Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least now he 's surrounded by people who encourage and inspire him , who kick his arse , help him write songs and drag him out of the isolated , uncreative lethargy he easily slips into . |
| 2 | It 's like I took a completed album of all kinds of different songs and threw it up in the air and it came crashing down . |
| 3 | Dad marched over , pulled my hands out of my ears and forced them down to my sides . |
| 4 | There 's one thing , best shot 's he played in that innings down at Hove and it was a short boundary , it was a good deal shorter , in fact this one we have here at Lord 's in this match , is a six over cover off good old Lester Piggott who was steaming downhill there at Hove all arms and legs and eased him over for six . |
| 5 | It collects these flakes with the brush near the end of its hind legs and passes them forward to its mouth where it kneads them with saliva . |
| 6 | He ordered Rose to take one of Effie 's legs and lift it on to her shoulders , and McAllister the other , to make it easier for him to help the insistent baby on its way . |
| 7 | ‘ If it 's a fight you want , ’ he said thickly , catching her kicking legs and lifting her violently in his arms , ‘ you 've got it ! ’ |
| 8 | The other Rex put his hands to the long table-top , tore it from its legs and cast it away into the darkness . |
| 9 | He then took the rope through her front and back legs and tied it firmly to the back bumper of the Mercedes , which Angel had backed into the yard . |
| 10 | Only when he was naked did he take the edge of the covers and draw them gently off her body . |
| 11 | Yes , I think really it 's a er , faulty gene in the system and no matter how men hate women , the majority of men really like women other than perhaps envy , or jealousy , or women earning more than their husbands and throwing it back in them , in their face , but the main subject , the main point to me is , there is a faulty ge gene in their system and there 's no way you will eradicate that ! |
| 12 | The Sergeants would take us for training sessions and escort us over to our meals , but it was the Corporals who governed our lives . |
| 13 | Then he smiled into her eyes and lowered her slowly to her feet . |
| 14 | I had to be at his side as he opened his eyes and saw me there in my lonely vigil … |
| 15 | Claudia woke up slowly , opening her eyes and closing them immediately against the light that poured in through long narrow windows . |
| 16 | This man 's joy at his team 's win greatly tempered his reaction at being jabbed in the chest by a vigorous old Irish American , but even he had to retaliate when Uncle Mick pulled his cap down over his eyes and shoved him back in his seat . |
| 17 | He took off his spectacles and polished them thoughtfully with a red snuff-handkerchief . |
| 18 | Rounding the bend from the top path down towards the stable she was brandishing a stick , beating the cows ' dripping rumps and cursing them aloud for refusing to hurry . |
| 19 | What species of idiot , he wondered , had found it fun to murder them , cut off their heads and use them instead of wallpaper ? |
| 20 | ‘ I thought I 'd shoot a hole in their heads and mail 'em back to their bossman . ’ |
| 21 | In one lightning movement the two fishermen picked up two pails of stinking fish heads and flung them lovingly at the Lionisers ' feet . |
| 22 | The rise of the Greens had placed the SPD in a difficult position , in that any attempt to capture moderate votes might alienate existing party supporters and drive them over to the Greens . |
| 23 | He unzipped the holdall , took out a couple of Boyt shoulder holsters and dropped them on to the table before delving into the holdall again for two handguns carefully wrapped in strips of green cloth . |
| 24 | We count the florid banknotes and hand them over across the desk . |
| 25 | She spoke rather absently for she was remembering a vase of stiff-looking artificial flowers of an unknown species , seen fleetingly in a funeral director 's window , which now overlaid her memory of the bright Kensington shops and brought her back to the reality of her life in North London . |
| 26 | Bees collect it in great baskets on their thighs and take it back to their hives for immediate consumption or for turning into pollen bread which is an essential food for their developing young . |
| 27 | By promoting economic aspects and bringing them out into the open for everyone to see , we are contributing towards better informed decisions on the part of prescribers and policy makers alike . ’ |
| 28 | Taking all her words and throwing them back at her in silly high voices . |
| 29 | Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time . |
| 30 | I liked those words and repeated them often to myself . |