Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She saw his hands relax , and the broad shoulders lean back in the chair . |
| 2 | A lined mouth stretched back in a screech . |
| 3 | In the morning , I slept through the pigeons , but around 8.30 a loud banging started down in the nave like they might have been building a scaffold or something . |
| 4 | The Duke was revelling in the occasion , his toothless mouth curved up in a great leer like the mask of comedy . |
| 5 | It was also decided that political parties set up in the future should only be granted " observer " status . |
| 6 | A group of British cyclists sets off in the heart of Brussels . |
| 7 | At the airport planes of astonishingly different sizes — like children 's toys on different scales mixed up in the same game queue to use the runway for take-off . |
| 8 | To the layman they all look pretty similar : crisp emerald weed buoyed up in the stream and then , in July , a snow in summer of glistening white flowers , which spill over the water in a way that seems to spell out the brief abundance of midsummer . |
| 9 | A second attempt by Admiral Rodney to attack the transports at Le Havre had found the defences there too strong for his bomb-vessels to get within range , while a storm off Dunkirk had enabled a French squadron shut up in the port to make its escape . |
| 10 | His front paws rested on the heather as his back legs thrashed about in the dog-sized hole . |
| 11 | Central government had encouraged new towns with light industry to spring up in the valleys but the impact of these industries as an employer of part-time farmers had been very low . |
| 12 | The plaintiffs relied on an express term set out in the letters of appointments written to the defendants as follows : You will not disclose any of the company 's affairs or any of its subsidiary or associated companies business or trade secrets to a third party either during or after you have ceased to be an employee of the company without the express written consent of the company . |
| 13 | A high concentration builds up in the fish which are a staple part of the Cree and Inuit 's diet . |
| 14 | Generous lips drew back in a smile to reveal small , pearl-like teeth . |
| 15 | Social hygiene took off in the years immediately before the First War as part of the growing debate over national health and efficiency . |
| 16 | Saddam , a polished television performer , made considerable use of the medium for propaganda purposes , as when he conducted a conversation on camera with a British child caught up in the war who now found himself a ‘ guest ’ of the Iraqi regime . |
| 17 | The lottery will create at least 52 new millionaires each year , and possibly more if the weekly draw takes off in a big way . |
| 18 | The row has brought many French roads to a standstill — and hit the pockets of British Hauliers caught up in the jams . |
| 19 | There were plenty of more interesting places to eat out in the city centre . |
| 20 | The differences in contents in different individuals come about in the following manner , and here I must stress that I am talking about sexually reproducing species such as our own . |
| 21 | The flow cost is the opportunity cost of the money or social resources tied up in the plant and is measured by the initial capital cost multiplied by the discount rate r . |
| 22 | Now this is a a British lorry coming down in the offside lane , cos it 's only two lanes . |
| 23 | That does n't mean you disregard adult commitments and disregard that there is some really shitty stuff going on in the world right now . |
| 24 | AN old friend came up in the street yesterday and said : ‘ My , you look well , have you been on holiday , you 've got a tan . ’ |
| 25 | I do n't recall ever seeing a big beardy climber lying down in the heather having a tantrum , or a party of Outward Bound students holding their heads and crying into their gaiters , so one is forced to conclude that I am alone in my hill hysteria . |
| 26 | In conclusion , tutors are again reminded of their great responsibilities for achieving the high aims set out in the first paragraph . |
| 27 | Y I mean local Manchester Evening News issues that they put out in they put out where where we live in Kearsley , there 's a lot of people in Kearsley buy the Manchester And er we 've got to feed the candidate with all these things so that it gets into the into the Your local newspaper , the local free paper goes out in every area , you must get the name in as from tomorrow . |
| 28 | It happened that the dog was silenced just as her last remark emerged , and over his body , flattened now to the sheet where he lay panting , the old woman sitting up in the bed flashed her a look . |
| 29 | Inchoate anger seethed on in the Weald until it exploded in the autumn of 1645 when the ‘ Clubmen ’ appeared , basically a ‘ confederacy with the vulgar multitude ’ of tenant farmers . |
| 30 | Should those measures be insufficient , the member state might have recourse to other criteria which prove appropriate , because , in that respect , the aims of the Common Fisheries Policy could take precedence over the rules on free movement laid down in the E.E.C . |