Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [adj] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drew her close and kissed her gently . |
| 2 | And without waiting for an answer he drew her closer and lowered his head to find her lips . |
| 3 | We are a long way from liberating the woman from the artificial status of woman artist , which only serves to segregate her further and prevents her working as an individual professional artist , regardless of her political stance — do we call a man a male artist ? |
| 4 | It also made him want even more to pull her close and heal her wounds with a kiss . |
| 5 | The females had dropped their young and reared them to the point where they could survive to be next year 's prey . |
| 6 | She fought him tooth and nail for a good 20 minutes , screaming at the top of her voice , until he eventually beat her senseless and killed her . |
| 7 | He stood there , his face awash with blood , his swollen mouth hanging open , but still conscious , still awake enough to see his younger brother 's eyes as they fixed his own and lined him up for the coup de grace . |
| 8 | If we had anyone who could put up the money then we 'd buy our own and resell it at the end . ’ |
| 9 | She must swallow her hurt and pay him back with loving kindness . |
| 10 | I brought her up , gave her a few significant experiences , got her married , made her unhappy and killed her off . |
| 11 | ‘ That will be a little difficult , ’ he agreed politely , ‘ but I 'll do my best and pass your feelings on to the rest of the team . |
| 12 | Yeah good old laugh , I remember my scout motto , I promise that I 'll do my best and do my duties its going back a long , long way brother . |
| 13 | They will , as will stoats , penetrate into a doe rabbit 's breeding stop and kill her young and carry them away , perhaps to feed their own litters . |
| 14 | He considered meeting her halfway and warning her but decided that getting coffee into her grandfather had priority . |
| 15 | Break your fast and pack our bags . |
| 16 | I always expect them to play their best and act their best on the court . |
| 17 | She beat the 24-year-old woman , stripped her naked and tied her to the balcony . |
| 18 | He petitioned the Chief Justice of the Forest to ‘ remit his fine and order his enlargement ’ on the ground that he was ‘ a very poor man with many children … and is altogether unable to pay the said fine . ’ |
| 19 | I thoroughly recommend this course of action as a way of improving your driving and putting your badge where your mouth is . |
| 20 | It 's easy to obtain organic tomato seed of excellent quality by growing your own and ensuring you do not take it from diseased plants . |
| 21 | Olazabal 's compatriot Sevvy Ballesteros , who has fallen upon hard times after 68 tournament victories worldwide , said : ‘ The US Open is not my type of golf course , but I try to do my best and see what happens . ’ |
| 22 | James and the Nazarean hierarchy send their own missionaries in his wake , to undo his preaching and compromise him with his own converts — for Paul , by now , is preaching something very different from what the Nazareans themselves , under Jesus 's brother , have sanctioned . |
| 23 | It is true that Joni interprets and executes his subject in a style derived from Neroccio di Bartolomeo , but he has made his master 's teaching his own and developed it , as is the case with any independent work of art . |
| 24 | I wanted to keep her warm and handle her as much as possible in preparation for training . |
| 25 | When he pulled her closer and slid his hands round her , she sucked in her breath involuntarily . |
| 26 | Yanto could see she was sold on the idea Then he pulled her close and kissed her on the lips . |
| 27 | He held out his hands and she put hers into them , unresisting as he pulled her close and bent his head to hers . |
| 28 | He had seen her passionate anger and had wanted to kiss her senseless , had heard her lie to him and had wanted to shake the truth out of her , had almost caused her to swoon and had wanted to hold her close and tell her he would n't allow anything to hurt her again — all in the space of about half a minute . |
| 29 | He wanted to reach out and wrap her in his arms , to hold her tight and comfort her , but he had been wrong before . |
| 30 | Nicolo cried out her name , then gathered her close and kissed her , holding her so tightly that she felt the thundering beat of his heart . |