Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Virginia turned her head lazily where she lay supine on the fine white sand , and shot Guy a smile of such radiance that he flipped off his Raybans and propped himself on his elbows to scrutinise her more intently . |
| 2 | ‘ See , where she comes apparelled like the spring . |
| 3 | A good start is one where you pass close behind the start boat going at speed . |
| 4 | Page 42 tells you more about the Bodrum peninsula , Bitez , and the two delightful hotels we use , but this is a convenient resort where you live right on the beach , enjoying a friendly style of service that 's difficult to fault . |
| 5 | The Tolven Stone in Cornwall ensured fertility in a person if he or she crawled naked through the hole in it . |
| 6 | Those who can not afford to go to many concerts or buy records , or who live far from the centres of music-making , can hear much good orchestral music by radio . |
| 7 | Or we jerk awake to the world of possessions |
| 8 | Reception staff at hotels are often instructed that where they feel cautious about a prospective guest 's ability to pay the final bill , payment shall be requested in advance . |
| 9 | However , where they feel safe from the management 's glare and there is a low risk of being attacked , the men often walk the beat together , although this risk ensures they never call at premises together . |
| 10 | At its farthest point , that spot where he hovered high in the air before the rope changed direction , he knew that he was suspended sixty feet above Mucky Beck and the perimeter wall . |
| 11 | He was accused of rape and murder after attending a dance where he became intimate with a gardener 's daughter named Mary Ashford . |
| 12 | Soon the lawyer said goodnight and went home to bed , where he lay awake for a long time thinking about Enfield 's description of Hyde , and Doctor Jekyll 's will . |
| 13 | This brings the concept of ideology into the centre of his work unlike Marx 's writings where it remains peripheral to the account of the material relations of the process of production . |
| 14 | An order for such examination will be made ‘ where it appears necessary for the purposes of justice ’ . |
| 15 | His gaze casually swept up the table instead , skimming the bowed heads and carefully composed expressions until it reached Professor St John Goth , where it stopped short with a sense of shock . |
| 16 | But what really made the difference was that I got engaged to a girl called Jane Wilde , whom I had met about the time I was diagnosed with ALS . |
| 17 | It was a part of becoming adult that I grew aware of the great invisible universe of personality which controls us as surely as do physical laws . |
| 18 | By half-term I weighed seven stone nine pounds , and I suspect it was only then that I became weight-conscious in the literal sense . |
| 19 | It was just around this stage that I became aware of the first footman beside me , who whispered : ‘ Miss Kenton would like a word with you , sir . |
| 20 | That I grow bored after an hour or two . |
| 21 | That was the thing that I found exciting about the script . |
| 22 | Once I got used to the screen , I found that it was OK to use , but I suspect that it would n't suit everybody . |
| 23 | Abruptly , the sensations she 'd felt that night in St Lucia , when they 'd come so close to making love , engulfed her with such force that she felt weak at the knees . |
| 24 | For it turned out that she felt protective towards the actor George Felix and preferred to keep their encounter private . |
| 25 | Dignity decreed that she stay silent in the face of such provocation , but the adrenalin was dancing in her nervous system , demanding action . |
| 26 | I remember one subject that required that she lay flat on the ground , and this she did for hours on end while I drew her . |
| 27 | Josie glanced at the old folding travel alarm that she kept open on the makeup table , and said , ‘ I have to go somewhere for a minute . |
| 28 | This means that she falls asleep in the car on the way to the airport and can not be woken except by a party of electricians returning from Corfu , who put her in a baggage trolley and push her the length of the terminal building at speeds of up to fifteen miles per hour . |
| 29 | So intense was her relief at seeing him come that she stood stock-still in the doorway . |
| 30 | What most strikes you about this elegantly swaddled creature is that she seems encumbered by the costume of her role . |