Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [conj] [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 She signed the forms that he brought her to sign , even though the name on them was n't always her own , and then Belov slipped them into a file under a stack of others and took them away again .
2 He went on gazing into the flames and she knew his thoughts were too far away for her words to reach him .
3 He had to go down the mines and he stuck it out .
4 ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’
5 The selectors did know the gender of the artists but they stressed their aim to choose a show that would appeal to a cross section of visitors .
6 In 1940 he had been quite prepared , if need be , to serve in a dangerous capacity in the ranks because he felt he could be more useful in such a rôle at that critical moment in the country 's affairs , rather than go through the extra time and training there and then for a commission .
7 led wo late Tranmere strikes made it safe for the Merseysiders as they consolidated their second place in the Division One table .
8 He hated the Communists because they nicked his family 's bit of land and he hated the Germans because they treated them like pigs , ’ says Peter Solowka .
9 Fru Møller , who resented the embargo on her taste within the house , and frequently complained of the frustration she endured at having to maintain the past in all its detail , enjoyed the discipline the White Garden imposed , the contacts that it brought her in the gardening world , and the admiration its unusual beauty reflected upon her .
10 A gentle drumming sound came from the riders as they tapped their saddles with their crops .
11 Hitchcock wanted her for The Birds but she turned him down .
12 A project to photograph the birds as they raised their young was launched , and at once became a passion with the younger boys .
13 He had taken her to the woods and she sucked his cock and he screwed her on a bed of moss and soft earth .
14 Just not going away , even the tablets that you gave me , they was n't even taking it away , it , away like .
15 ( Piontek was coach of denmark in the eigthies when they had their danish dynamite team which impressed in the world cup finals — the team including the likes of in-form Jan Molby , the elder Laudrup brother , Soren Lerby and a very good striker ( whose name slips me right now .
16 However , in some of the cases that he mentioned it appears that there must have been some error , or they would have been dealt with more promptly .
17 He picked up the cases and she took their hand-cases and they walked home , passing three separate black people who looked at them with silent hostility and two elderly white women who did not look at them at all .
18 So maybe we would have been great to have the skills before I did it , and that 's why I am on the course this Erm , the only thing that I can think of that 's erm , something that I do believe and I am committed to getting changed , is er , a system in our offices , in one of our departments , but I do have erm , authority over the people that I would be talking to , so , I know at the end of the day , I could just say , do it , but I 'm trying to get them to believe in changing erm , and just sort of certain benefits of it .
19 Eddie said she was very meticulous about counting the sketches as she put them away . ’
20 When we 'd finished I asked if we could wash up and run the errands but she said she 'd already been to the shops with her brother .
21 I would n't be able to break the story , and neither would the cops if they dug him out .
22 I thank the Minister for delivering every one of the pledges that he gave us in Committee .
23 Now one of the things that Ronnie Reagan was disappointed to find was that in order really to address his budget deficit , he cut federal aid to the states but he did it er dressed it up in an ideological argument which said you know that the government is too big , government is too intrusive , government should get off the backs of the people , you know , er we should n't go to government to solve our problems , government is the problem , that 's one of the , one of Ronnie 's other memorable phrases .
24 We were in a supermarket , I do n't know where it was but somewhere in the states and I told you I think they 're boast were sixty something varieties of peanut butter .
25 I started off the way I write every album — wrote a couple of songs , got a feel for the music and called up the musicians that I thought I could do the songs with .
26 Harry drew the wallet from his pocket and leafed through the pictures until he found it .
27 ‘ This he could not do in folly , fool though the man can be , ’ said David , white to the lips as he watched his father 's face .
28 He tipped up her chin so she had to look him in the eyes but she pulled her face away .
29 There was no doubt in the minds of the directors of the polytechnics as they received their formal designations from the end of the 1960s that the polytechnics were to remain distinctive .
30 Of course , all theatrical activities came to an abrupt halt ; but Guthrie was not prepared to accept what seemed like being the total demise of Sadler 's Wells Opera , and proposed sending a small touring group of the company round the provinces and he offered me a small contract .
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