Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Doyle moved quickly along the gardens , crouching slightly , eyes keen for movement , heart beginning to pump . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | There 's a great physicality to it , like when Lee 's bro Neil biffs away at the drums during ‘ Failure ’ . |
| 5 | While Loopy Lil and Mrs Hollidaye were organizing tea , Dot walked slowly round the gardens , dragging her shoes through crunchy heaps of left-behind snow . |
| 6 | A leader without a party to go to , he nods and winks his way through the set crammed with seaside singalongs , while brother Scott grins cheesily at the girls during a knockabout ‘ Theme From The New Avengers ’ . |
| 7 | A leader without a party to go to , he nods and winks his way through the set crammed with seaside singalongs , while brother Scott grins cheesily at the girls during a knockabout ‘ Theme From The New Avengers ’ . |
| 8 | Chelsea continued to dominate with Graham Stuart and Dennis Wise running dangerously at the visitors ' defence . |
| 9 | Hawkins looked briefly at the signals again . |
| 10 | Bernice looked again at the bones . |
| 11 | Kathleen went heavily down the stairs . |
| 12 | Andy died quickly under the wheels of the Volvo . |
| 13 | In the sixteenth century , St Teresa of Avila complained bitterly of the perils of the parlour in her fashionable convent , where the nuns practically ran a salon ! |
| 14 | Psychological counselling may help accident victims like Richard Eaton cope better with the flashbacks . |
| 15 | In this construction , gleaned from a close reading over a range of texts , Modleski comes close to the guidelines offered by Mills and Boon themselves : |
| 16 | Five minutes before the end of the first-half Danny Kaleopa scored again for the Samoans , but Greg Townsend kicked a penalty in the last minute of the half to reduce the Samoans ' advantage to four points at 12–8 . |
| 17 | Ivy crept slowly up the walls before the house had even noticed she was there . |
| 18 | Dominic crept carefully down the stairs , keeping a tight hold on the gleaming mahogany banister . |
| 19 | They noted too that Scotland contributed fully to the costs of all network programmes while seeing only 94 per cent of them , and paid a full share for network radio despite patchy reception in some areas . |
| 20 | Guruji looks inquiringly at the companions . |
| 21 | Then , still without speaking , Mr Dakin moved unhurriedly between the cows and a faint chink of metal sounded as he fastened the chain around Blossom 's neck . |
| 22 | Alone , in the eternal light of his timeless Prison , Fergus winced away from the memories , and then , with sudden resolve , turned about and faced them . |
| 23 | The little hamlet of San Felice lies virtually at the gates of Siena . |
| 24 | Rose helped Maggie to write away for the forms and then to fill in the forms when they came . |
| 25 | The use of jadeite amulets for renal complaints in seventeenth-century England stemmed ultimately from the Aztecs , whose use of the material for this purpose aroused the interest of their Spanish conquerors and , as we have seen , gave rise to the word jade . |
| 26 | A hushed , sleeping stillness had long since settled like a heavy blanket over the place , but Lissa stirred quietly in the depths of the armchair . |
| 27 | The people of Wester Ross depend greatly on the trains for travel and supplies , and would be even more isolated without them ; moreover , the railway proves a most enjoyable crossing of the Highlands scenically and is very popular with visitors . |
| 28 | In the last ‘ Ashes ’ series in July England lost heavily to the Australians . |
| 29 | Kevin Keen worked tirelessly for the Londoners and Alvin Martin was prominent in defence despite the heavy scoreline . |
| 30 | Llanelli struggled initially in the scrums but Evans , on the loose head , eventually countered Mustoe 's awkward scrummaging technique . |