Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [noun prp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her mother , who had been fading hitherto , returned to fill the black hole by the kitchen sink or to confront Helen on the stairs , saying smugly that she could have told her all along what to expect . |
| 2 | Corbett nodded and clapped Ranulf on the shoulders . |
| 3 | Fearful of upsetting those of a squeamish nature , I decided that an abrupt change of subject was in order and asked Jennifer about the guitars she was bringing with her to Europe : is she still an Ibanez 540S fan ? |
| 4 | Then they were both laughing , and the little woman , coming up and slapping Joe between the shoulders with such force that he coughed , said , ‘ Do n't look as if you are bein' confronted by a whale . |
| 5 | Their aim was to fight for full independence , and to restore Italy to the rights that had been established under Henry V , Lothar III and Barbarossa 's immediate predecessor Conrad III . |
| 6 | Herbert went to work and visited Clara in the evenings . |
| 7 | Pushing past old Diggory , she swept into the hall , cast one angry glance around , and found Theda on the stairs . |
| 8 | ‘ I know naught of how you came into this plight , girl , and I care little enough , but this I know — you have broken the spell-wall and opened Andernesse to the powers of the dark ! |
| 9 | So I clear my throat and look McDunn in the eyes and say , ‘ All right . |
| 10 | He put on his boots and coat and followed Grace up the stairs . |
| 11 | He , Corbett , had destroyed the conspiracy and sent Alice to the fires at Smithfield . |
| 12 | Rising to his feet , Bob Lamb reached down and taking Martha by the hands , pulled her up . |
| 13 | She sprang up , knocking over her coffee-cup in the process , and clutched Robyn by the shoulders . |
| 14 | An elbow came back and took Pascoe beside the ribs . |
| 15 | Two men in white coats ran in and took Susan by the arms . |
| 16 | ‘ Nice dog , ’ said the blond man , putting back a hand and rubbing Ethel behind the ears . |
| 17 | It 's a new ball game for the scruffy soccer fan , who turned the classics into pop and put Vivaldi in the charts . |
| 18 | He would have been well advised not to drag the name of my hon. and learned Friend through the courts and an undiscriminating press . |
| 19 | In the blink of an eye , Richmann drew the Steyr and shot Henri between the eyes . |
| 20 | Following the extraordinary congress on March 7-10 of the PCI [ see pp. 37330-31 ] , the secretary of the PSI , Bettino Craxi , indicated that the PSI would consider the possibility of working , at some future date , with a reformed and renamed PCI in the interests of establishing a new socialist unity which could provide an alternative potential government alliance . |
| 21 | He was half man and half fish ; because he could live on both land and sea he was created Lord of the World and renamed Bel by the Sumerians . |
| 22 | ‘ Jan , go and help Joseph with the horses , ’ she ordered . |
| 23 | Riley looked up at the tall Scotsman and nudged Ben in the ribs . |
| 24 | At such moments the commentating voice differs sufficiently from Nietzsche 's to make the mode of paraphrase unavailable : The intrusive authorial voice here asks the reader to stand back with him and construe Nietzsche for the purposes of his own argument . |
| 25 | The hair was black , cropped short , the mouth looked like a casket holding mighty documents , and the eyes — the eyes were blue like electric shock-waves and held Lee as the eyes of an O'Toole or Cooper hold the audience when in close-up , like magnets , obliterating backdrops , Chinese plains , crazy broads , plots , accompanying scores , Orson Welles , everything . |