Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The housewife refers to them as external obligations to which she feels a deep need to conform . |
| 2 | Slightly confusingly named Utsly-Gtsly , this model is one of many Nakamura creations made up from sketches given to him by flat-proud clients with 200,000 yen to spend |
| 3 | Biological factors assume importance in many stratification systems because of the meanings assigned to them by different cultures . |
| 4 | He saw the knot of people beyond the flames gazing at him in puzzled amazement , but they made no response . |
| 5 | On three sides of this mound there is a colonnade on a raised platform comprising sixteen evenly spaced square pillars of unhewn stone , each thirty-two feet high , linked together at the top by heavy beams with ropes and chains hanging from them at short intervals . |
| 6 | Most of the rainforests belong to developing countries which have to resort to milking their most precious resource to make ends meet , and to pay back money lent to them by Western countries . |
| 7 | Blundell 's School magazine later observed : ‘ Parisian cricket is not of the Comic Opera kind one would expect … we dreamt of French demon bowlers with pro-Boer tendencies hurling at us on bumpy wickets . ’ |
| 8 | Their words fluttered between them like lubricious little doves . |
| 9 | Did she imagine it or did a head of bronze curls pop round the door , and were a pair of peacock-blue eyes gazing at her with implacable hatred ? |
| 10 | His eyes clung to her like thirsty leeches , watching for any movement , the revolver trained on her back . |
| 11 | Two liquid brown eyes gazed on them with mild curiosity , rising and falling with the pull of the waves . |
| 12 | Sylvie gazed at him in momentary confusion . |
| 13 | The demands placed upon them by academic subjects could be put on one side , they could devote their minds with urgency to the mastery of new skills and knowledge . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes … kiss me … ! ’ he muttered thickly , and his mouth moved over hers with anguished excitement . |
| 15 | The near-black eyes moved over her with open distaste . |
| 16 | ‘ Does not the whole ensemble speak to you of imperial confidence , a global network of industry ? ’ |
| 17 | It might require them to behave authoritatively , submissively , wickedly or shrewdly ; the role might be labelled explorer , prime minister , designer or archaeologist , but they will do no more than adapt functionally to the situation of the drama just as they would adapt to roles required in a game — just as they once learnt to adapt to the limited number of roles imposed on them in real life . |
| 18 | The degree and nature of any interaction between the proposal and existing research programmes would depend totally on the needs of each individual submission made to us by visiting researchers , and can not be foreseen at this stage . |
| 19 | It was a great pleasure to talk to you at dear Crabb 's breakfast party . |
| 20 | Araminta , ’ he amended as the pale eyes turned upon him in gentle reproach , ‘ there is no need . |
| 21 | I seemed to remember statuary and flowers — hibiscus or something flaming red , roses maybe , in great urns — and there were doubtless other bedrooms leading off it with similar softly sliding glass doors . |
| 22 | There 's a process getting the kids used to it with dummy running so that the picture you get is a realistic one . |
| 23 | Taxi driver Peter Simpson said that two cars raced past him at high speed . |
| 24 | Words flowed from him in effervescent abundance , ranging from lengthy essays , autobiographical fragments and provocative tirades to witty or angry letters to magazines or newspapers . |
| 25 | Balor had let out a screech of purest agony , but the Elms bent over him with serious , heavy-featured faces and sawed partly through each of the pinioned limbs . |
| 26 | Urquhart smiled , his eyes chiselling into hers with hypnotic intensity . |
| 27 | Lucenzo crushed her body closer to his , driving her into a fast , whirling quickstep , his thighs moving against hers with hard , male insistence . |
| 28 | Charity was very aware of two things : that Matthew made no attempt to define his relationship with her , and that Sandra Bamfield 's golden , cat-like eyes narrowed on her with vague suspicion . |
| 29 | Part of his speed-of-reflex training as a kung-fu master had been to evade , or divert with forearm blocks , spears flung at him by other trainees in the martial arts school . |
| 30 | Beyond , the river was a polished blue and the feluccas glided across it like pink-winged swans . |