Example sentences of "[adv] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gently Vi eased off her shoes , wriggled her toes , then stood for a blissful moment , eyes closed . |
| 2 | Slowly Ruth peeled off her vest-top and wriggled out of her shorts . |
| 3 | Slowly Benny got off her bed and went over to the mirror on the wardrobe to see if her face looked as red and tearstained as she feared . |
| 4 | Finally Josh put down his pen and asked wearily , ‘ Are you planning to stay much longer , Father ? ’ |
| 5 | Coolly Adam ground out his cigarette on the hearth . |
| 6 | Uncertainly Jean-Paul picked up his jacket and moved towards the door . |
| 7 | After Maggie went away Moran took up his old habit of going to the post office . |
| 8 | Instinctively Stephen held out his arms to catch her , and she fell into them with a ridiculous girlish giggle . |
| 9 | She asked for news of Robin and Jenny , and Aunt Sarah launched into an ironic description of how a Japanese tourist half Jenny 's size and four times her age had proposed marriage to her ( ’ At least I hope it was marriage ’ ) , and how Robin had got locked overnight in the bar of the hotel where he was working and had taken two days to sleep it off ; and gradually Ruth fought down her feelings . |
| 10 | I remember once Nigel picked up his bag of clubs and flung the lot into the woods . |
| 11 | Wearily Miranda put down her pen . |
| 12 | Involuntarily Lindsey glanced over his shoulder and felt his jacket brush softly against her cheek . |
| 13 | Carefully Merrill took off her dress and shook it in case the earring was caught up somewhere in its folds . |
| 14 | Angrily Mijnheer held out his hand . |
| 15 | As one of his thrilling races reached its climax , viewers were told , ‘ And now Juantorena opens wide his legs and shows his class . ’ |
| 16 | Halliday had not been greatly inspired by the prospect of the women 's issue , and increasingly Rowbotham took over its organization . |
| 17 | Here 's Jochim He needs a bit of help here Cooper breathing down his neck . |
| 18 | Did n't Lorna fill in her own sheet ? |
| 19 | About two years ago Autobacs cleaned up its oily-rag image . |
| 20 | Two weeks ago Antrim exceeded even their own expectations by drawing with league champions Limerick in their own backyard . |
| 21 | Even Henrietta took off her ear-phones as Fosdyke asked her how she liked the villa : and , to her surprise , her mother heard her answer , as she walked away , ‘ It 's absolutely brilliant . ’ |
| 22 | Here Abie threw up his hands at the ignorance of policemen . |
| 23 | Then Holmes put up his hand , and I threw the smoke-stick into the room . |
| 24 | Then Philippa kicked off her sandals and started to pad around the room in bare feet . |
| 25 | Silently Pascoe looked over his chief 's shoulder and read . |
| 26 | And then Molly plucked up her courage to say , as casually as she could , ‘ I wonder why the advertisement did n't tell me what dress to wear . ’ |
| 27 | how Abelard put away his sage Heloise . |
| 28 | Then Graham switched on his intercom and snapped , ‘ Tell Sam Sir Daniel 's on his way down , wants his car at the front , ’ before sitting down heavily and sweeping the two newspapers on his blotter into the wastepaper basket beside his desk . |
| 29 | The others made for the kitchen with me following , but once there Oliver took off his waistcoat , donned an apron and long yellow gloves , and began washing dishes . |
| 30 | Warily Fran glanced over her shoulder at the two men . |