Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [vb past] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Words came into my ears and my fingers made the appropriate movements . |
| 2 | I turned and looked out over the slanted , foreshortened wedge of streets and stocky tenements , and for once the strain in my ears found the appropriate line , the right score . |
| 3 | The palace was several miles from the Legation and every time they topped a rise my parents saw the whole procession spread out in front and behind . |
| 4 | Neither of my children showed the merest inclination to follow me into journalism or television . |
| 5 | Some of my men picketed the high ground while we passed underneath , constantly urged by the headman and his followers not to straggle . |
| 6 | Their discussions produced the Linggajati Agreement , as it is called from the hill station where they met ( 12 November ) . |
| 7 | Those wool-clad shoulders looked immensely powerful , and Luke 's stance as he leaned against the wall watching her reactions showed the strong torso , the lean curve of casually-clad flanks . |
| 8 | MIRROR Group Newspapers yesterday repeated assurances that its titles backed the Labour party — and chief executive David Montgomery 's changes at the daily newspaper . |
| 9 | Its woes wrecked the thriving swaps business between banks and local authorities . |
| 10 | Her fingers touched the carved lid , trembled , and withdrew . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not sure I do , ’ she murmured as her fingers traced the sensuous mouth . |
| 12 | He spoke of a " worthy future " in store if perestroika was continued , but warned that if its opponents gained the upper hand there lay ahead " dismal times " . |
| 13 | The horse 's nostrils were vastly inflated and it was panting rhythmically as its hooves struck the hard ground . |
| 14 | Their opponents linked the negative phenomena in Chinese society with ‘ bourgeois contamination ’ , as they had done so in the ‘ spiritual pollution ’ campaign . |
| 15 | At times the broadcasters themselves did not really understand the significance of what they were broadcasting , so it was hardly surprising that their listeners took the same view : enthusiasm , and the lack of it , are equally infectious . |
| 16 | ‘ It must not happen , ’ said Grainne more quietly , and several of her listeners saw the golden light beginning to glow in her eyes . |
| 17 | Her words had the desired effect . |
| 18 | Kate Melville and Sue d'Argy Smith , whose daughters left the Church , as so many do , just before they became nubile , each took a hand and gave it a sharp pull , and over their heads came the long arms of Gordon the Bachelor , whose fingers stroked my hair , as countless other key personnel in the body of Christendom , South Wimbledon , stroked , shoved , pulled and all but carried me towards the stage on which I was supposed to pour out the secrets of my heart . |
| 19 | Pathologist Dr Stephen Gould said boys fractured their skulls , probably when their heads hit the unpadded sides of the seat . |
| 20 | Its demands multiplied the commercial market for agricultural products — mostly foodstuffs and the raw materials of the textile industry , as well as some industrial crops of lesser importance — both domestically , through the rapid growth of cities , and internationally . |
| 21 | Her lips found the soft skin in the angle of his shoulder , and her tongue dipped into the hollow of his throat , tasting the saltiness of his skin . |
| 22 | There were n't any wolf-whistles but the sudden silence that greeted her appearance in the archway brought a rueful tilt to her lips as she gently raised her eyebrows until her eyes met the disconcerted ones of the team manager . |
| 23 | Her eyes hoovered the younger girl , gathering up every detail of her dress , her make-up , her jewellery and shoes , in order to relay the information to Emma and his mother . |
| 24 | Her eyes searched the dark enigma of his face . |
| 25 | Her eyes scanned the first page quickly , taking in the expected account of how Ellen had looked after Oreste as her own , but when she came to the reasons why he had not been handed over to Gigia , Wilson slowed down and even repeated the words to herself . |
| 26 | Her eyes scanned the grey sand . |
| 27 | Her eyes caught the Corosini crest on her plate . |
| 28 | Her eyes swept the broad waters of the loch . |
| 29 | The sound of their voices broke the nervous spell and both men dug in their heels to make their horses trot . |
| 30 | Its vaults housed the public treasury . |