted out in the real world , so to speak , especially in the shops even though she looks nothing like her screen image . |
| 34 | He caught her by the waist , in a half rugby tackle , lifted her up , spun her around and in one fell swoop had hoisted her on to his shoulders even before she realised what was happening . |
| 35 | New pastures indeed and I regret my lack of education in historical bibliography . |
| 36 | He took us to the pictures sometimes and we shared his intimate refuge from Mum . |
| 37 | Then she felt the coverlet being pulled off the bed and João was on top of her and his sweet breath was in her face and his mouth over her mouth ; he was forcing her legs apart until she thought she would split ; he was trying to lift them right up over his shoulders , and at the same time trying to enter where she was impossibly small , cursing at his lack of success and finally grunting and gasping , until she felt a little damp fountain on her belly and he rolled off the bed and pattered quickly from the room . |
| 38 | Her thighs pushed his legs apart and she pressed herself against him . |
| 39 | The tears welled up into her eyes again and she dashed them away with an impatient hand . |
| 40 | He is eager to cultivate such sales channels worldwide because he feels them to be an under-exploited source of revenue . |
| 41 | I had chosen these subjects specifically because I knew nothing about any of the four disciplines and because , having studied foreign languages at A Level , it seemed natural to develop my linguistic skills . |
| 42 | ‘ We were talking about ransoms too and I said I would pay to save the life — ’ |
| 43 | I was offered a cup of tea and stayed ten minutes longer than I thought I 'd be . |
| 44 | erm where I am assertive it 's where I 'm working to a rule book I know those rules backwards and I want somebody to follow those to the letter |
| 45 | But this hardly solves the problem of knowing how to obtain the relevant indices just when we need them . |
| 46 | ‘ I can not because I do n't believe God would change His plans just because I asked Him . ’ |
| 47 | To the girl he said , " Do n't put any calls through till I tell you , Inez . " |
| 48 | It has taken a lot of chef 's skills away but it speeds everything up . |
| 49 | I did put my shoes on cos I thought I sha n't get them on in a minute because my feet swell when I sit down . |
| 50 | ‘ Only if you promise not to talk Man 's Talk when I 'm in the kitchen making gagging noises so that you think I 've got an Espresso machine , ’ said Sorrel , eyeing him suspiciously . |
| 51 | Well one of you on cleaning fruit , getting all the stalks and stones out of the fruit , we used to have a sieve , not a riddle , a sieve with round , the wires were round in the sieve and you rub it , and the stalks would drop through and then you 'd put them out onto an iron baking sheet and sort out all the stones that and little bits that were in the fruit and you 'd be on cleaning fruit you might be one day , the other whichever one was the you 'd be cleaning and greasing baking tins , ready for the baker to put the cakes in or what have you , and then at night we used to grease all the bread tins ready for men to be allowed to drop the dough into the bread tins , and er stuff like that and cleaning up scrubbing down and |
| 52 | She knew her limitations better than she knew her worth , and she taught in a private school because it gave her a little more latitude to come and go as she wished — an important point , since she cared for an old mother whom eighty years had made exacting . |
| 53 | The ice occasionally shears away as I put my weight on it . |
| 54 | However , it 's not easy to drive nails exactly where you want them , especially into walls , and it 's difficult to get them out again once they 're in . |
| 55 | The cart was only a few feet away but he shrugged his shoulders and headed towards it . |
| 56 | ‘ Thirty feet away and you saw nothing ? ’ |
| 57 | ‘ Impossible — Wings Balsdon 's got the goons just where he wants them ’ |
| 58 | I 've always had sweaty feet ever since you married me so do n't start . |
| 59 | Reports spoke also of feelings of resentment among some black African leaders , including Diouf , who was quoted as saying after the summit that " we respect the Arabs more than they respect us " . |
| 60 | He 'll force you to take life at a slower pace , to put your feet up when you feed him , and to enjoy cuddling and stroking him . |