Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was aware of the cicadas buzzing in the heat of the day , of the sweet smell of pine trees and jasmine , her own heart thudding dully against her ribcage . |
| 2 | She stared at the fierce pain in his eyes , her heart thudding dully in her chest . |
| 3 | She paused for breath , her heart thudding painfully against her ribs . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes … ! ’ he said deeply , and then his mouth closed over hers , burningly sensual as his hands moved slowly up to tunnel into her thick black hair , and as her mouth opened beneath his the hunger swept them both again , their breathing quickening as the kiss took fire and his mouth was fierce , hot , demanding , his hands moving over her body as she heard his heart thudding violently at his chest , and she knew she was in danger of losing her mind with the sweet , hot rush of excitement . |
| 5 | They went on kissing , falling against the lift wall , Damian 's hard thigh thrust between hers as he lifted her , her heart thudding violently at his chest , moving his hard body against her soft , arching female body while she moaned hoarsely . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't fight me , ’ he said huskily , face flushed and eyes glittering like blue needles as he held on to her easily , his mouth burying in her hair , his heart thudding hard at his strong chest . |
| 7 | Donna sat back in her seat , her heart thudding hard against her ribs . |
| 8 | Paige felt her heart thudding wildly in her chest , but it was her aunt who spoke first . |
| 9 | Among the sea anemones sticking limply to the rocks exposed at low tide , there are , almost everywhere in the world , rather different lumps of jelly . |
| 10 | times He 'll have good times Goin' oot on the randan But |
| 11 | Under the long curling hair hanging lankly over the driver 's neck , Howard has noticed , is a tumour the size of a sparrow 's egg . |
| 12 | When I knocked at another door , it was opened by a tall , thin man , with long , dirty hair hanging down to his shoulders . |
| 13 | Foremost among his parishioners were Watkin the dung-collector and his wife , a woman built like a battering ram , hard-faced , with iron grey hair hanging down to her shoulders . |
| 14 | ‘ You always leave your hair hanging down like a hippy too , ’ he continued . |
| 15 | His wife lay there so limp , so insubstantial , her black hair hanging down like the tail of a whipped animal and one white hand clutching his sleeve as though it were her only hold on life . |
| 16 | This woman I 'd never seen , darker than me , darker than mum , my height but four times as big every other way , her hair hanging down in a big shaggy mane that looked as if she cut it herself once a year , big wooden earrings in her ears and a dress down to the floor with embroidery all over it and her feet stuffed into ugly shoes that were made of leather She told us that She wanted us to admire them , because this was a big day for her , Auntie Muriel had got dressed up to come to the city and see her sister and her sister 's child . |
| 17 | Her heart tumbling about like a circus clown , and suddenly breathless , she said , ‘ I thought you were out . ’ |
| 18 | She took it all in , her heart thumping discordantly in her throat as she stared at him . |
| 19 | Paige sat up , ice in her stomach , her heart thumping sickeningly in her chest . |
| 20 | There was a heavy silence and Alyssia could feel her heart thumping heavily in her chest . |
| 21 | In the deafening silence inside the gallery she could hear her heart thumping madly against her ribs . |
| 22 | His lip was torn , a flap of skin hanging uselessly from it . |
| 23 | Tsu Ma went across and stood there , one foot resting lightly on the tiled lip of the well as he looked back across the valley towards the south . |
| 24 | But on this day , an unusually cloudless Sunday late in October , I had travelled from Cornwall ; the train was two hours late , and I rushed , humping my case , past the mute crowds gazing up at the information board , towards the taxi rank . |
| 25 | his great jaw hanging down like an open hatch . |
| 26 | A tawny giant with shoulders and arms like a blacksmith 's , he had lean hips , more freckles than a gull 's egg , a snub nose , sleepy honey-coloured eyes , Bart 's pugnacious jaw and red-gold hair sticking up like a Dandy brush . |
| 27 | His fingers found her most sensitive spot and touched with feather-lightness again and again , until she was wriggling against him , her hair sticking wildly around her face . |
| 28 | She looked grotesque , a little ridiculous , with thin clumps of hair sticking out of her mouth as if she was munching . |
| 29 | He looked down at Tom 's heavy brown ankle boots , his thick navy overcoat and the green corduroy cap with the tufts of white hair sticking out at either side . |
| 30 | The man in white is thin and wiry with flashing black eyes and black hair sticking out from under the cap , wild looking . |