Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My symptoms only became apparent after 18 months — the skin of my bottom broke out in an itchy rash . |
| 2 | My eye swelled up in a matter of minutes , and I was unable to hear anything . |
| 3 | My tongue hangs up in the leaves |
| 4 | ‘ It 's taking me to the pin of my collar to keep up in the matter of sheer technical knowledge . |
| 5 | my song torn out in the dried flowers |
| 6 | Finally I reached Maymyo , to find my family camping out in a very small house , all three children down with scarlet fever . |
| 7 | Was that the echo of my whisper wafting around in the darkness ? |
| 8 | She thought of taking off her overall — ; she was wearing one of Lily 's blouses underneath — only when it was unbuttoned and she looked in the mirror her chest poked out in a most peculiar way . |
| 9 | Black silk skirt maroon blouse her hair done up in a bun draped with gold jewellery oh talk about looking the part ! |
| 10 | This woman I 'd never seen , darker than me , darker than mum , my height but four times as big every other way , her hair hanging down in a big shaggy mane that looked as if she cut it herself once a year , big wooden earrings in her ears and a dress down to the floor with embroidery all over it and her feet stuffed into ugly shoes that were made of leather She told us that She wanted us to admire them , because this was a big day for her , Auntie Muriel had got dressed up to come to the city and see her sister and her sister 's child . |
| 11 | Beside her , in a pair of jeans and a comfortable sweatshirt , her hair tied back in a pony-tail , Shannon felt like a stable-hand . |
| 12 | In spite of this , it was half an hour before she came downstairs dressed up to the nines in a pin-striped trouser-suit , her hair caught up in a turban of white silk . |
| 13 | A low rumble of thunder made her skin break out in a fine rash of goosepimples , and Julius glanced at her sharply as he noticed them . |
| 14 | As he stepped forward the chocolate hackles rose on the cat , its mouth drawn back in a snarl . |
| 15 | A civilian judge investigating the case died on Nov. 19 when her car blew up in the capital , Santiago . |
| 16 | Ashley was balanced on the edge of the skip with her arms stretching unsuccessfully down and her bottom stuck up in the air when , from the dark , smelly depths , she heard a car door slam . |
| 17 | But though their name lives on in the region of Tuscany , the Etruscans actually survived for only a short period ; they were expelled from Rome by the Latins and then defeated at the battle of Aricia in 506BC . |
| 18 | Her father lay back in the big squashy leather chair and closed his eyes for a moment , before opening them again and fixing them firmly on his daughter . |
| 19 | In the morning her father arrived up in the nursery . |
| 20 | Sometimes it shrivelled into itself like water splashing on hot stones , then flared out again as its owner shrank down in a spasm of coughing and straightened up again . |
| 21 | One woman had her finger cut off in a slicing machine and never received any compensation . |
| 22 | If developed countries do not want their rubbish to end up in the third world , they must help developing countries to build better treatment facilities and enforce higher standards . |
| 23 | Both eyes opened and her breath rushed out in a small burst of relief as she rolled over on to her back — and her heart slammed to a stop . |
| 24 | Rayo , who is running lead for me today in harness with Kaisa , gets her leg caught up in the trace . |
| 25 | Miraculously , her voice went on in a steady stream , without a quiver , while her mind tried to take in what had happened . |
| 26 | She did n't want her voice to come out in a dry croak . |
| 27 | Roger Pringle , director of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust , signs the first letter for the Stratford-on-Avon Group at their stall set up in the town centre . |
| 28 | Here lies the greatest pleasure of greenhouse gardening , since there is little to equal the satisfaction of raising most of your own plants from seeds and cuttings , watching them grow and develop until they fulfil their potential planted out in the garden . |
| 29 | Lucy spent most of the next couple of hours in the ground-floor utility room just behind the room where she 'd slept , sitting on the tiles against the wall and reading back numbers of magazines while her washing tumbled around in the Zanussi . |
| 30 | ELSIE TANNER , Coronation Street 's tart with a heart , may be dead , but her memory lives on in a Derbyshire pub . |