Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [conj] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he did so his burned skin healed and his scorched hair re-grew . |
| 2 | The horse reared and its front legs buckled when it returned to the ground , pitching the jockey on his head in the 21 August race . |
| 3 | Oddly enough , it was not during one of these silences but while she was talking that her eyes closed and her shallow breathing became deeper . |
| 4 | The Monodactylus species are interesting and hardy aquarium subjects provided that their eventual need for salt water is born in mind . |
| 5 | But in 1984 , tragedy struck when her 24-year-old daughter , Samantha , plunged to her death from the Clifton Suspension Bridge near Bristol . |
| 6 | Thus , when the Chancellor of the Exchequer increased tobacco duty , the tenant 's rent increased , although its ratio of profit to turnover decreased and its actual profit on each packet of cigarettes was generally speaking not favourably affected . |
| 7 | As long as the social scientist has adequate documentation on the data , the entities recorded , the variables covered and their possible values , he or she can proceed with analysis ( Marker , Reinke and Schürer 1987 ) . |
| 8 | I 'm going to lie in bed in the darkness and the music and think I 'm with G.P. and he 's lying over there with his eyes shut and his pitted cheek and his Jew 's nose ; as if he was on his own tomb . |
| 9 | When , for example , The Modern Law Review , based at the LSE , was founded in 1937 , the Review published as its first article an essay by Felix Cohen , a prominent American legal realist , called ‘ The problems of a functional jurisprudence ’ . |
| 10 | His grip tightened and his evident emotion made her lift up her fingers to his lips . |
| 11 | A BABY girl delivered after her pregnant mother was killed in a road accident was fighting for her life last night . |
| 12 | If he disagrees with any part he can have it rectified or removed by agreement or have his dissent recorded and his own version put alongside . |
| 13 | The table in the snooker room is waterlogged , its baize stained and its wooden sides cracked . |
| 14 | These would detail the quantity and type of effluents produced and their preferred method of disposal to minimize pollution , together with contingency plans for action in the event of pollution incidents . |
| 15 | He felt himself yanked across the room and flung across his father 's legs , his body protected while his outstretched hand dangled like bait in the dog 's face . |
| 16 | ‘ Go home and think of your first husband divorced and your second husband killed in a jet and your third husband blowing his brains out , go home and think of the dozens of abortions you 've had , go home and think of that and your damned caesarian sections too , and your children who hate your guts ! |
| 17 | She started to get up but he said , ‘ Do n't go , do n't go , ’ and hurried out of the bar , running with his body crouched and his right hand holding the newspaper low down , like a soldier carrying a slung rifle running in to the attack . |
| 18 | Coordinators ' involvement in special needs declined while their full-time class teaching commitments increased , as did their participation in school management , especially curriculum development . |
| 19 | The fees vary from about £10 to £40 per session , depending on the trainer 's skills , how much in demand he or she is , the distance travelled and what some trainers assess you can afford . |
| 20 | He may have gone to Italy in order to escape the regime of Queen Mary I , and his support of the Protestant settlement of 1559 was clear , but his credit suffered because his Catholic wife practised her faith within his household . |
| 21 | So too did the quality of goods manufactured and their relative dearness — given supply difficulties and lack of bulk orders to manufacturers . |
| 22 | The second question which arises for determination is whether the proceeding before the justice or justices , if there happens to be more than one justice before whom the person arrested is brought under section 7(5) , necessitates the giving of evidence on oath with the opportunity to the person arrested or his legal representative to cross-examine and the person arrested having the opportunity to give evidence himself , before the justice of the peace may properly form an opinion on the matters set out in paragraphs ( a ) and ( b ) . |
| 23 | He watched as Richard 's head dipped and his full lips opened to sip coffee . |
| 24 | Her head spun and her left arm tingled painfully with pins and needles . |
| 25 | Throughout the changes , however , the MSC retained as its main responsibility the provision of vocational education and training , especially for young people and the unemployed ; and as its basic structure a central Commission with representatives of employers , trade unions and government , together with networks of local committees which advised on educational and training needs , and of local ‘ managing agents ’ ( such as employers , FE colleges and LEAs ) which ran training programmes under the supervision of the Commission . |
| 26 | We need an urgent review , maybe less papers but more information on rights lost and what Labour policies are for the future . |
| 27 | Then Buddie had slapped his thighs and bellowed with laughter as the biggest bin overturned and its slimy contents rushed towards Frankie in an oozing wave . |
| 28 | Her beautician noticed when her left hand began to stay relaxed while she manicured Esther 's fingernails . |
| 29 | Uniform centralization was the administrative pre-condition of all other reform , as the Caroline bureaucrats found when their agrarian programme was blocked by oligarchic municipalities . |
| 30 | Moreover , as far as possible these units have to be planned with the knowledge of the personalities involved and their likely responses to the exercise . |