Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [vb past] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My doctors came and went , with heavy hands and heavy breath , to admire my new gurgles and whimpers , my more spectacular twitches , my athletic jolts . |
| 2 | One of my mates went and put all my money in the phone you know to phone Billy . |
| 3 | Marcion 's principle of exclusion gave sharp impetus to the early church 's need to define which books did or did not rank as authoritative documents to which appeal could be made . |
| 4 | Her torso itched as it puffed up like a flightless bird 's , and her legs dwindled and divided into a clump of Cthulhoid tentacles . |
| 5 | The two nurseries were damp discarded places , their ceilings blistered and flaking like old orange peel where rain had forced its way backwards from blocked gutters . |
| 6 | The linoleum beneath her feet shone and sparkled . |
| 7 | The Ironclaw Orcs lived around the Iron Rock for many years , and their fortunes rose and fell with the accustomed regularity of Orc tribes . |
| 8 | In other chambers men , lords and their retainers sat and gossiped about what would happen next . |
| 9 | One source of controversy had been the plan 's provision for a total of $27,000 million in foreign investment , especially in the oil and petrochemicals sector , which hardliners saw as compromising the country 's independence . |
| 10 | A glorious red butterfly with sapphire blue eyes on its wingtips fluttered and curtsied in front of me , moorland sheep scuttled reluctantly off the track as I ploughed towards them and a group of walkers cursed as they struggled up the bank . |
| 11 | Their staves rose and fell steadily , the men swinging them high above their heads with a measured and deliberate rhythm born of long practice . |
| 12 | Somewhere outside , an oxcart was making its way up the steep hill upon which the Quinta de Santo António stood , and its wheels creaked and groaned abominably . |
| 13 | All were naked to the waist , and their bodies quivered and trembled rhythmically to the beat of their instruments . |
| 14 | Their wings flared and beat the air . |
| 15 | When Professor Fogelman undertook a survey of school work for the Speaker 's Commission , he collected a most eclectic list of topics which teachers proffered as contributing to work in this field . |
| 16 | Its members declared that divorce by consent would lead to social disaster . |
| 17 | Robyn gripped the fountain until her knuckles whitened and spoke with a great deal of effort , concentrating on forming her words so that they did n't sound slurred . |
| 18 | Its legs were splayed out at awkward angles on the rug , and its flanks rose and fell with the deep breaths of sleep . |
| 19 | Her hands sweated and soaked the steering-wheel . |
| 20 | And I know a lot of things too with the girls who came to us , we tried to erm give them er a sense of their worth as a women and not to constantly be oppressed and to accept erm what their boyfriends did or said , and so on . |
| 21 | The Spanish Civil War was a mirror into which men gazed and had cast back at them not a picture of reality but the image of hope and fears of their generation . |
| 22 | We found him sitting regally cross-legged on the floor , surrounded by elders chewing tobacco , their mouths rouged and swollen with betelnut juice . |
| 23 | Her breasts quivered and gathered the attention of every male in the vicinity . |
| 24 | Her breasts rose and fell in a deep sigh . |
| 25 | Her breasts rose and fell on a shaky little breath and a fierce warm ache assailed her loins , the pit of her stomach , her innermost being . |
| 26 | Their chances rose or fell depending upon the country to which they had been allotted . |
| 27 | Her thoughts whirled and tumbled like leaves in a gale . |
| 28 | Her colleagues came and went ; they had got younger and younger , it seemed , as time went by ; those who were career-minded departed for lusher pastures , more Susies and Karens took their places , giggling in the cloakroom , muddling up the reservation cards . |
| 29 | Its companions emerged and approached the small fire , but stayed warily at a distance , more afraid of the flame than of the humans who had kindled it , Tallis decided . |
| 30 | At the stage in the growth of a scientific discovery when it is no longer just internal but has not yet become a formal paper , then the scholarly interchange would have depended on whom individuals knew or knew of , the letter writing would be unmanaged and survive by chance ( often only one side of the story ) and , due to concern that ideas should not be stolen , may only have taken place at a late stage of the discovery process . |