Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her foot caught and she wrenched it free of its shoe , clinging to fitzAlan 's hand all the while as he half led , half pulled her upwards . |
| 2 | ‘ I was a bit overwhelmed when she kissed me like that because we 'd never met before and it was in public . |
| 3 | Our friendship developed and she invited me to write a Fount book . |
| 4 | April 1992 saw the car completed and it passed its MOT with flying colours . |
| 5 | The horse stopped when he saw me , and seemed very surprised . |
| 6 | Then his weight lifted and she opened her dazed eyes , confused , as he moved away to sit at the edge of the bed . |
| 7 | Chantal 's mouth dropped as she opened her apartment door and registered the sodden , bedraggled figure on the landing . |
| 8 | Her mouth thinned and she hardened her heart to him . |
| 9 | That er Tess bought and they did it all up . |
| 10 | His weight increased as he spent his time at the club in conversation , and occasionally at Lord 's for matches and dinner gatherings . |
| 11 | His mouth tightened but he released her wrist , eyes glittering , and she ran up the stairs , into her bedroom , slammed the door , locked it , then knew with a terrible deep certainty that she had run from her own desire . |
| 12 | His mouth tightened and he released her with a shove , raking a hand through his black hair . |
| 13 | Caroline 's mouth tightened as she made her way past the library , where a copy of his itinerary lay propped beside the telephone . |
| 14 | The light dimmed and we bumped something hard . |
| 15 | Well she smokes Lambert and Butlers and as I say she had one fag left and she said I have to keep that for Norm . |
| 16 | I should have kept my mouth shut because he manoeuvred his machine until it was touching my midriff . |
| 17 | ‘ Because I told her we were lovers and you were expecting me , and you have too much compassion in your make-up to get the girl reprimanded when she believed she was acting in your best interests , min søde Gina . ’ |
| 18 | Not a boy stirred while he read it . |
| 19 | The existence of this self-reward mechanism is demonstrated by the women 's answers to a question about how they felt when they had got their work done as they liked it . |
| 20 | The scene shifted and I found myself at the head of a stairwell , aware that yet another place might be reached but only by somersaulting over the banister and walking my feet down the opposite wall as one might descend a defile in a crag . |
| 21 | For an instant she thought of running , but knew it was n't even an option as his grip tightened and he drew her , struggling towards him . |
| 22 | The consultant emphasised if she followed his instructions implicitly there was no reason she should not return to full health . |
| 23 | He imagined she would have been charm personified if she wanted something from him , but offhand and dismissive if she had not . |
| 24 | But it came too late for him to do anything about it , for when he straightened up and turned towards the bank the bullet hit him in the chest and his body seemed to disintegrate and fly in all directions , and he knew that death was on him and that it was something that divided you into a million parts and each fragment screamed as it flung itself into eternity . |
| 25 | The engine fired and she pushed her foot down on the accelerator so that the fierce roar echoed her feelings of pent-up frustration . |
| 26 | The plan backfired when they realised they would need mountains of paper to earn just a few pence . |
| 27 | She had a kind thought and she believed she 'd carried it through , and that 's not uncommon , with someone as sick as she was and in pain a lot of the time . |
| 28 | His body stiffened as he watched her . |
| 29 | The saw stuck when it reached its own depth , but he kept on trying . |
| 30 | His body shuddered , and then his tolerance disintegrated and he wrenched his arms free and wrapped them round her , holding her hard against him . |