Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] and [verb] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think this single gimmick was enough to provide the detection element wile Ghote 's investigations among the more likely looking suspects enabled me , with diversions , to tell my story and to reflect in various ways on lines drawn and wedges advanced . |
| 2 | Last autumn , Lynda and I flew to New England to visit my sister and to take in some birdwatching and camping in New Hampshire and Maine . |
| 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 | I had hoped to hide my face behind my slate while Mr Brocklehurst was talking , so that he would not recognize me , but suddenly the slate fell from my hand and broke in two on the hard floor . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've nothing against death , ’ said the doctor , ignoring my tone and answering in good humour . |
| 6 | Clark demonstrates that older people tried , where possible , to set up contractually based arrangements ( some of them enforceable through the courts ) to secure their livelihood and care in old age , through a system whereby they surrendered some of their rights to their land to a specified individual , in return for agreed services — ‘ individually arranged pension benefits ’ ( ibid . |
| 7 | She stood worriedly in front of him , brows pulled together , feathery hair over her shoulders and clinging in fine threads to the sweat of her forehead . |
| 8 | Some spiders hide in a handy crevice in the bark of a tree ; some hide beneath a leaf ; and other spiders build a funnel as part of their web and hide in that . |
| 9 | She narrowed her eyes and added in clipped tones , ‘ I know you always thought of this as your home and that you never wanted me to be a part of it . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He did n't doubt there were many others also who had brothers , fathers or sons among the fifty thousand Irishmen slain in the Great War and who had to swallow their grief and mourn in private . |
| 12 | It shows a more mundane but still corrupting insensitivity to liberty , a failure to grasp its force and place in modern democratic ideals … . |
| 13 | And these two women , as they see me , suffering , silent , naked , this guy who 's given them everything and who 's the greatest fuck they ever had in their goddam lives — these women , these simple , nude women , they forget their rivalry and weep in each other 's arms . |
| 14 | The Chairman is grateful to those members and to Westminster Strategy for their help and support in 1992 . |
| 15 | He had fallen in love with her when watching her play Shakespearian death scenes as Ophelia , Juliet and Desdemona ; but after her retirement from the stage she took to drink , became estranged from her husband and died in 1854 . |
| 16 | Chastened , they settled back in their seats and talked in hushed voices until the train pulled into Reading , where they all got off . |
| 17 | The third section of Demant 's 1936 Christian Polity ( Faber & Faber ) is given over to anthropological essays , such as ‘ Idols : Their Place and Influence in Religious History ’ where again we meet the names of Elliot Smith , Tylor , Ellis , Frazer , McDougall , Robertson Smith , and others . |
| 18 | About to refuse any assistance , she forced back her pride and nodded in reluctant acceptance . |
| 19 | Along the entire front the British and French struggled up out of their trenches and advanced in successive waves . |
| 20 | The leadership of the Polish Communist Party has this week approved changes committing it to altering its name and participating in free elections within a multi-party system . |
| 21 | Pupils ' active involvement in the learning process is important in enhancing their knowledge and understanding in many subject areas . |
| 22 | With much wobbling , the tiny fledglings stretched their wings , fluffed their feathers and hopped in pretend flight . |
| 23 | Judge Owen said he had no objection to the officers not revealing their names and addresses in open court but he would not allow evidence to be given in secret . |
| 24 | Even further out , with less reason for antagonism towards search consultants but still known to bear malice , are the hopefuls who never appeared on the race card at all , who sent in their CVs and waited in vain for a response . |
| 25 | THE fighting in North Africa ceased on May 12 , 1943 , when the German and Italian soldiers , ordered by their commanders to surrender , laid down their arms and marched in long columns , defeated but still proud , into years of captivity . |
| 26 | She 'd been ‘ everywhere ’ , she says , raising her arms and pointing in many different directions . |
| 27 | Jotan met Alexei 's eyes in a moment of mutual sympathy and understanding , and then ignoring the obvious disapproval of their respective partners they buried their faces in their hands and wept in helpless mirth . |
| 28 | There must exist a genuine link between the state and the ship ; in particular , the state must effectively exercise its jurisdiction and control in administrative , technical and social matters over ships flying its flag . |
| 29 | ‘ in particular , the state must effectively exercise its jurisdiction and control in administrative , technical and social matters over ships flying its flag . |
| 30 | There must exist a genuine link between the state and the ship ; in particular , the state must effectively exercise its jurisdiction and control in administrative , technical and social matters over ships flying its flag . |