Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] and [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wiped them clear and peered inside the smoking gap . |
| 2 | He took off again , shouting to the head of the flight , I saw the buses and the windows of the waiting room on my left and dived across the road and through the door . |
| 3 | I will drink on my own and listen to the Dubliners . |
| 4 | In a dinner queue yes , someone collapsing and dying in the dinner queue is rather absurd and it 's also very |
| 5 | The tape showed Anderson sitting , struggling to keep himself alive and to communicate with the outside world , but the world was n't going to see it . |
| 6 | But the battle was in vain , and McAllister , like Dr Neil and Rose , had to watch while all their efforts to save Effie were useless , and slowly her life leached away with her blood , leaving her white and drained on the bed , only the shouts of her now motherless baby breaking the silence of the room . |
| 7 | Kylie , said press reports , lost her cool and screamed at the intruders . |
| 8 | The loco , on loan from the S.V.R. , operated on its own and piloted by the two class 14s in turn , giving visitors plenty of choice , particularly when 11 departures per day were on offer with trains running every 45 minutes . |
| 9 | Hastily she sat down , and was relieved when the tall doctor took a seat safely distant from her own and reached to the table that separated them to pour her a long drink of the invitingly iced fruit juice . |
| 10 | She watched him warily as he dropped his briefcase on to the chair next to her own and perched on the arm , stretching out long legs , and running his fingers through his hair . |
| 11 | Which opened wider , throwing a long and somehow bizarre shape of light across the alley , everything exaggerated and distorted including the elongated and backlit shadow moving out within its frame … |
| 12 | So what happens if we do something similar and look at the world through a single object — the humble apple , for instance ? |
| 13 | There was something dark and threatening in the look — Ach , she was imagining it ! |
| 14 | The hours of the examination are not something distinct and separate from the rest of your preparation , but are more like the final short sprint to the tape . |
| 15 | Individuals regard their own tasks as something distinct and divorced from the organisation as a whole . |
| 16 | There was something bookish and appealing about the old lady , but we had no time to get acquainted , for brisk Mary pointed me on my way . |
| 17 | What is shared in these reflections is something experienced and known through the atmosphere of peace , joy and unity , present in the small group communities . |
| 18 | Only when she had rinsed herself clean and gone through the whole process again did she feel able to step from under the flood of water . |
| 19 | The actors made the play very exciting and left everybody astounded and intrigued with the way they performed and to add to this the stage really set the scene with the back drops and props . |
| 20 | I tried to think of when I 'd seen him after that , apart from when we got our degrees — him proud and posing for the family album , me drunk and disorderly . |
| 21 | The tower , like other of the medieval remains of Sauveterre ( all of them numbered and labelled by the tourist authorities , as if they were clues in an architectural treasure hunt ) , is alive with pigeons and with palombes , wisely sitting out the shooting season in town . |
| 22 | The blade of the club hits the top half of the ball , sending it low and running through the green ( lower line below ) . |
| 23 | Wisely he opted to keep it simple and put in the name David . |
| 24 | As I said , he broke his fast and left within the hour . ’ |
| 25 | I says what curling tongs , says you left curling tongs on , I 'd actually burnt my finger I must 've sleepwalked and I , I felt the bed when I remembered all this and it was dry so I must have sleepwalked it all and went to the toilet and done my hair cos there was a big burn all down my finger . |
| 26 | ‘ Well ? ’ said William , when they 'd seen it all and adjourned to the pub opposite the station , an old waiting room of a pub that had not yet been converted into a wine bar or a theme park and was consequently empty . |
| 27 | Liam just decided to ignore it all and hope for the best . |
| 28 | Tired of the wheedling tone , the persistent arrogance of the man , Cowley lost his cool and turned on the colonel . |
| 29 | Silas led the way to the stables , where he unsaddled and attended to the horses ; then he turned to her and said gruffly . |
| 30 | Sucking his torn finger-end , he went into the cell next his own and sat on the floor , his back against the wall , looking at the scraps of scratched lettering on the distemper opposite him . |