Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] in a " in BNC.

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1 All the leaves that fall into the pond congregate around the loosened wire for me to collect up in a simple once daily netting session .
2 They contributed because on the one hand , they were asked and understood that what they had to say was important , and also because too many of them grew up in a world without such books .
3 As he moved slowly at first his mouth sought first her breasts and then her lips , his breathing ragged as the pulsating , rhythmic movement quickened , echoing the rising heat in her blood , both of them caught up in a swirling vortex of emotions .
4 Without moving his eyes away from her dark head he oscillated between the image of the pure lady accepting the spoon , or at least the rose , and the idea of her calling out in a thrashing orgasm of female pleasure as he spurted and spurted in ecstatic triumph on top of her .
5 Solicitors acting for the Princess of Wales have demanded that secret photographs of her working out in a gym should be handed over and that she should be given details of how much money was made from them .
6 She dreamed of him hurtling along in an open roadster , smiling at a blonde head and two scarlet-nailed hands spinning the wheel , reckless on the deep-banked lanes near the summer school .
7 ‘ One of mine came past in a hurry .
8 Five of us met up in a local pub afterwards and only one of us was still married .
9 My recollection of what happened then is hazy , except that at some stage I went into spasm , with the two of us locked tight in a tangle of arms and legs .
10 He was just quietly walking into the wall , while the rest of us stood around in an awkward half-circle .
11 Playing the exact same solos every night on tour is good too , because the notes are firmly ingrained in your head and that makes it harder for you to mess up in a major way , which is something that could happen if you were winging it every night .
12 ‘ My father would lift me over the turnstile at the Brandywell , with me decked out in a red and white scarf and hat . ’
13 The dam is in a heavenly spot , situated at the end of a steep gorge , where the river above it tumbles down in a series of delightful waterfalls .
14 As night fell on Stabiae , Vesuvius presented an awesome sight , with the oppressively heavy ash cloud above it lit up in a baleful red glare from the many fires that had been started by the rain of hot ash .
15 But his interest in them came out in a unique way almost twenty years ago when he founded a shop that has become a fixture on Prince Street Untitled .
16 ‘ I finally agreed to it coming out in a limited edition .
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