Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] and [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I opened the door , a white streak flashed past my ankles and vanished around the first turn of the spiral . |
| 2 | Quelling panic , I took out my notes and glanced through them hastily . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I quenched the candle flame with my fingers and slid into the bed chamber . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | And when I was throwing my rackets and talking to the umpire it was breaking my concentration . |
| 10 | Around four o'clock I packed up my books and went into my house to wash and change . |
| 11 | Once I had sucked my third of a pint of milk dry I picked up my books and returned to the lecture theatre . |
| 12 | She caught the mischief in my eyes and pressed against me . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . ’ |
| 15 | I hissed , closing my eyes and leaning against the lintel of the stable . |
| 16 | I closed my eyes and thought about the trapped , compressed spring and the little slug sitting at the shiny bottom of the rifled tube . |
| 17 | I opened my eyes and thought to myself , ‘ What 're you doing here ? ’ |
| 18 | I just closed my eyes and breathed through the contractions . |
| 19 | I raised my eyes and stared at that mad , bad face , the fleshy nose , the neatly trimmed gold beard and moustache . |
| 20 | I opened my eyes and glowered at him . |
| 21 | I closed my eyes and began to pole . |
| 22 | On this particular journey I occasionally opened my eyes and peered through the slats of the truck . |
| 23 | I opened my eyes and turned to my partner . |
| 24 | I open my eyes and think about it for a bit . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I open my eyes and think of my riches . |
| 27 | ‘ All I could do was shut my eyes and think of John Major . ’ |
| 28 | I shut my eyes and tremble with the effort to get it vividly in my mind . |
| 29 | I closed my eyes and concentrated on the voice , and I thought it was n't you , but I did n't really know . |
| 30 | I went down on my knees and edged towards the hole . |