Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fifty or sixty perfect , pointed teeth gleamed between his parted lips . |
| 2 | I also ask you to monitor an any unilateral decision made by your employers and document any changes . |
| 3 | Jenny was in her dressing-gown , her blonde hair tumbled about her face , which was bereft of make-up , the eyes puffy from weeping . |
| 4 | The French several times reneged on their pledges of future autonomy for the Lebanese . |
| 5 | Martin Ward got to his feet , dusting off sand , and they held each others ' eyes for a few moments without speaking . |
| 6 | The CGT failed in its attempt to separate worker and student contingents . |
| 7 | He had n't shaved for a few days and a sickly smell clung to his clothes and hair . |
| 8 | Twice former winner Tony Allcock cruised through his opening match when he beat Jersey 's David Le Marquand 7-3 , 7-2 , 7-1 in the concluding first-round match . |
| 9 | His cries became screams of pain when the branch whipped against his face , causing blood to spurt from his nose , staining his shirt with crimson raindrops . |
| 10 | However , the growing budget deficit and lax credit policies led to its devaluation from parity with the rouble and caused a near breakdown in trade between Ukraine and Russia . |
| 11 | However , his policies led to his being condemned by Schumacher as ‘ the Chancellor of the Allies ’ . |
| 12 | Suspicion kindled in her breast . |
| 13 | Miss Honey got to her feet and walked smartly out of the room , but was back in thirty seconds carrying a thick book . |
| 14 | There was frost on his hair , on the fur of his hood , but soon , as he hacked at the tree , his skin began to glow and a fine , warm moisture gleamed on his face . |
| 15 | The soft , shy fingers quivered in her palms , the half-formed flower of a mouth tasted of the spring and the sun . |
| 16 | Harvey lived with his wife and two children a few miles outside town on the road to Laredo and the Mexican border . |
| 17 | Mr Jemps got on his feet belligerently . |
| 18 | John Hasted , professor of physics at Birkbeck College , University of London , and an investigator of the paranormal , was very wary when told that Shaw and Edwards had been fakers ‘ It 's possible that it 's true , ’ he told New Scientist Asked about his conclusions from his own work he said ‘ I accept that there are , shall we say , pulses of paranormal action which take the form of mini-acoustical shock waves . |
| 19 | His reckless driving at speeds of more than eighty miles an hour led to their deaths in Swindon 's Akers Way . |
| 20 | The deck glowed between his feet . |
| 21 | Koerner examines how artists such as Durer and Baldung Grien registered in their paintings changing attitudes to self in sixteenth-century Germany . |
| 22 | BRITAIN 'S Julia Snell failed in her bid to repeat her silver-medal start to the freestyle skiing World Cup in Tignes , France . |
| 23 | The shocked sense of recognition made her breathless ; her heart fluttered in her breast like the trembling of a captured bird . |
| 24 | ‘ We 're sorry that we teased you — and I promise to wear my blue headband tomorrow , ’ Sophie whispered in her ear . |
| 25 | The police driver asked for her documents but the woman explained , with a pleasant smile that they were at her home nearby . |
| 26 | Battler pawed at his chin . |
| 27 | The PC got in his car and drove off . |
| 28 | Shivering in the morning chill , Kelly got into her car and started the engine . |
| 29 | Kelly got in her car and headed east towards Feltham . |
| 30 | Germaine lived with her mother and Modigliani was courteous and considerate towards the older woman . |