Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pron] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor dreamed her light words echoed on the ear |
| 2 | He wanted footballers to have a respectable place in society , breaking away from their traditional cloth-cap image , and expected his own players to adopt respectable standards of dress and behaviour . |
| 3 | ROOMF ? it said , and lowered its enormous nose to sniff the little hedgehog . |
| 4 | Then she drew him up to her , and lowered her own head to take him in her mouth , her tongue darting out in tender forays at the base of his penis , stroking his belly with her hair as her teeth gently nibbled his manhood . |
| 5 | He flicked the white silk bow undone , his fingers running through it , inciting shivers of heat to flood her skin as he studied her through those hooded lids , and deliberately stroked one long finger down the nape of her neck and lowered his blue eyes to watch her nipples erect in fierce , unwanted response . |
| 6 | Lambert forced his treacherous mind to keep alert , and made his tired eyes keep searching the wastes . |
| 7 | PETER BEARDSLEY last night took revenge on Liverpool and made his wildest dreams come true with an incredible Merseyside derby winner . |
| 8 | She organised a rent strike and got her whole street rehoused . |
| 9 | there were one or two lads in our unit who were sons of er , of er manufacturing , one was er Crawford Biscuits you know , I soldiered with him and I do n't know if you remember er erm , er but anyway , Frank , Frank at Keighley of course when I got , when we got married he , he came up and got us these blankets did n't he ? |
| 10 | Is n't it time that Silver sorted things out and got us some money to buy players even if it means bringing in another board member . |
| 11 | He loped across the bar , swinging his hips to show off his twin Colts , and got his polished pseudoleather boot up on the bar . |
| 12 | And when a ratepayer challenged a local authority 's conduct of its policy to sell council houses and invoked his statutory right to complain to the District Auditor , he was debarred from at the same time pursuing the alternative remedy of applying to the courts for judicial review . |
| 13 | She roared with pain and anger , and used her good arm to send a volley of shots in the direction of the Chelonian . |
| 14 | She put two of the bags down for a rest , and used her free hand to push her dyed black hair back from her eyes . |
| 15 | She yelled ‘ Continuous ! ’ to the blaster and used her free hand to adjust the beam . |
| 16 | She soon realised that there was a lack of pattern designs for this machine and used her artistic talents to create designs of her own . |
| 17 | Whetstone , a rash and much younger man , proved contemptuous of the admiral 's authority and used his political connections to undermine it . |
| 18 | He had a punk haircut and used his right knee to drive down the middle of the road . |
| 19 | in the most efficient groups the supervisor assumed the leadership role and used his supervisory talents to get the best out of his group . |
| 20 | We extracted light-curves from archival data using the Exosat data-base system on the Leicester University Starlink node , and used our own techniques to estimate the power spectrum and fit models . |
| 21 | ‘ An erotic expression of the soul through the body ! ’ drawled Damian Flint with a sardonic smile , and bent his dark head to kiss Jenny 's hand . |
| 22 | ‘ I love you ! ’ he said shakingly , and bent his dark head to kiss her , desire flaring between them , relief mingling sweetly with it , their mouths clinging and their arms round each other obsessively , twining together like bindweeds on that hot terrace with the scarlet bougainvillaea trailing down the dusty cliffs and the sea glittering turquoise beyond . |
| 23 | Tony was right behind her and bent his blond head to kiss her smiling mouth . |
| 24 | One enterprising young man gathered 60 ration books into his brief-case and persuaded an RCAF pilot , due for a recognizance flight that day , to fly him several hundred miles across the provincial border to Atlin , B.C. At the friendly invitation of those concerned I went along for the ride and helped my energetic friends load five cases of Johnny Walker , which we transported back to Whitehorse well in time for a Saturday night party . |
| 25 | He had more practical ideas ; on Mondays , he invited the schools and booked his best musicians to talk , sing and play . |
| 26 | His instincts finally rang the bell and told him this man had more than a casual interest in what might be going on downstairs . |
| 27 | The skinhead looked up and noticed his new adversary coming to the rescue of the hapless businessman , who was feebly cringing on the ground . |
| 28 | And they stabbed at him and caused his whole body to tremble as if in shame because , in a way , he knew she was right : his inadequacy to face his future was there for even himself to see ; he had considered volunteering in order to avoid the responsibility of making the choice either of going to University to read for a degree in English Literature or of just plumping for a teacher 's training college course . |
| 29 | No doubt something else had diverted his attention , and afforded him another cue to spread confusion everywhere around him . |
| 30 | She even invested money in South Africa , listened and learnt what these men had to say . |