Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the handling of the union 's finances , Wilson 's enemies attacked him with equal vituperation . |
| 2 | She was nineteen , the age Maria had been when she had first felt the power of Luke 's attraction , and Maria regarded her with ironic envy , wishing she could have reacted as insouciantly , her awe and admiration as impersonal as Penny 's , Luke confined to some remote pedestal along with other out-of-reach heroes , contact undreamed-of . |
| 3 | We thought all was well until the Battlebus passed us at full speed in the opposite direction . |
| 4 | His mouth met hers with bruising force , and the clamour inside her head rose to a deafening crescendo , the world twisted and turned , tossing her adrift with the turbulence of a whirlwind . |
| 5 | The eyes lanced hers with swift rage and her pulses raced . |
| 6 | May Roberts Rinehart used it to excellent effect in The Circular Staircase . |
| 7 | To begin with Gyggle tried me on sensory deprivation . |
| 8 | The hooded eyes surveyed her with frank appreciation mingled with amusement . |
| 9 | ‘ The king my father learned of my regard for yourself from Sir Thomas Vaughan who saw it as his duty to inform him , ’ Edward told her with notable reluctance . |
| 10 | If Alice or Bert filled it with hot water and it leaked causing injury , would either of them have an action ? |
| 11 | I put on my coat and we went out to where the wind welcomed us with savage glee . |
| 12 | Woolley placed her under close arrest for mutiny . |
| 13 | Plans for their future brought them into political contact with enemies of the ninth electorate which led first to the secret murder of Königsmarck in 1694 , with the connivance of Ernst August , and later to Sophia Dorothea 's confinement in her father 's keeping at the palace of Ahlden , following her divorce from Georg Ludwig in 1694 , which carried the rider that she could not remarry . |
| 14 | His great horse earned it with apparent ease — but lost 29lb in the process and came home to Ballydoyle more exhausted than after any of his previous races . |
| 15 | His eyes searched hers with fierce intensity , and his lips hovered over her own . |
| 16 | Fairbrother was shuffling reluctantly out of the stone doorway as he returned , and Richard greeted him with sarcastic cheerfulness . |
| 17 | Although his groups , ‘ Tiddlers ’ , ‘ Ritz ’ , and ‘ Boys ’ , reflected increasing involvement in delinquent activities , they served the same function of enabling young people to achieve the sort of reputations and images denied them in mainstream society . |
| 18 | What gave rise to the protest of the intelligentsia , and what lay behind the revolutionary protest of its extreme wing , was the lack of opportunity afforded them by tsarist society . |
| 19 | This decision filled her with profound gloom ; not only because her home had been so special and so very much loved , but also because the selling of Rose Cottage could do nothing but plunge her into financial disaster . |
| 20 | His gaze pierced her like cold steel . |
| 21 | Jake regarded her with superior amusement . |
| 22 | Each of these companies provided us with detailed information of their purchases , which provided the basis for our estimate of ‘ indirect ’ employment described in Section 3 . |
| 23 | In my case , my parents used it with devastating overkill . |
| 24 | As so often in the past , Our Lady blessed us with fine weather so that were able to hold our group procession on Wednesday morning , carrying her statue along the holy mile to the Shrine , singing hymns and reciting the Rosary . |
| 25 | Be wary of some people in high places whose duties involved them in prolific correspondence . |
| 26 | But the last unspoken question consumed her with fresh guilt . |
| 27 | The youngster addressed him with condescending friendliness , and got a morose answer . |
| 28 | The guard examined it in close detail , checking off the listed physical peculiarities . |
| 29 | Nails watched it with horrified fascination , and saw it start to slide towards him . |
| 30 | The exchange put him in excellent mood for his breakfast . |