Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barbara 's foot skidded and she fell to the floor in the ‘ corridor ’ between the hessian screens . |
| 2 | His chest crushed when it smashed into the steering wheel . ’ |
| 3 | Sadly , my euphoria evaporated as I looked through the rest of the magazine . |
| 4 | You can either look at people 's jobs because that 's the bulk of the money goes or you look at the charging policy or you look how the building 's run . |
| 5 | One such occasion will be when the adult is brought to hospital unconscious after an accident , and has had no opportunity to signify whether she consents to treatment or not . |
| 6 | It was the same when her Mum got when it happened to her they got her a load of new clothes and she was trying them on and grandad said hey get in here now . |
| 7 | Seven-year-old leukaemia sufferer Paul Hindle was dragged off his pride and joy when the gang pounced as he played with his pals . |
| 8 | My heart chilled and I gnawed at my lip to hide my disappointment . |
| 9 | Seagram 's victory in the 1991 Grand National was an extraordinary coincidence occurring as it did in the final year of the company 's sponsorship of the race . |
| 10 | If we have only been on cover for a short time and it is clear that the majority of the damage occurred before we came on cover , the claim should be referred to the previous insurers . |
| 11 | All the same , I must tell you that my heart sank when I thought of you getting ready to serve a life sentence of accounting in that ghastly tower block at London Bridge station . |
| 12 | She glanced at the backdrop of gentlemen , most of them in uniform , standing uncomfortably near the wall as though to divorce themselves from the proceedings and her heart sank as she thought of Craig , he should be here today , sharing in her adventure . |
| 13 | My heart sank as I looked at it . |
| 14 | Then her heart sank as he grinned at Doreen . |
| 15 | That particular snap prompted the memory , the afternoon returning as she stared at it — the sandwiches had been of marmite , Edward had found a hawk-moth caterpillar . |
| 16 | However , after changes in the housing benefit regulations , his substantial income dropped and he fell into arrears with mortgage payments . |
| 17 | ‘ The club realised that something had to be done . |
| 18 | The whirling action stopped and something clattered off the palisade . |
| 19 | Further research revealed that what had at first appeared to be a bizarre anomaly was in fact a cultural feature shared by many different Indian peoples . |
| 20 | Ronald Duncan offered a perhaps apocryphal account of how lunch had been cancelled when Eliot sent a telegram explaining that he had to " bury a woman " . |
| 21 | The corners of his mouth lifted as he put to Ronni , ‘ But , who knows ? |
| 22 | The car protested as it settled into muddy pools , heaved itself out , scraped through fields of boulders and crossed innumerable rickety bamboo bridges . |
| 23 | I give all the children vitamin drops that I get from the clinic but I sometimes wonder whether they 're really necessary . |
| 24 | The light deepened till she looked like a ballerina in a green glass bottle . |
| 25 | Have a break looked like she gon na cry any second ! |
| 26 | With the tension reaching boiling point , it was finally announced that the French officials had allowed the result to stand and they had to be applauded for a sporting decision . |
| 27 | Having previously written some plays and two novels — The Jesuit ( 1832 ) and The Prelate ( 1840 ) — his break came when he returned from a continental tour in 1849 to write for the London Journal . |
| 28 | His mouth twisted and he began to thumb through the telephone directory , his patience apparently wavering . |
| 29 | Nicolo 's mouth twisted as he stopped before the platform and looked up at her . |
| 30 | The Bishop in his reply added that he had in fact consecrated a third pro-Cathedral ; after extensive repairs , St George 's in York had been re-consecrated by him . |