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 . ’ |