Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] and [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been on duty in the Met Office since 8am , and managed to comb my hair and put on some lipstick before going straight down to the dance with June , one of the other Met Waafs . |
| 2 | I relished the moment during a rehearsal once when Mel Brooks suddenly boomed at the researcher , ‘ Judith — go to my dressing-room and put on that thing I bought you ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I was kicked out by my landlord and put in this hostel which was just awful and I had to get away so I came here — I do n't know why , really , I … ’ |
| 4 | And he 's he 's turned over this and just gon na slap one on me and I 've turned my head and gone like that and he 's fucking caught me right on the fucking lips ! |
| 5 | The marchers became impatient with the slowness of their progress and spread into neighbouring streets . |
| 6 | At that time he was 30 , now completely cut off from his family and their protection and released from all their loving bonds . |
| 7 | But during the night the mice invaded their camp and gnawed through all the halters , saddle-girths , and reins , while the bears , foxes , and cats growled and howled around the outskirts of the camp with a sound fearful enough to make your blood run cold . |
| 8 | He looked alien and powerful , the master of her pleasure , giving and denying , tormenting while he delighted — about to become her lover and desired as such , although still a stranger . |
| 9 | Just weeks before her death Kelly sat with her father at the computer keyboard in her bedroom and keyed in all the arrangements she had made for her funeral . |
| 10 | She had been to her room and put on one of the swimsuits she had bought . |
| 11 | She wore a dirty apron in dark , printed cotton , which went round her back and fastened with thin tapes , pulled awry over her black skirt and sweater , and she appeared flustered . |
| 12 | By the late 1960s , it had been stripped of its machinery and converted for other purposes . |
| 13 | For some time , the mill stood idle and decaying , but was eventually stripped of its machinery and converted to two cottages . |
| 14 | She found a coin in her pocket and paid for two glasses of lemonade , then drew the girl into a doorway away from the people . |
| 15 | Or , further , is it possible to incorporate in the framework of the state itself some provision or institution by which a governmental act or command ultra vires may be declared to be such , and subjects therefore exempted from its operation and released from any legal obligation to observe or obey it ? |
| 16 | With a calm smile , the girl swung the empty pot into her hand and swayed with lazy sensuality towards the kitchen . |
| 17 | The house was entered from the left into a sheltered deck area running its length and surrounded on three sides by louvred shutters . |
| 18 | First they discovered bird droppings in their detector and checked for other possible malfunctions , but soon ruled these out . |
| 19 | She had washed her face and put on new make-up . |
| 20 | I wished him farewell and left without further ceremony . |
| 21 | The Dickensian waiter flapped his napkin and advised with more truth than tact , ‘ Should n't have turbot today , sir , although the salmon 's passable . ’ |
| 22 | Yet his expressed preference for the worship of the formless does not prevent him from recognizing that God is personal to those who need to feel his presence and embodied to those who desire to experience his touch . |
| 23 | Thomas Bedlowe , Vicar in 1546 was deprived of his living and restored in 1562 , he married Joan Rawlings of Rochester . |
| 24 | Veteran trainer Bill Wightman still keeps an ace or two up his sleeve and struck in some style when Catherineofaragon won by ten lengths under John Williams . |
| 25 | Zborowski said nothing but went into his room and changed into worn summer clothes and came out carrying his only winter suit parcelled up to take to the pawnbroker . |
| 26 | At school , the teachers assessed his quality by his colour and damned with faint encouragement , suggesting he aim low to avoid disappointment . |
| 27 | No wonder Mr MacGregor produced his paper and called for full public discussion just as political pundits were tipping him for promotion in a ministerial reshuffle . |
| 28 | Worship , you see , is the action of the entire congregation who together proclaim what God has done and what he continues to do ; we feed on his word — sacrament and Scripture — and are strengthened by his Spirit and sustained by mutual fellowship . |
| 29 | He took the strip of plaster from the pouch at his belt and peeled off two short lengths , taping them loosely to his upper arm . |
| 30 | It was occasionally recognised , however , that self-defence might create more problems than it solved , as when Mr Punch recovered his wit and arranged for two anti-garotters to meet one dark night in a lonely street : |