Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | By nine that morning they were parked on a side-street off Tottenham Court Road , Bodie at the wheel of the Capri , Doyle slouched down in the passenger seat , idly , almost cursorily , watching the heavy flow of traffic up towards Warren Street . |
2 | She guessed Ben lived mostly in the kitchen , cooking neatly and painstakingly for himself . |
3 | " Dinner is served , Madam , " Twomey announced quietly from the doorway . |
4 | Ben got away to a lightning start and won in a blazing 10.06 seconds ; Chidi ( not going to Scotland ) was second , and I was some way back in third place with 10.32 seconds . |
5 | William gazed out of the window as they drove through what used to be called The Village and was now just another suburban shopping centre . |
6 | Muir , omitted from the event last year after an administrative error , needed just 15 ends to help heal the wounds as he sent New Zealand 's Gary Lawson tumbling out of the championship . |
7 | When Sarah got back to the attic bedroom in Newcastle Place the first thing she did was open the window , letting in damp , wintry air . |
8 | She loved the hot stews that Minton produced out of the oven when they returned from the pub . |
9 | Blair crept down to the bank whilst I rehearsed various reasons to explain why he had not caught the trout : lack of experience , bad casting technique . |
10 | Maggie was about to protest that talking to Roger and Luke did not qualify as lurking , but Roger made off with a bottle in each hand and Luke had vanished again . |
11 | ‘ John saw Ivor Horfitz 's son Jason hanging around outside the weighing-room at Newmarket yesterday and had a word with him . ’ |
12 | As Mr Crump meandered away on a line his wife had drawn for him and in which he half-believed , John-Augustus recalled vividly a discussion he had overheard in the stable-yard earlier that morning . |
13 | Dan got up from the breakfast bar . |
14 | Cecilia got on to the platform . |
15 | WC apps : 1st time Costa Rica qualified early from the Concacaf play-offs , leaving the rest to fight it out among themselves . |
16 | Earlier she had listened intently as a statement by Cheshires commanding officer Lt Col Bob Stewart read out at the hearing told how L/Cpl Edwards ' killer had not been traced . |
17 | Kolchinsky was waiting in the foyer when Whitlock got back to the hotel . |
18 | He invited Patrick to sit down in the hall and took him in detail through events from the moment the car had stopped in front of the house . |
19 | Philippa got up from the chair she had brought into the kitchen , went to take the cloth from Lee 's lap , decided against it , and started to wipe up the insidious liquid with tissues . |
20 | This in turn encouraged Samsonov to drive farther to the west than originally intended , before turning northward , in the hope of encircling even greater numbers of Germans . |
21 | ‘ Go for the girl , ’ ordered Randy Sherwood , as South Sussex rode on to the field . |
22 | Then MARK GOODIER clangs along with The Wedding Present , Number Six escapes to London — or does he ? — in THE PRISONER and America 's finest living poet and ‘ reformed ’ coke head storms Las Vegas in SMOKEY ROBINSON IN CONCERT . |
23 | Following their Olympic collision in the 3,000 metres , Decker Slaney tumbled out of the race in tears and Budd-Pieterse — running for Britain — finished seventh . |
24 | In the 3rd division Hereford got off to a flyer against Chesterfield at Edgar Street . |
25 | Mr Shiratori rose rapidly through the ranks : in 1971 he joined AA 's worldwide partnership and three years later was made managing partner of the Japanese operations . |
26 | At the sound of her mother 's voice , faint but even at this distance still accusing , away down there on the snow-covered lawn , Alexandra drew away from the window into the shadows of the room behind . |
27 | Rolling and scrambling to his feet , Trent charged blindly across the clearing and into the undergrowth , holding up his bound hands to protect his eyes . |
28 | How would a united Germany fit in with the attempt through the Helsinki process to end the division of Europe ? ; and , would the new Germany take into account the interests of others in concluding a European peace settlement ? |
29 | Mrs Healy moved away like a ship under full sail . |
30 | Lisa sank back against the sofa , despair rushing through her . |