Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | With his shorts flapping around his knees and his wispy , thinning hair he was almost a caricature of a footballer , but Wally could mesmerise his opposing full-back or swerve past him at a deceptive pace , before putting across an accurate , teasing centre . |
| 2 | The point is that many an insect was saved by an exceedingly slight resemblance to a twig or a leaf or a fall of dung , on occasions when it was far away from a predator , or on occasions when the predator was looking at it at dusk , or looking at it through a fog , or looking at it while distracted by a receptive female . |
| 3 | caravans , watercraft or hovercraft owned by the Insured Person or hired by him/her under a hire purchase agreement ; |
| 4 | We can not literally weigh religious truth-claims or look at them through a micro- scope . |
| 5 | You probably do not — because of denial — but it would be helpful initially to do the following self-assessment or go through it with a counsellor : The " drugs " of addictive " family disease " are self-denial and caretaking . |
| 6 | The accompaniment sounds very well when it is hummed , with perhaps a few words here and there while the solo part rests , or to join with it at a point of culmination . |
| 7 | So the simplest method of disconnecting the pipes is to saw through them or to cut through them with a pipe cutter . |
| 8 | But Protestant orthodoxy in the generations after the Reformation had inclined to treat the Bible in a rather hardened and absolute fashion , and to search in it for a wider range of information than the Reformers were looking for . |
| 9 | Her thin denim jacket was sodden and clung to her like a wet tea towel . |
| 10 | " Will you come and stay with me for a while ? " she asked gently . |
| 11 | We went in to the University and met up with Ian Jamieson , who invited us to come and stay with them for a few days . |
| 12 | For a while Elaine was cared for by young volunteers who used to come and stay with her for a few months at a time . |
| 13 | Topaz found herself praying to a God to whom she did n't quite believe that Andrew would agree and stay with her for a while . |
| 14 | But as usual I affected a supreme unconcern , and floated past them with a sway of the hips that was a touch exaggerated . |
| 15 | In order to see things as the Trobrianders saw them , he joined their communities , learned their language , and lived among them as a member , noting and recording his observations in preparation for writing about them later : |
| 16 | He growled and gibbered at them like a witch-hare and those nearest to him fell back in fear . |
| 17 | During their ‘ strange relationship ’ , Bryan had shot his friend in the chest with a crossbow , hit him on the head with a medieval mace and slashed at him with a sword , the judge heard . |
| 18 | ‘ He stands and looks at them for a long time . |
| 19 | She is on excellent terms with all the regular guests , and looks after them in a way which is almost maternal . |
| 20 | Now and then she lifted an eyeglass up and peered through it for a moment , and , evidently finding it useless at this distance , let it fall again , shaking her head in a frustrated way . |
| 21 | and trading with them as a happier and satisfied customer . |
| 22 | Except on that one occasion when she lost her temper and shouted at him like a fishwife in front of her husband . |
| 23 | ‘ For cutting animals up and disposing of them in a public place . ’ |
| 24 | Then she was giving him her mouth again so that he might swallow the choked cries of pleasure rising from her throat as the frenzy claimed her once more , and a little later she was thrashing against him , pleading hoarsely for his possession , until Luke held her down and sank into her with a harsh groan . |
| 25 | ‘ Dr Neil ? ’ she said , turning and bobbing at him like a proper servant , a manoeuvre which amused him , so that his lips twitched at the unlikely sight — it was so much at odds with her determined personality . |
| 26 | He was for going on at once , but I would stay ; so he said he would return to Mullinavat and wait for me in a bar there . |
| 27 | Now calm down , and listen to me for a minute . |
| 28 | Listen , listen to me , when it 's finished , instead of putting it in the box we 'll put it on that other one and listen to it for a wee while |
| 29 | Tock was striking at the cogs at the top of the pole , banging the machinery and shouting at it like a crazy old man . |
| 30 | As they stepped out from behind the tree , a figure , walking rapidly and glancing back over his shoulder , stepped off the pavement a few yards up and came at them on a collision course . |