Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He let go the clutch , lifted the front wheel and drove at the far bank , sand-spit dead ahead . |
| 2 | Much the same would have been thought of Jessica as she would have been seen as someone who walked away from an evil religion and stepped into the right path . |
| 3 | The seminar is being organised by WACC 's North American regional association and hosted by The United Church of Canada under the theme ‘ Legacy : 500 Years of Evangelization in the Americas ’ . |
| 4 | I gave up being a bird watcher and succumbed to the delicious trippery feel of sun on my back and sand on my front . |
| 5 | She went up to the bedroom and gazed at the old four-poster , hardly noticing the faded splendour of its blue and gold canopy as she scrutinised the decorated wooden frieze that ran along the top . |
| 6 | It gathered speed and raced towards the built-up complexes . |
| 7 | She bought six first-class stamps , took a pound coin from her purse and went into the automatic photo booth . |
| 8 | He stepped down from the terrace and walked against the driving rain towards the footings . |
| 9 | Sqd Ldr Jimmy Malley had a distinguished career with bomber command and flew in the legendary Wellington F for Freddie , featured in the film Target For Tonight . |
| 10 | He was also a member of the XL Club and played for the local Lloyds Bank XI . |
| 11 | She slammed back the driving seat and looked at the unfamiliar dashboard with all its foreign signals . |
| 12 | The dollar crisis and the abandonment of the Gold Standard signalled the beginning of the end of the dollar bloc and led to the inevitable American withdrawal from Vietnam . |
| 13 | With Romy he 'd had a real romance but it had flourished only on the Continent and withered in the cold climate of England . |
| 14 | Robyn clutched the cast-iron railing and wondered for the first time why her legs felt so shaky and weird , why her stomach was churning so violently . |
| 15 | In her parent 's garden in Brentwood , little Marisa Leicester stood beside her Optimist and smiled at the 30 cameramen . |
| 16 | He took the cigarette out of his mouth and blew on the glowing tip . |
| 17 | He came to the doorway and started across the deserted yard . |
| 18 | I lay there on the couch and shuddered at the very thought . |
| 19 | She finished the sandwich and started on the second , eating hungrily . |
| 20 | ‘ Am I likely to forget ? ’ she retorted as they left the car and went towards the front door . |
| 21 | Bodie got out of the car and strolled past the two men , standing quite close to them and browsing in the window of the shop before which they stood . |
| 22 | She parked her car and strode through the grand , carved doorway , her heels clicking purposefully as she headed for the reception desk . |
| 23 | He left his car and moved through the yellow grass , his arms clutched across his chest . |
| 24 | We flew to San Diego on the West Coast where we hired a car and headed for the bright lights of Las Vegas . |
| 25 | She picked up her jacket and handbag and headed for the distant clubhouse . |
| 26 | I have served in their officialdom and lived among the criminal element down beneath the Net . |
| 27 | She left him standing under the light and walked into the warm cigar-scented room beyond , knowing that the last Russian doll , like all the others , would still be herself . |
| 28 | One night , she got up and turned on the light and looked at the sweet , bland face of Jesus , the Light of the World , in the picture over the mantelpiece . |
| 29 | The rings had spilled out of the tin and lay in the tufty bits of grass like slugs trying to eat their own tails . |
| 30 | Shivering a little , she fumbled for her key and went towards the front door . |