Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pulled out her warrant card and slapped it on the desk then marched out of the office , slamming the door behind her . |
| 2 | Tom unbuttoned his overcoat , fished in the pocket of the dark suit which he scathingly referred to as his ‘ city uniform ’ for his identity card and flashed it at the uniformed security man . |
| 3 | I contrived to get Martinho beside Goreng 's jeep and laid him against a wheel . |
| 4 | Rosie had bitten him twice in the past ; once when she managed to free herself by chewing through her tethering-rope , and once when she leaped through the window of Buddie 's jeep and chased him into the pig-yard . |
| 5 | The moment it was free of debt they dissolved the partnership and replaced it by the limited-liability company she had suggested in the first place . |
| 6 | Her eyes had opened wide in wonder , and the light entered their long-lashed blackness and turned it to a dusky , flecked gold . |
| 7 | Beggars ca n't be choosers though , he thought philosophically as he got up , removed the boiling kettle from the gas ring and emptied it into a small china teapot . |
| 8 | But when Mr Wray punched him , Youngs picked up the hammer and struck him across the cheek . |
| 9 | He had a hammer and banged it against the walls to restore order but nobody took any notice of him . |
| 10 | Turning her back , she weighed the hammer and smashed it into the centre of the clay skull at her feet . |
| 11 | He led her back into the bedroom and sat her on the chair while he rummaged in the chest . |
| 12 | He went to the lavatory , lifted a large tin bath off its wall hook , took it into the bedroom and placed it on the floor . |
| 13 | The retiring president , Mrs Beryl Abbott , welcomed Mrs Archer as the new president and presented her with the badge of office . |
| 14 | ‘ So , ’ he was saying to the Prince 's chauffeur as Owen arrived , ‘ you picked the two girls up from the salon and took them to the river at Beni Suef ? ’ |
| 15 | She lashed the class with scorn and ridicule and punished them for the nasty thoughts in her own mind . |
| 16 | Benjamin drew three gold coins from his purse and placed them in the centre of the table . |
| 17 | There was a rustle beside her as Gladys removed a shapeless cardigan and hung it over the back of the adjoining chair . |
| 18 | I struck out feebly in self-defence and hit him across the chest , which increased his rage . |
| 19 | The company had to bid for its new broadcasting licence at auction and won it with a bid of £2,000 . |
| 20 | Sinatra also held the rights to the movie and withdrew it from the public domain shortly after release because it closely shadowed the Kennedy assassination . |
| 21 | And finally two Ayr police officers said that a shelved 1969 report showed they had picked up a man ‘ of slight build and a Glasgow accent who said his name was McGuigan or McGuinness ’ some 600 yards from the Ross bungalow in the early hours of the morning of the murder and dropped him at the bus station ; and they now declared from photographs recently shown to them that the man was William McGuinness . |
| 22 | Once they took one away from the woodpile and hid it in the stable and the mother searched everywhere , growing more and more distressed . |
| 23 | Nevil choked me until I almost passed out , then he lifted me out of the driver 's seat and bundled me into the back of Armstrong , hitting me on the back of the neck with what could have been an anvil but was probably his fist . |
| 24 | Jessica turned in her seat and touched her on the arm . |
| 25 | ‘ He went to put his hand inside his jacket , then another passenger jumped out of his seat and threw him through the doors . |
| 26 | She looked for Patrick 's photograph and saw it under the sofa . |
| 27 | Deliberately , he lifted the photograph and flung it at the fireplace . |
| 28 | ‘ She was driving very fast , ’ he said as he folded the map round the photograph and tucked it into the inner pocket of the waterproof saddlebag . |
| 29 | She reached for her mother 's photograph and laid it in the case with the rest of the things . |
| 30 | Putting their dinner on the table , Trent reached for the photograph and studied it for the umpteenth time since finding it on Don Roberto 's piano — his mother , and the Colonel as a young man . |