Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [adv] [v-ing] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kings shook their heads sadly saying that they could not wait even a moment longer . |
| 2 | In those days marriage was a crucial turning point for a woman for it determined her social rank and their future economically speaking as well as their happiness . |
| 3 | They are solitary creatures who would happily spend most of their lives either eating or sleeping . |
| 4 | The next thing I saw was my kite diving away from me , the roar of its engine gradually fading as it plunged earthwards . |
| 5 | But with her husband constantly coming and going between this house and the other and looking so damned pleased with himself , pretending not to understand when John-William had tackled him about it looking odd , then what — without causing a mighty rumpus — could he do ? |
| 6 | Dioxin was indeed found at one Rhone-Poulenc dump in France , its manager nervously explaining that it was good French dioxin , and not a nasty Italian import . |
| 7 | She pocketed the Beretta , her hands still trembling as she thought of how close she had come to firing on the turn . |
| 8 | Rolls-Royce wrote personally to all its employees yesterday claiming that either a strike or a cut to a 35-hour week would be ‘ disastrous ’ for the company . |
| 9 | This one followed him trustingly , its interest only evaporating when it was turned away from the bar we entered . |
| 10 | His chest still rising and falling spasmodically , the youth came across the pavement and climbed into the car . |
| 11 | You would n't , would you ? ’ he asked , his eyes so pleading that Leith , aware that he was asking her to ring Rosemary and then pass the phone over to him , had no thought to refuse . |
| 12 | He let his long arm hang at his side , his fist slowly clenching and unclenching independent of his smile . |
| 13 | As a small boy , he spent his days either reading or watching cricket , a game that dominated all aspects of West Indian social and cultural life . |
| 14 | I think that some people may not realise fully too is that in order to make a decision you have to be full informed , and teachers are very busy people and a teacher really is spending nearly every moment of his day either teaching or preparing to teach , and it 's impossible , therefore , to establish in a school or a community college the faculty committee structure that one might have in a university , where people do probably spend some time informing themselves before debate . |
| 15 | Some people did n't like me but everybody liked her , ’ says Italo , his hands alternately jabbing and caressing the air as he speaks . |
| 16 | Oh good ah hang on er , three pairs there , seven , six and an eight , right there 's two blacks in sevens here , well I 'll just have a pair of each , I 've only got a fiver in me purse just wondering whether to get black or blue though ? |