Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] and [verb] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The older girls drifted off into one of their exclusive conversations and Sally bit her lip against the rasp of Louise 's massager and wished desperately that she could go to the youth club dance too . |
| 2 | Luther looked deep into the boy 's eyes and smiled wickedly when he saw the truth lurking there . |
| 3 | Johnson took McQueen 's side and observed acidly that it was the Laird who should be forced to emigrate , at which McQueen respectfully and loyally demurred , knowing that the laird , to quote Boswell , ‘ could not shift for himself in America ’ . |
| 4 | Many mothers with parenting difficulties had a long history of emotional problems themselves , and seemed generally lacking in sensitivity to their children 's anxieties and needs rather than deficient in specific child management techniques . |
| 5 | C.S. Lewis on the other hand would completely disagree with Waldock 's conclusion and claim conversely that ‘ to admire Satan is to admire a world of misery , lies , propaganda , wishful thinking and incessant autobiography ’ . |
| 6 | And Conroy dearest , go up to Mummy 's room and wait there till I come , and try to pretend that all the dreadful things that have happened are just part of the play . ’ |
| 7 | He repeated his uncle 's announcement and added peremptorily that swift compliance was required or it would be the worse for Gilsland . |
| 8 | The emphasis of the research is on Kaldor 's writing and thinking rather than on his life in the biographical sense , although there are distinct phases in his intellectual life that can be easily identified . |
| 9 | As Tamar 's time drew closer , she remembered the difficult labour of Victoria 's birth and grew more and more apprehensive . |
| 10 | To compete , I suppose , Malc had his ego ( and other parts ) massaged between the sheets and in my heart of hearts I knew his affairs were superficial — of the genitals rather than the heart — and during one of our deep analytical discussions on the subject , he admitted that he could n't wait to leave his lover 's bed and get home once the act was over . |
| 11 | In response to that application the local authority social worker filed a statement opposing the father 's application and proposing instead that the children be placed with long-term foster parents . |
| 12 | He put his arm around his friend 's shoulder and grinned widely as they started off . |
| 13 | He took another head punch before ducking under Elliott 's arm and turning so that they passed one another , Culley clubbing with laced fingers . |
| 14 | There will be a written test of the representatives ' knowledge of law and procedure and ability to think through a problem and formulate advice and a practical assessment of the representatives ' ability to argue their clients ' case and intervene appropriately and assertively during interview . |
| 15 | He found himself wishing he was at home again , at Polly 's home , and could creep stealthily into the twins ' room and sit there as he sometimes had at night , on the floor among their discarded toys and cuddly animals , with his back to the wall , listening to the sound of their breathing . |