Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adjusters reports should be carefully checked and any omissions or queries referred back to the Adjuster . |
| 2 | Black is the usual choice , but a stippled grey/black/green or brown/green/black dabbed on with a sponge gives an interesting effect . |
| 3 | On winter days the thin spirals of blue smoke were particularly visible , although , in fact , you could see them on most days save when heavy rain , snow , or mist came down like a curtain over everything except the immediate slope of the hill and its scattered beeches . |
| 4 | A wren or robin scrambled about in a clump of thorns and seemed to be scolding . |
| 5 | Although , long before Johnson , Daniel Defoe found Elgin ‘ a very agreeable place to live in ’ — those gentry not wishing to venture as far as Edinburgh or London came in from the Highlands for the winter — Elgin 's time came later : a half-century after our heroes ' visit , it became a little classical Victorian market town whose streets and suburbs echoed Edinburgh 's New Town in elegance and spaciousness . |
| 6 | Normally , individual officers or employees singled out by the criticism will additionally have an action : in Lewis v Daily Telegraph , for example , both the company and its managing director were plaintiffs . |
| 7 | ‘ Inscrutable bastard , ’ Bodie said , as he and Doyle walked back to the car . |
| 8 | He broke off abruptly , and Doyle glanced round as the sleepy shape of Stone 's young son , Nick , entered the room . |
| 9 | A pheasant squawked and birds burst out of the trees . |
| 10 | The massive shoulders and chest tapered down to the lean cowboy hips and long legs . |
| 11 | Shot and shell rained in on the village , orchard and chateau grounds , tearing up the earth , smashing roofs and rafters , but causing little in the way of casualties . |
| 12 | The baby was now cleaned up and Sarah looked down into the bluest eyes she had ever seen . |
| 13 | Some nights , me and Sarah went down to the ocean with a few flasks |
| 14 | The slide of bodies bathed in perspiration ceased as Luke shuddered and stilled momentarily before moving to kneel over her , surveying her with glittering eyes , his shadow cast over her , and Maria fell back against the pillows with a hoarse sob , wordlessly pleading with him to end the torment , aching for him , needing to feel him inside her , hating him for prolonging her agony like this and resenting the control that enabled him to do it . |
| 15 | To mark the occasion ULSS staff past and present met up for an evening . |
| 16 | In every Legion Regiment , the English-speaking people stuck together in tight groups , drinking together , socialising together and looking after each other ; Australians , South Africans and Canadians joined in with the club , which evolved its own codes of conduct and unspoken rules of behaviour . |
| 17 | He was dialling when Miles and Frances came in from the kitchen . |
| 18 | On these mornings her freckled face was blanched , and she sat motionless at the breakfast table , staring sightlessly into a cup of cold , wrinkle-skinned coffee , while her long red hair gradually slithered out of the nest of twists she had knotted it into , and hairgrips pinged out over the floor and the table around her . |
| 19 | They changed roles , and Lucie climbed up on the playmaster 's shoulders , his weight hardly bending Garvey 's back . |
| 20 | This ‘ Winnie the War Winner ’ was made from two 109-sets , parts from the plantation manager 's receiver collected by Bill Baldwin , and bits and bobs laid out in a contraption of wires and valves around a room 10 feet square ( 3m² ; ) . |
| 21 | Clearly everyone was in festive mood despite the recession , and bidding got off to a brisk start : |
| 22 | Her older brother and sister found out about the situation and teased her unmercifully . |
| 23 | But coaching and plans went out of the window . |
| 24 | They are not necessarily the cheapest but can sometimes offer a package deal supplying all requirements from a single source with own stock and products bought in for the purpose . |
| 25 | He has taken it in response to the pressure and fight put up by the ‘ homelands Chief Ministers ’ — Buthelezi and Co . |
| 26 | Adele turned away , apparently satisfied , and Isabel shrank back on the bench , half hidden by Adele 's body as the other girl leaned forward to hear what was going on . |
| 27 | Once the ale was finished , Bessie and Edgebone went back into the house to go to bed . |
| 28 | Agatha fainted , and Sophie ran out of the house . |
| 29 | You will be taught about hazards both in the classroom and on the wards and should always adhere to procedures and policies laid down for the safety of patients and yourself . |
| 30 | Its tough pale grass grows on mud and clinker dredged up from the docks . |