Example sentences of "draw [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jessamy stopped drawing for a few moments . |
| 2 | Smith drew for a 4 at the first . |
| 3 | In the sixth the Scots lay five when Yoda drew through a fine port to the centre of the house to count one . |
| 4 | His brows drew into a grim frown and immediately she wished the words unsaid as he dragged a hand wearily across his forehead . |
| 5 | Twice she was in the very act , loaded fork in her hand , when her breathing quickened , her mouth drew into a forbidding shiver of disgust , and she waited for the next signal to come round . |
| 6 | As soon as the lights were in their favour they turned left , and after a short distance he cut the engine and they drew into a wooden landing-stage . |
| 7 | Corbett returned to his cell , carefully bolted the door and drew from a large leather pouch , parchment , pumice-stone , inkhorn , quill pens , a long thin razor-edged knife and a wad of red sealing-wax . |
| 8 | In Edna O'Brien 's A Pagan Place , which followed Veterans at the Royal Court in 1972 , Eyre drew from a 16-year-old school girl called Veronica Quilligan , who had never acted before , a performance of exquisite subtlety and emotional truth . |
| 9 | Then , as slowly and deliberately as before , Macmillan drew from an inside pocket of his coat a smallish piece of paper and raised it to within a couple of inches of his right eye . |
| 10 | She drew from an enormous hold-all an array of archaeological cakes and buns , and displayed them with pride . |
| 11 | Matthew 's theory drew upon a long tradition of applying evolutionism to the problems of biogeography begun by the first Darwinians . |
| 12 | While ‘ planning ’ in these various guises seemed to find its moment in the Second World War , it also drew upon a long evolution of social and political thought which stretched back to before the Great War . |
| 13 | As we have noted , the Celtic Church drew upon a broad spectrum of texts beyond Rome 's sphere of influence — Nazarean texts , Nestorian texts , Priscillianist texts , Gnostic and Manichaean texts , books of both Judaic and ‘ Christian ’ apocrypha . |
| 14 | It drew upon a general concern to reduce the working day ; then , with renewed confidence , attempts were made to extend the struggle by forcing a closed shop . |
| 15 | Matthew drew upon a long-standing belief that the flora and fauna of Eurasia were dominant over those of the rest of the world and combined this with the paleontologist 's theory of the periodic explosion of new types at certain points in the fossil record . |
| 16 | And then , as Caspar drew in a shocked gasp , ‘ Caspar , what 's in there ? ’ |
| 17 | She walked over to the rail and leant her forearms on it as she stared across the river , and drew in a shuddery little breath , hating the fact that Luke could make her so aware of him with just a look . |
| 18 | She drew in a shuddery breath , praying she had n't gone too far and alerted him . |
| 19 | Tammuz drew in a shuddering breath and glanced at the computer blinking serenely behind them . |
| 20 | He drew in a shuddering breath . |
| 21 | Her chest still heaving , she drew in a gasping breath . |
| 22 | ‘ It makes you look rakish , ’ she decided , and drew in a ragged breath as she encountered a smouldering look in his eyes . |
| 23 | She heard sounds from the kitchen and she drew in a sharp breath , Craig must have returned . |
| 24 | She drew in a sharp breath . |
| 25 | Lindsey drew in a sharp breath . |
| 26 | Rose drew in a sharp breath . |
| 27 | Her voice shattered , and she drew in a tremulous breath . |
| 28 | Piper drew in a relieved breath as the wind fell . |
| 29 | She drew in a great sharp breath which shook her shoulders , then wiped the old man 's chin with a cloth . |
| 30 | Jessica drew in a great breath of cool air . |