Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weakly she willed him not to , but if he sensed her resistance he ignored it , his mouth tantalising her with its warm desirability . |
| 2 | For the first time in his life Karelius realized how narrow was the gap separating him from his pagan ancestors , the Germanic warriors of a thousand years before . |
| 3 | Fred , the eldest son , was never interested in the business , his homosexuality and leaning towards the arts alienating him from his conservative father . |
| 4 | ‘ No , ’ he agreed , his glittering black eyes holding hers with their remorseless stare . |
| 5 | That Bernard had broken noses defending her to his chauvinistic schoolmates . |
| 6 | He buried his face against her throat , his mouth tormenting her with its lazy progress down towards the swell of her breasts , and she arched up , silently begging for his caress . |
| 7 | ‘ No , ’ he said , a soft laugh escaping him at her obvious embarrassment . |
| 8 | On this basis he maintains that these adults should not be seen ‘ as agents of social control repressing the young — as reductionist social history might suggest — but as agents of socialization preparing them for their future roles as citizens in a society to which most adolescents gave unthinking and willing allegiance ’ . |
| 9 | What was important to her was sitting here , like this , with Simon telling her about his personal life . |
| 10 | Even in the half-tones of night she could see the narrowing of those dangerous sapphire eyes , see sparks of desire bringing them to their full colour . |
| 11 | With regard to sending mail to your grandson addressing him by his old surname , you are fully entitled to address him as you choose . |
| 12 | The star was shapeless and the candle spattered with glue reminding her of her first efforts . |
| 13 | But Coleridge soon discovered the shortcomings of Clevedon , and especially the inconvenient distance separating it from his literary friends in Bristol , and from the indispensable Bristol City Library . |
| 14 | Having taken the plunge and opened the package I was delighted to find that the software is n't copy protected — no problems running it on my hard disk systems here , or so I thought . |
| 15 | Last year we had Whyte having a mare of a season , then Lukic doing it after his spectacular ‘ backward ’ punch . |
| 16 | Oh ! hear me witness that my heart is set on higher things ; it would sail into far seas unvisited of man , but always there is this anchor of the flesh chaining it to its native shore . ’ |
| 17 | It was venerated by succeeding Popes but had unfortunately been despoiled , first by the Byzantine Emperor Constans II who , in 655 removed the gilded bronze plates which covered the dome and replaced them with lead and later , in 1625 , by the Barberini Pope Urban VIII who destroyed the portico roof in order to use the bronze beams supporting it for his own building schemes . |
| 18 | The British public appears to have an increasing appetite for the work of sensitive female singer-songwriters telling us about their tangled emotional lives , and Julia Fordham is the latest high-flier to fulfill the need . |
| 19 | And this time two of the suspects helping him with his confusing inquiries are Shadows guitarist Hank Marvin and Britain 's tallest man . |
| 20 | It also provided an opportunity for Course Leaders to discuss some of the crucial problems and issues facing them in their pivotal role as course leaders . |
| 21 | When it finished , there was lunch and music : all her favourite foods calling her with their rich odours of spiced meats and pasta . |
| 22 | Hills were also delighted and sent Royal Scottish a letter congratulating them on their professional handling of the entire process . |
| 23 | Mr Crangle would spend hours rearranging them into their proper sections only to come back the next day and find them all mixed up again . |
| 24 | Joan received in all three letters from Prince Edward over the next weeks , cheerful letters telling her of his new abode and his favourable impressions of the Welsh Marches and its people . |
| 25 | She spent evenings assembling it in her own house and sending it out to midwives . |
| 26 | While you were deceiving your husband Proopsie with lawyer Phillip Levy , he was all the time deceiving you with his true love , Meli . |
| 27 | ‘ I thought I warned you not to make a habit of this , ’ a deep voice remarked gruffly , close to her ear , and she realised that the swaying sensation was that of Fen carrying her to her own bunk . |
| 28 | Apart from indicating status , each church represents perhaps the most important local focal place for any settlement , and we might spend a lot of time studying it in our local research . |
| 29 | The fourth book featured a scene in which a man planned to write a letter to his Father and Mother telling them of his new-found happiness , but he never could bring himself to write the letter . |