Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was nineteen , the age Maria had been when she had first felt the power of Luke 's attraction , and Maria regarded her with ironic envy , wishing she could have reacted as insouciantly , her awe and admiration as impersonal as Penny 's , Luke confined to some remote pedestal along with other out-of-reach heroes , contact undreamed-of . |
| 2 | May Roberts Rinehart used it to excellent effect in The Circular Staircase . |
| 3 | To begin with Gyggle tried me on sensory deprivation . |
| 4 | ‘ The king my father learned of my regard for yourself from Sir Thomas Vaughan who saw it as his duty to inform him , ’ Edward told her with notable reluctance . |
| 5 | If Alice or Bert filled it with hot water and it leaked causing injury , would either of them have an action ? |
| 6 | Woolley placed her under close arrest for mutiny . |
| 7 | Fairbrother was shuffling reluctantly out of the stone doorway as he returned , and Richard greeted him with sarcastic cheerfulness . |
| 8 | Jake regarded her with superior amusement . |
| 9 | At Dillons , assistant manager Graham Wilson told me with quiet confidence that ‘ at customer service we are good ’ . |
| 10 | Walsh dropped him at long leg off Ambrose on 22 then , at 66 , crucially , David Williams , another first-timer at this level alongside Adams and Benjamin , floored a regulation catch behind , thereby allowing Hudson further demonstrations of a trademark straight drive . |
| 11 | Pears was Boro 's hero when Cambridge put them under fierce pressure in the first half . |
| 12 | At last she reached Broom House and rushed into the surgery , where Helen greeted her with evident relief . |
| 13 | President Zia picked him for prime minister in March 1985 but he was criticised by the opposition for providing a democratic civilian facade to a military dictatorship . |
| 14 | Gestures of this kind were part of the vocabulary of politics ; an astute politician like Philip used them to great effect . |
| 15 | Damian studied her with loving amusement and murmured , ‘ You do n't really believe I would have knelt to you ? |
| 16 | Omi crooked a finger for the waitress who offered the bill with subtle deference , and Omi paid it with subtle superiority . |
| 17 | Important steps in reforming the structure of the economy during June included the launch of a mass privatization scheme , while the position of Yegor Gaidar , who was closely associated with the reform programme , was apparently strengthened when President Boris Yeltsin named him as Prime Minister on June 15 . |
| 18 | Mr. Gordon had persuaded Sir George Phillips , who was a rather crabby old man , to let them use the Park for their meetings , but , all the same , Judy had the feeling that Mr. Gordon did it for Brown Owl and not at all for the Brownies . |
| 19 | ‘ Warton warned me of reciprocal traffic — probably out of the Isle of Man bound for Blackpool . |
| 20 | A decade ago , Kung Fu martial arts films were banned by Zambian cinemas after Kaunda attacked them for encouraging violence amongst youths . |
| 21 | Emily regarded them with cynical appraisal . |
| 22 | Kareem stunned me with calm acceptance of the planned execution of a child , no matter what the crime . |
| 23 | When I expressed my distaste , Gustave interpreted it as mere jealousy . |
| 24 | Asked on News at Ten about attacks on him by Mr Baker and other Tories , Mr Kinnock accused them of negative campaigning . |
| 25 | When Melinda answered him in fluent Arabic , they all looked at her as if they had seen a ghost , bade us goodnight , and melted away into the darkness again . |
| 26 | Australia blinded us with torrential rain and howling gales and somehow two commercials were shot under sizzling arc-lamps , and wildly flapping plastic sheeting . |
| 27 | Claudia considered him with open dislike and lit a cigarette deliberately . |
| 28 | Once or twice Paula teased me about nude swimming , and once she gave me a brief conducted tour of the gardens and the house . |
| 29 | It took another two years before Picker offered it to English director John Schlesinger . |
| 30 | Asquith succeeded him as Prime Minister ; Lloyd George took his place , entering the Cabinet for the first time , as Chancellor of the Exchequer . |