Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] [pron] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the full awfulness of my landing hit me in a rush . |
| 2 | Yet we felt we should give this fellow a chance , so my wife put it in a box and set it on top of the Aga . |
| 3 | And I remember very very well he had a big heavy coat and my mother put him in a very big pocket on the inside of the coat and we always called that his rabbit pocket , because he very often came home with a rabbit . |
| 4 | By the end of the century they were dividing its work betwen them in a systematic and efficient way . |
| 5 | Her husband chased us in a jeep , and the oscillations of the basket told him what I was doing to his wife , and the poor man was jealous . ’ |
| 6 | The local area , of course should be a springboard not a straitjacket , and pupils need to be encouraged to move out from their locality to see it in a wider context , to compare it with other places , and above all , whatever period is under study , to begin to understand why the changes they have documented took place . |
| 7 | Her mother said something in a low voice , which she did n't catch . |
| 8 | ‘ Be quiet ’ her mother reproves her in a whisper . |
| 9 | Her son discovered her in a drowsy state an hour later . |
| 10 | The Office tells us that he arranged for his sister to meet him in a nearby wood and to bring with her two of her over-dresses , one white and one grey , and his father 's rainhood . |
| 11 | I could make up the detections that his presence lost me in a matter of days , and if he thinks he is going to see any wheeling and dealing when he is sitting in , well he 's naive ! |
| 12 | She ran the tip of her tongue over her lips , heard the sharp hiss of Penry 's intake of breath , then his head blotted out the light as his mouth met hers in a kiss which shot a jolt of electricity through every vein in her body . |
| 13 | The other snaked into her hair and she tried to twist away from him , her eyes blazing in fury , but he was too strong , and his mouth claimed hers in a kiss that was brutal in its intensity . |
| 14 | His mouth covered hers in a storm of intemperate kisses and then his head lowered . |
| 15 | Obediently she returned the gesture , meeting his mesmeric gaze , feeling the power of his appraisal bathe her in a tingling aura before taking a deep , refreshing swallow . |
| 16 | As his face came close to Edward 's , his breath hit him in a shocking wave . |
| 17 | She could feel the hard muscles of his body pressing against her side , his arm sheltering her in a way that made her trust him . |
| 18 | The sublime memory of that first descent into the moist , mossy darkness of the jungle earlier in the day blazed again suddenly in his mind 's eye for a moment , but then his numbness left him in a furious rush and a piercing surge of purity and sweetness flashed through the rank darkness of the hut . |