Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the goods have been dispatched , the manufacturer sends an advice note to the retailer informing him of the date and time of dispatch . |
| 2 | We see the struggle asserting itself in the preface to his poem ‘ The Glass Dog ’ ( Flowers for Hitler ) : |
| 3 | An oriental Korean card game , played for points with the computer facing you as the opponent . |
| 4 | There was a moment 's hesitation , then the boy 's prints were flashed up on the screen , the computer superimposing them over the others . |
| 5 | ‘ When a dealing is had between a seller like Mr. Lewis and a person who is actually there present before him , then the presumption in law is that there is a contract , even though there is a fraudulent impersonation by the buyer representing himself as a different man than he is . |
| 6 | A speaker had been set in one of the trees , like some modernistic bird's-nest , and Sara noticed the long snaky trail of the cable connecting it with the hi-fi in the house . |
| 7 | The car plunged into the ocean in the Bahamas and was seen emerging off Corsica — with an ordinary sweeping brush covering up the tell tale tracks in the sand left by the cable pulling it from the sea . |
| 8 | Quickly I hurled two magical fireballs , both hit the creature of the night square in the chest reducing him to a pile of smouldering bones . |
| 9 | Quickly I hurled two magical fireballs , both hit the creature of the night square in the chest reducing him to a pile of smouldering bones . |
| 10 | For ten minutes he becomes a wandering minstrel , illuminated by the bass-player following him with a torch from the stage . |
| 11 | She could lie in bed at night and in imagination move confidently around the cottage touching them in a happy exploration of shared memories and reassurance . |
| 12 | He chose a place between two snoring servants and laid down to sleep , oblivious to the figure watching him from the shadows . |
| 13 | So how would the mere existence of Labour Party membership cards in the North prevent the electorate voting themselves into a United Ireland if they so desired ? |
| 14 | We slanted across the river , the wind carrying us against the current , and coasted up the far bank . |
| 15 | Rachel wrenched herself out of his embrace , aware of the barman watching them with an indulgent smile , as though they were lovers , not enemies . |
| 16 | I held Elizabeth close , and as I held her , I saw the monster watching me through the open window of the room . |
| 17 | And the Monster commanding her with a series of little short , bad-tempered grunts . |
| 18 | She was very conscious of the girl following her towards the drawing-room and a sudden sense of jealousy bit like sharp teeth as Emily imagined them together , Craig , and this girl who , however poor she might be , had beauty as well as dignity . |
| 19 | Additionally , the holder clamp for the lower bearing of the main rotor drive shaft had torn away from the bracket mounting it to the airframe structure . |
| 20 | They stood holding each other , the sun warming them through the window . |
| 21 | A 6′ 4″ natural athlete from Eastbourne who spent the winter slumming it as a ski-guide on the slopes of Meribel , he completed the over when Jones limped out of Lancashire 's victory quest at Hove , then proceeded to halt the charge with a career-best 5 for 54 . |
| 22 | Lying on a pallet in the downstairs chamber , the deceased woman laid out upstairs , the only sounds came from the cat cleaning itself by the hearth and an owl hooting raucously outside . |
| 23 | I took stock of the bees in the wisteria and the cat stretching itself under the table . |
| 24 | While all this was going on , of course , Carol was flitting about the opposite side of the shop helping herself from the shelves and tossing things into the pushchair , which with the canopy zipped up was acting as an oversize shopping trolley . |
| 25 | A spokesman said : ‘ The damage may have been caused by the surf dragging them over the rocks . |
| 26 | They were expressive eyes , she decided , at the moment reminding her of the softness of brown velvet . |
| 27 | If anything the gulf separating them from an outside world which uprooted families and whole villages for labour on distant farms , or worse still in factories and mines , which extracted taxes , recruits and grain , which subjected them to constant brutality and humiliation grew steadily wider . |
| 28 | In January 1945 he was arrested in Krakow by the Gestapo but managed to escape from the transport taking him to a concentration camp . |
| 29 | It was so incongruous to hear the Maggot aligning himself with the forces of law that I was forced to ask the question . |
| 30 | It was n't the truth awaiting her at the château that she feared , but one much closer to home . |