Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [coord] [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | His grip tightened and his evident emotion made her lift up her fingers to his lips . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The table in the snooker room is waterlogged , its baize stained and its wooden sides cracked . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | So too did the quality of goods manufactured and their relative dearness — given supply difficulties and lack of bulk orders to manufacturers . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | He watched as Richard 's head dipped and his full lips opened to sip coffee . |
| 17 | Her head spun and her left arm tingled painfully with pins and needles . |
| 18 | We need an urgent review , maybe less papers but more information on rights lost and what Labour policies are for the future . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Without this kind of analytical framework , respecting the complex levels of mediation involved and their relative autonomy , Elvis becomes simply the plaything of naked political forces ( rebellious/manipulative ) ; and the fact that the young rock 'n' roller sang ballads from the start , that the older Hollywood star could still sing rock 'n' roll songs and was still respected by rock 'n' roll fans , that his ‘ blues ’ were ‘ romantic ’ ( a kind of fantasy ) , his ballads often ‘ realistic ’ ( given flesh ) , or that he could make boogification ironic — all this is inexplicable . |
| 22 | Mr Litman refused to discuss details of the money involved but his Russian associates are clearly expecting a considerable boost to their meagre pensions . |
| 23 | Soon the chewed mass has sponged up any moisture left and your dry tongue is clanging against the side of your mouth like the great bell of Notre Dame . |
| 24 | Certainly it 's a sad loss for Lyneham and particularly the squadrons involved but our operational task remains and the training goes on to achieve that |
| 25 | These included offering customers with a repayment mortgage the option of extending the term up to 35 years , while endowment customers were told that they could spread the excess ( the difference between the amount borrowed and their present balance ) over a longer period . |
| 26 | The instruments provided and their agreed use in the case study are summarised in the paragraphs that follow . |
| 27 | The queen mother remarried but her new husband , Sir James Stewart , the Black Knight of Lorne , was soon seized by her enemies and ‘ put in a pit and bollit ’ ( presumably boiled in a pit or pot ) until she agreed to relinquish her son to one scheming clique . |
| 28 | More projected mergers fail to materialise ( even at the eleventh hour ) than are actually completed and the reason will invariably be the discovery of some basic incompatibility between the practices involved or their respective partners . |
| 29 | I was in Mitchenham more than a marginal , which sadly the Tories retained and my own seat in Wantage , which also is a safe Tory seat . |
| 30 | ‘ Nineteen people in our street killed and them poor souls in Durning Road School . |