Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [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 | 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 . |
| 7 | She loved the hot stews that Minton produced out of the oven when they returned from the pub . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Dan got up from the breakfast bar . |
| 12 | Cecilia got on to the platform . |
| 13 | WC apps : 1st time Costa Rica qualified early from the Concacaf play-offs , leaving the rest to fight it out among themselves . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Kolchinsky was waiting in the foyer when Whitlock got back to the hotel . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ Go for the girl , ’ ordered Randy Sherwood , as South Sussex rode on to the field . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In the 3rd division Hereford got off to a flyer against Chesterfield at Edgar Street . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Mrs Healy moved away like a ship under full sail . |
| 24 | Lisa sank back against the sofa , despair rushing through her . |
| 25 | The VW drew up at the pumps about twenty minutes later . |
| 26 | When Stirling found out about the plan in which his unit was to be involved , he was even more furious . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Doyle moved quickly along the gardens , crouching slightly , eyes keen for movement , heart beginning to pump . |
| 29 | As Liz called softly that she was standing by , Doyle moved quickly across the road , his gun drawn and ready . |
| 30 | Doyle moved further up the road , and glanced up at the bedroom windows . |