Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mestizo looked up to see Trent watching him . |
| 2 | Most of the publications which are likely to be interested in using pictures like these do not use colour photographs , so there is no point in wasting money taking them . |
| 3 | DARLINGTON Conservatives say they are pleased with election canvassing returns showing they have the support of half the townspeople they contacted . |
| 4 | He caught the wide , levelled eyes watching him with the first faint shadow of doubt and disquiet , almost distaste , and laughed shortly . |
| 5 | Barely noticing the brief , sharp moment of pain as her flesh yielded to his , she was caught up in a maelstrom of whirling sensations , the hard , pulsating rhythm drawing her down into an emotional whirlpool , before her body was suddenly racked by shuddering convulsions of a pleasure so incredibly intense that it was almost too much to bear . |
| 6 | That Bernard had broken noses defending her to his chauvinistic schoolmates . |
| 7 | Beth stood before him now , a dignified creature , her slim shapely figure taut with anger , her wild brown hair loose to her shoulders , and her dark flashing eyes daring him . |
| 8 | Her plot is high-flown twaddle : dazzling romantic novelist with immense fortune has difficulty dividing it between three even more dazzling and successful granddaughters ; devilishly attractive villain and many scenes in many beds . |
| 9 | However , where any person holds proxies requiring him to vote for the appointment of himself as trustee , he may use those proxies and vote accordingly ( r 8.6(1) ) . |
| 10 | It was bright , with house-plants , posters of pop stars and cartoons and in one corner there even appeared to be a hamster or a gerbil in a cage , but as Rachel looked around she caught David watching her carefully . |
| 11 | They found Bowler screaming she had stabbed her husband and produced a knife from the kitchen which she said she had used . |
| 12 | He did n't need help placing them — the police have so many interesting in-house magazines with pictures of stolen objets d'art and jokes and stories in the back . |
| 13 | Knox was invited to return ; but when he reached Dieppe , he found messages telling him that the time was not ripe . |
| 14 | I 'd forgotten Josie saying it was er you know it was a wardrobe . |
| 15 | The hormone progestogen taken regularly every day at the same time causes changes making it difficult for sperm to enter the womb or for the womb to accept a fertilised egg . |
| 16 | Fingerprints found in the car , say the prosecution , led to Bryant and Cunliffe being arrested in Derby , where officers found evidence linking them to both robberies . |
| 17 | One note of warning : if you think of Sherlock Holmes as being an historical figure ( and it 's hard not to , so lifelike was Conan Doyle 's portrayal ) do n't try to write stories bringing him to life again . |
| 18 | Whatever the means by which they were transported to their present location , many evolutionists agreed that species must undergo changes adapting them to the local environment . |
| 19 | as if that was not shocking enough , we later on found Derek giving us a learned address on the provenance and composition of La Bohème . |
| 20 | Pray and write if you sense God directing you to encourage Donna ; please get in contact through me . |
| 21 | " Girl I knew — Holy Roman she was , Irish — she used to say God thought it up as a joke , and when he found people taking it serious instead of laughing , he was so put out he made it a sin . |
| 22 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that since it was the business of estate agents to act for numerous principals , several of whom might be competing and whose interests would conflict , a term was to be implied in the contract with such an agent that he was entitled to act for other principals selling similar properties and to keep confidential information obtained from each principal and that the agent 's fiduciary duty was determined by the contract of agency ; that since the plaintiff knew that the defendants would be acting for other vendors of comparable properties and would receive confidential information from them , the agency contract could not have included terms requiring them to disclose that confidential information to him , or precluding them from acting for rival vendors , or from trying to earn commission on the sale of another vendor 's property ; and that , accordingly , although the purchaser 's interest in acquiring both properties was material information which could have affected negotiations for the sale price of the plaintiff 's house , the defendants were not in breach of their duty in failing to inform the plaintiff of the agreement to buy the adjacent house , which was confidential to the owner thereof , and the defendants ' financial interest in that sale did not give rise to a breach of fiduciary duty ( post , pp. 941A–B , G–H , 942A–B , G — 943B ) . |
| 23 | ‘ Three days without oats and she can still play , but Juan has trouble stopping her , do n't forget . |
| 24 | He repeats it to himself as if he has trouble lodging it in his mind . |
| 25 | I have made it clear that the reform must include legislation enabling us to do that . |
| 26 | Hewlett-Packard Co , which has n't said yet if it 's using NT , has Microsoft helping it support HP 's 4mm digital audio tape ( DAT ) drives for backup and archiving : Microsoft Corp will make it an icon on the NT screen . |
| 27 | Lindsey looked up to find Niall watching her , his expression telling her that he understood and shared at least some part of what she was feeling . |
| 28 | She then turned to find Silas watching her . |
| 29 | He reaffirmed his support for a Palestinian state and called on the Israeli government to enter into direct negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) , but also denounced the Arab economic boycott of Israel and said that he would press the European Communities ( EC ) to pass measures opposing it . |
| 30 | Venables , who also dismissed reports linking him with jobs in Spain , said : ‘ I 've spoken to the players and suggested they do n't get further involved they 've shown their support . |