Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The muscles of his legs and arms bulged alarmingly and shone with sweat as he braced himself against the bulkheads to study the small control panel . |
| 2 | Early in July , it also became evident that while the Austrian troops were falling back in collapse , German formations on the front fought stubbornly and retreated with discipline . |
| 3 | She moved abroad but kept in touch and eventually we persuaded her to see a doctor . |
| 4 | The RFC machines — mainly BE2s , Bleriots and Henri Farmans — operated individually and came under attack not by enemy aircraft but by artillery , and even by rifle fire from their own troops . |
| 5 | Some premonition alerted her subconscious ; earlier disquiets and a vague sense of unease came together and focused into fear . |
| 6 | Ruthven cradled his cat and stroked the back of its head , his hand moving faster and faster across the animal 's fur until it stirred restlessly and mewed in protest . |
| 7 | I might have got worn out , the number of miles we walked and bins we excavated , only he sat on every bench we came across and stared into space . |
| 8 | After the washing was completed the filters were air dried briefly and analyzed by autoradiography . |
| 9 | Gabriel nodded furiously and gabbled with relief : ‘ It was no good pleading with him . |
| 10 | When dry the assemblies can now be gauged exactly and planed to width . |
| 11 | Then he turned away and went to sleep and I lay there and wept , feeling an absolute failure ’ . |
| 12 | But when at last the planes turned away and headed for land , the order was given for all passengers to get below . |
| 13 | In July 1947 he returned illegally and appealed for help to the RCM , whose representative advised him to give himself up . |
| 14 | She made a mild attempt to evade him but he cut across and landed in front of her , sitting , as she had first seen him , with the sheep and goats dithering and teetering before and around him . |
| 15 | Not a sound was heard , not a smirk flickered on any face as Mildred stepped forward and stood on tiptoe to remove the bucket . |
| 16 | Gavin Baldwin started slowly but grew in stature as the tour progressed and rather moved past Martin Hynes as the top loose-head by the end of the tour . |
| 17 | The two falcons flew together and disappeared into cloud . |
| 18 | Eddie Hemmings is already inked in , but Nick Cook — still trying to puzzle out why he has been brought here but overlooked in favour of Keith Medlycott for the West Indies — may end up as one of the drinks carriers . |
| 19 | Ards were not overawed however and came with venom putting the visitors under severe pressure for some 15 minutes , but their only reward was a penalty from out-half Fry . |
| 20 | I fell indoors and crashed into Mum . |
| 21 | I went outside and stood in front of the police station , which was set on a hill . |
| 22 | Oh well I gave them and went home and went to bed . |
| 23 | Equally , a feminist who left a meeting , went home and jumped into bed with hubbie or boyfriend , was no better than a member of the fifth column . |
| 24 | He blinked again and shivered from head to toe . |
| 25 | ‘ And 12s to 50s lasted longer and stayed in tune better , ’ chips in Keith , ‘ so you did n't have to change them as often . |
| 26 | I was 19 when I left home and went to university . |
| 27 | Once home , she was surprised to find she slept soundly but woke about noon with the appearance of fever . |
| 28 | Three tiny fluffy moor hen chicks , ‘ a sooty brood ’ , cheeped loudly and paddled for shelter beneath a pile of brush wood . |
| 29 | The Renault shot forward and slewed from side to side in the snow as she drove fast towards the gates . |
| 30 | This time the German fighter dived away and headed off north . |