Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ross slowly withdrew his arm from about her shoulders , a muscle beating tightly in his jaw as he rose to his feet and walked across the room to where some bottles and cut-glass decanters stood on a tray . |
| 2 | She 'll swallow that down nice and gently and it 'll coat her tummy and it will gradually work its way through into the bowel and quieten them down as well . |
| 3 | They watched in silence until he came closer , then , as he swooped between the grey walls of the drawbridge and came clattering into the courtyard over cobblestones that were now covered only by a thin film of slush , Marc deliberately removed his arm from around her waist . |
| 4 | The influence of Britain as a nation was probably approaching its peak at about this time ; the British possessions were worldwide ; the British Empire was acclaimed universally ; Queen Victoria was declared Empress of India , and the armed force — particularly the Royal Navy — was much respected , although British Imperialism was distrusted by some , such as the United States of America . |
| 5 | Most of its stars are bluish-white , but there is one red supergiant which stands out ; I can just about detect its colour with × 12 , though admittedly a telescope is needed to show the cluster in its full splendour . |
| 6 | There is , in fact , every indication that Karajan was acutely aware of the temper of the times , though to find evidence of this we do not go to the random rag-bag of recordings he was permitted to make in the early 1940s but to what he immediately turned his mind to with Legge in Vienna in 1947 : Strauss 's Metamorphosen , a recording , still , of unparalleled intensity , and the Brahms German Requiem , a performance ( it was said to be one of Toscanini , s favourite records ) of unbearable directness and poignancy of utterance . |
| 7 | Please lend your support to by writing to Tim Eggar MP , Minister for Energy , Department of Trade & Industry , Ashdown House , 123 Victoria Street , London SW1E 6RB . |
| 8 | Margaret , her face pale with fright , slowly edged her way from behind her desk and began to walk to the front of the class . |