Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mona asked nervously after they rose from their knees . |
| 2 | ‘ No … ’ she whispered tremulously as he marched across the sand towards the dark lawns leading up to the cottage . |
| 3 | Candy 's blue eyes narrowed suspiciously as she prowled round Rory like a tiny bird of prey inspecting its dinner . |
| 4 | I found much that I identified with , the old lady looking in the TV shop window , enjoying all channels , one assumes , the ‘ Eye-drop ’ queue in the hospital . |
| 5 | She moved away when he sat near her , went into town to change her library books instead of going home when he invented a string of excuses that would enable him to walk in her direction . |
| 6 | But the other merely advanced , and when he came up , put out a hand to touch the lady , whereupon our hero struck with all his might at his heart , and the glass splinter entered deeply and he fell to the ground . |
| 7 | Then the people moved aside and we passed through the smiling , cheering crowd , some of whom I noticed had tears in their eyes . |
| 8 | The baby moved his head , and she winced slightly as she looked at him . |
| 9 | Oh , Leo ! ’ she exclaimed helplessly as she looked at him , a plea for understanding in her lovely eyes . |
| 10 | Lucy refused to take offence , yet her chin rose slightly as she spoke with a smile . |
| 11 | Her curls bounced enchantingly as she clung to her father 's arm , dimpling at Auguste . |
| 12 | He was talking to James , and stopped abruptly when she came into the room . |
| 13 | Then — unimaginable the strangeness of it , the shock of it — the sound swelled again and I knew beyond doubt what was being sung up there . |
| 14 | The Collector 's mind wandered again as he thought of the baptism of his own children how long ago it now seemed that the eldest had been baptized ! |
| 15 | Do you remember Stephen the gardener , and darling Bessie your nanny who still writes to me , and whom we found again when we went into Burma on our way home from Australia ? |
| 16 | The shuttle trembled violently as it accelerated along the runway . |
| 17 | ‘ You know , of course , that Travis has gone to get plastered , ’ he charged aggressively as they started up the stairs . |
| 18 | Her face taut with anger , Gina 's fingers trembled uncontrollably as she fumbled with the unfamiliar fastening of the seatbelt . |
| 19 | We 've now moved on in part of question your question five B and erm in my response to that I 'm suggesting , and I hope it 's not just semantics , picking up the point made just before we broke for coffee , is that there 's all sorts of things called the countryside , and this policy is is directed at the open countryside . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , ’ Melissa murmured aloud as she listened to his footsteps pattering through the hall , followed by the slam of the outer door , ‘ there goes a man with a guilty secret . |
| 21 | ‘ We came together because it looked as if he was going to try to take my line to the corner . |
| 22 | So I tiptoed downstairs when she knocked at the door |
| 23 | The jump in share prices was comparable to yesterday 's but the euphoria quickly ebbed away as it dawned on investors that — in terms of the immediate prospects — not much had changed and what had changed was not entirely for the better . |
| 24 | But while they hesitated and debated , Lucy 's strength ebbed away and she fell in a swoon , putting to death a hundred thousand insects beneath her lovely body . |
| 25 | He drove further than he meant to . |
| 26 | It seemed forever before he got to the centre of the stage . |
| 27 | ‘ But I have n't done anything — except be an absolute misery , ’ she added honestly as she realised for perhaps the first time what a wet blanket she had been . |
| 28 | The man 's gaze raked her clear complexion and pale gold hair , then his mouth twisted slightly as he drawled in a sardonic tone , ‘ What 's the matter , Cornflower ? |
| 29 | And what is more ’ — her voice dropped now and she leant towards Agnes — ‘ I 'm afraid of your father , I mean , for him , what he will do to that … person if he meets him again , for he will certainly do him an injury . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I only came here because it coincided with the match . ’ |