Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She guessed Ben lived mostly in the kitchen , cooking neatly and painstakingly for himself . |
| 2 | " Dinner is served , Madam , " Twomey announced quietly from the doorway . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | WC apps : 1st time Costa Rica qualified early from the Concacaf play-offs , leaving the rest to fight it out among themselves . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Mrs Healy moved away like a ship under full sail . |
| 11 | Mr Reed rose quickly through the bank , becoming an assistant director in 1976 and a director in 1979 , before being appointed head of the corporate finance department in 1984 . |
| 12 | Doyle moved quickly along the gardens , crouching slightly , eyes keen for movement , heart beginning to pump . |
| 13 | As Liz called softly that she was standing by , Doyle moved quickly across the road , his gun drawn and ready . |
| 14 | Doyle moved further up the road , and glanced up at the bedroom windows . |
| 15 | TOP seed Gabriela Sabatini moved comfortably into the semi-finals of the Virginia Slims of Houston tournament , dropping just three games against the unseeded Sandra Cecchini . |
| 16 | Chris Curran headed home from a Gary Himsworth free kick to seal a 2–2 draw for Scarborough . |
| 17 | On the 20th of March Katherine and Beatrice dined together at the Closerie des Lilas . |
| 18 | Bathsheba moved rapidly behind a tree to avoid him . |
| 19 | Minnis decided to do something for others who might similarly be afflicted which resulted in the Kenilworth Club and the PGL contributing annually to a fund . |
| 20 | The concern for the future of the Deutschmark within the EEC erupted belatedly in the Bundestag in early October 1992 ; at the insistence of an all-party committee , the Parliament pressed for a second opportunity to ratify stage 3 of the Maastricht Treaty before the Deutschmark became irrevocably part of the Single Currency . |
| 21 | Ian cares passionately about the Church . |
| 22 | That was a time when the proudest moment of Denis 's young life had been being brought by his mother to Fitzgerald 's Park to see his father , brave and bold and handsome in his dress uniform , standing firmly to attention with his company as His Majesty King Edward VII — who seemed to Denis like a huge teapot with his cigar puffing steam like a spout — and Queen Alexandra moved sedately among the flower displays at the Great Cork Exhibition . |
| 23 | An open copy of Nell McAfferty lies helplessly in the doorway . |
| 24 | Lefevre peered behind into the darkness . |
| 25 | Frau Nordern moved uneasily on the bed . |
| 26 | Nutty shouted imperiously at the pony , and then encouraged him in a sing-song voice , ‘ Trot on , trot on , one two , one two . ’ |
| 27 | Silently , Kirov moved away from the table and began to walk slowly down the street . |
| 28 | Moving as quietly as possible on the gravel , Patrick moved away from the kitchen , and then continued on until he came level with the basement windows . |
| 29 | I do n't want Matt to struggle alone with the barbecue — and that 's precisely what he 'll do if I 'm not there . ’ |
| 30 | Like a wrung cloth , Jessica peered palely from the casement for the last time , she told herself . |