Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv prt] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ‘ Winnie the War Winner ’ was made from two 109-sets , parts from the plantation manager 's receiver collected by Bill Baldwin , and bits and bobs laid out in a contraption of wires and valves around a room 10 feet square ( 3m² ; ) . |
| 2 | Rules laid down in a statute would be less flexible . |
| 3 | Now the words tumbled out in a rush . |
| 4 | Generous lips drew back in a smile to reveal small , pearl-like teeth . |
| 5 | Mrs Doran 's lips drew back in a snarl . |
| 6 | He touched his torn face and his lips drew back in a snarl . |
| 7 | The words came out in a rush and she felt her face flame . |
| 8 | The words came out in a rush . |
| 9 | The words came out in a rush , and with an infuriating blur of tears she thrust her wine glass into Anneliese 's hand , spun on her heel and walked swiftly away . |
| 10 | Caroline could almost see her building up her courage , and then her words came out in a rush . |
| 11 | Gilbert forced himself to become calm , drew a deep breath and then the words came out in a torrent . |
| 12 | His words came out in a stammer . |
| 13 | From time to time , her eyes screwed up in a spasm of misery . |
| 14 | Then four brothers turned up in a bus and killed three brothers who lived in that house next door . |
| 15 | Her lips curved up in a smile . |
| 16 | Suddenly the words rushed out in a jumble of grievance and anger . |
| 17 | Her words shot out in a clatter . |
| 18 | As adjunct to its education policy the BDA has recently embarked on a youth policy for reasons spelt out in a resolution passed by the Rothesay Congress in 1986 : This Congress recognises that the future development of the deaf community requires the full participation of deaf children and young people . |
| 19 | The two women in the sombre , fusty dignity of the drawing-room at Buller 's Hill House ; Matthew Choak , trying his uncle 's chair for size ; the little room overlooking the bay where the undertaker kept his secret troubles locked up in a drawer like Pandora 's box ; the Scapegoat turning over and over in its garland of flame ; the clothing , some of it blood-stained , spread out on tables in the police station . |
| 20 | I was the centre of their universe and my first seven years sped by in a whirl of buckskin shoes , party frocks , pet rabbits and circus trips . |
| 21 | The years went by in a bundle of exercise books , seasons succeeding one another as flycatchers came and went , orchids were noted and then vanished , temperatures varied from the normal . |
| 22 | John 's mother , Maria , who had often earned her living as a seamstress , made the lavish costumes ; the cream-coloured dresses made up in a pinafore smock style reaching just below the knee . |
| 23 | On entering one , he discovered a home-brew still which the owners broke up in a trice , handing the retort to Yakovlev ‘ as a trophy ’ . |
| 24 | The families gathered round in a circle , staring down at the remains of their menfolk . |
| 25 | Later , when people got squeamish about that sort of thing , they substituted cats — a dozen or so live cats tied up in a sack . |
| 26 | Two red-legged partridges scurried by in a panic . |
| 27 | Now that we were being treated as human beings , rather than sorry creatures penned up in a basement , we could relax a bit , which gave us a chance to replenish our flagging energies . |
| 28 | The observation windows blew out in a shower of glass . |
| 29 | The child passengers gripped the broom while their arms pumped round in a rhythm , as their imaginary train gathered speed and went racing over the land . |
| 30 | All faces turned to Lucenzo , who stood on a chair , his arms held out in a command for silence . |