Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doctor , still chatting away , put her stethoscope in her ears and listened to Phoebe 's chest and heart , then had her sit up and tapped her back . |
| 2 | She threw her arms round the horse 's neck and in return , it flicked its ears and snickered with pleasure . |
| 3 | To determine the origin of the cloned IRS-PCR products , amplification products were used as probes and hybridized to Sfi I partially digested GM06318 DNA ; all 7 products tested hybridized to a fragment between 600 and 670 kb in size and multiple smaller fragments ( data not shown ) . |
| 4 | I got into bed beside my sleeping daughter , peeled aside all but one of the covers and went to sleep . |
| 5 | The whole mass dropped into the pit and a moment later the big slab was snatched up by several dozen tentacles and slammed into place , leaving a number of thrashing limbs trapped around the edge . |
| 6 | They left their animals and gathered round Rostov in a group , but none of them said anything . |
| 7 | As the porters wheeled the trolley away , the girl opened her eyes and stared at Juliet with pure hatred . |
| 8 | She opened her eyes and froze with horror and disbelief at the sight of a vast creature staring down at her with green eyes each as big as a lilypond . |
| 9 | She opened her eyes and looked at Thérèse . |
| 10 | After a long pause Clare opened her eyes and looked at Caro . |
| 11 | She worked for a while in a shop , then she began to have trouble with her eyes and took in work at home . |
| 12 | I closed my eyes and began to pole . |
| 13 | As the campaign progressed , his rallies became increasingly visionary and evangelical as he narrowed his eyes and gazed at horizons no one else could see . |
| 14 | He closed his eyes and bayed in anguish . |
| 15 | Then she opened her eyes and focused on Rain . |
| 16 | The man turned sideways in the bushes and looked at Lok along his shoulder . |
| 17 | The Case Study will be tested via two papers , one open book and one unseen ; these will be set by HCIMA , marked by college tutors and moderated by HCIMA . |
| 18 | As midnight drew near , they burst balloons , popped champagne corks and tore around Delhi honking the horns of their new Marutis . |
| 19 | In Peking he contacted missionaries and asked for baptism . |
| 20 | A lump of mud flew over our heads and exploded in front of me . |
| 21 | Penry lifted her aboard , then untied the moorings and leapt on deck after her . |
| 22 | In order to compensate for this , some studies such as those by Deidre Wilson and Leslie Shacklady Smith ( 1978 ) undertook studies of girl delinquents and found that girls joined gangs and participated in street life in the same way as boys . |
| 23 | Mr Fuller , who had been married three times , dealt in second-hand cars and dabbled in property and building . |
| 24 | Then Buddie had slapped his thighs and bellowed with laughter as the biggest bin overturned and its slimy contents rushed towards Frankie in an oozing wave . |
| 25 | Cranston caught the touch of menace in the duke 's words and glanced at Athelstan . |
| 26 | At least 27 people were said to have been massacred on a squatter site at Swaniesville near Johannesburg on May 12 by Zulu attackers from a nearby hostel , armed with spears and said to number around 1,000 . |
| 27 | Hair , streaked with the colours of the sun , tumbled down her back and over her shoulders and swung in waves as she shimmied down the catwalk . |
| 28 | He slung an arm around her shoulders and grinned at Jake . |
| 29 | She shrugged her slender shoulders and submitted to fate . |
| 30 | ‘ You borrowed a horse from the tavern stables and went to Woodstock with the news . ’ |