Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Rifleman brushed aside their questions , going instead to the main staircase which led down into the brightly lit chaos of the entrance hall where a throng of officers demanded their horses or carriages . |
| 2 | Sheridan gave her a look of hatred which seemed not in the least to bother her . |
| 3 | Her startled eyes absorbed the thick , short , golden-streaked hair swept back from a broad forehead , ears long and narrow as a satyr 's which grew close to a beautifully formed skull , a mouth of unutterable sweetness countered by a long jaw carved out of golden teak faintly blurred by a light stubble , and a chin that jutted in a formidable challenge . |
| 4 | You 're talking about some forms of abuse which went on for a very very long time indeed to pull the average up like that . |
| 5 | He would have been the first non-Scandinavian to star in a Bergman film , an honour which went eventually to the more laid-back Elliott Gould . |
| 6 | In fact , an explanation which went back to a biologically grounded disposition could in this case precisely avoid the invocation of rational collective agency , which is rather an intellectualist embarrassment to the story as Hume ( 1738–40 ) tells it . |
| 7 | Probably the most spectactular was Thylacosmilus , which looked exactly like the recently extinct sabre-tooth " tiger " of the Old World , only more so if you see what I mean . |
| 8 | Then , in addition to their normal strained lost appearance , they had white bodies which contrasted unpleasantly with the strongly browned nakedness of everyone else . |
| 9 | mm , mm , were , were talking about what happens when people who have fallen in love get together and decide to stay together for a bit and its been suggested that marriage can put some strains on er what started off as a very heady mutual experience , if your lucky , let me ask you this , do you think marriage destroys love ? , button one for yes and button two for no , does marriage destroy love ? , as you understand it mm a few are not sure but thirty people have said yes , who said yes |
| 10 | The glass was a deep blue colour , opaque , so the outside world could see nothing of what went on inside the heavily guarded building . |
| 11 | Radulfus maintained his judicial calm , and the earl 's broad brow was suave and benign , though there was no guessing what went on in the highly intelligent mind behind it ; but Prior Robert and Sub-Prior Herluin sat very erect , stiff in the spine and with long , refined faces sharpened into steel , studiously not looking straight at each other , but maintaining each a bright gaze on distance , and the appearance of considering with magisterial detachment the situation that confronted them . |