Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [conj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It is a novel which communicates the notion that talented and untalented meet in that country of the mind where everyone copies and steals from everyone else , where everything is reproductive or reminiscent of everything else , where one thing leads to another and this person passes into that .
2 As I opened the door , a white streak flashed past my ankles and vanished around the first turn of the spiral .
3 Quelling panic , I took out my notes and glanced through them hastily .
4 The flowers that I had still been clutching when they carried me back to the house had been prised from my fingers and left in a plastic bag on top of the fridge .
5 I fumbled Lewis 's key into the ignition , the gauntlets handicapping my fingers and adding to the impression that I felt like a spaceman dropped into molasses for gravity training .
6 I quenched the candle flame with my fingers and slid into the bed chamber .
7 When asked eight weeks ago what her dream for the future was , Tatum replied : ‘ It 's that when John 's career is finished he takes care of the kids while I make two pictures a year and get to pick my scripts and work with whoever I want .
8 As I stepped into my skis and shuffled to the edge of the steep snow slope , I remembered Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid , tailed to the edge of a very high cliff by the posse .
9 As I picked my teeth and smiled to myself , I glanced at the newspaper which had been placed , furled on its stick , beside my plate .
10 I 'd sooner think about my insides than think about my face or my body .
11 And when I was throwing my rackets and talking to the umpire it was breaking my concentration .
12 Around four o'clock I packed up my books and went into my house to wash and change .
13 Once I had sucked my third of a pint of milk dry I picked up my books and returned to the lecture theatre .
14 And erm you can come and have a look at my books or talk amongst yourselves and we 'll resume later .
15 She caught the mischief in my eyes and pressed against me .
16 I closed my eyes and listened to the cracks and smashes until one especially loud thump ended in a low buzz telephones do n't usually make ; then I put the phone down again , turned , looked upward , and set wearily off , back up the stairs .
17 So I closed all those books and it was then that I opened up my eyes and looked around me and said , ‘ Now I 'm reading ’ . ’
18 I hissed , closing my eyes and leaning against the lintel of the stable .
19 I closed my eyes and thought about the trapped , compressed spring and the little slug sitting at the shiny bottom of the rifled tube .
20 I opened my eyes and thought to myself , ‘ What 're you doing here ? ’
21 I just closed my eyes and breathed through the contractions .
22 I raised my eyes and stared at that mad , bad face , the fleshy nose , the neatly trimmed gold beard and moustache .
23 I opened my eyes and glowered at him .
24 I closed my eyes and began to pole .
25 On this particular journey I occasionally opened my eyes and peered through the slats of the truck .
26 I opened my eyes and turned to my partner .
27 I open my eyes and think about it for a bit .
28 Then I had to come back — and into this — and do you know — ’ ( he leant towards her ) ‘ even now I close my eyes and think of her , otherwise I ca n't make love — ’ He was still living on that charmed island of experience in the past .
29 I open my eyes and think of my riches .
30 ‘ All I could do was shut my eyes and think of John Major . ’
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