Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What you need is the willingness to sit with yourself and discover this . |
| 2 | She could hear his heart thudding under her ear , feel his warmth pressed against her , making her giddy . |
| 3 | ‘ Idiot ! ’ she laughed , her heart thudding at his compliments . |
| 4 | Dazed , overwhelmed with the need and intensity that had sizzled between them since they first met , Rachel did less than resist ; she actively acquiesced , arching her body against his as he slid on to the bed on top of her , and his hoarsely muttered words were bitter-sweet to her ears as he renewed the kiss , his heart thudding above her as his hands began to stroke and explore her passionately responsive body . |
| 5 | Perhaps , thought Juliet , her heart thudding against her ribs , perhaps if he helps me he thinks he might fall in love with me too . |
| 6 | She could feel her heart thudding against his chest . |
| 7 | He seemed to be coming to a decision to tell her something , and she waited with her heart thudding in her chest . |
| 8 | And she went , her heart thudding in her chest with slow , painful beats and her mind a confused whirl . |
| 9 | Peter was aware of his heart thudding in his chest . |
| 10 | Moorcroft 's letter of resignation refers to his ill health , but speaking 40 years later , Coleman said : ‘ I could see no ill health [ in Moorcroft ] at all . |
| 11 | When not so transfixed , they often sit at tables , strewn with computer outputs over which they pore like possessed students of a cabbalistic text . |
| 12 | She could hear her heart crashing in her ears . |
| 13 | Either way , this black man , his ringleted hair gleaming on his shoulders , was not Gentle . |
| 14 | Lotta cooking in the fabulous kitchen ; Lotta relaxed on the teak and leather couch of the living-room enjoying the vista of the sea beyond the great beeches ; Lotta naked in the elegant bathroom , laughing beneath the shower , beckoning her handsome blond lover to join her ; Lotta sprawled on the black and white striped duvet cover of the large double bed , her shining gold cap of hair gleaming against its darkness , her body a pearly invitation … |
| 15 | There stood Balboa , his shield on his arm , his cuirass gleaming on his chest , the brilliant new banner in one hand and his naked sword in the other , his plumed helmet giving him a stature far more considerable than offered by his height alone . |
| 16 | Russia , for her part , was possessed of almost limitless manpower , but this was in large measure negated by her chronically inefficient rail system , so large numbers of men could be transported across country only with difficulty and by laborious stages . |
| 17 | Reference to pre-Chelsea days are rare , but Miller described in the Dictionary how he grew Monthly Roses ( the Autumn Damask ) in his original Southwark Nursery ; under glass against a warm wall , ‘ using dung placed against its backside , as practised by raising early fruits ’ , to produce roses in February , for which there must have been a ready market . |
| 18 | A sentence formed in my head . |
| 19 | He refused to send his horses to be shod at our smithy after that ; for once the smith 's verdict got around it would be difficult for him to sell the mare . |
| 20 | He was living with his third wife , the ice goddess Veronica , in an LA mansion , surrounded by the gifts of a lifetime — a six-foot , hand-carved tiger given to him by Deng Xiaoping , a robe given to him by Elvis Presley . |
| 21 | An argument at Formby 's works between a boy , John Carter , and a horse driver led to what the local paper called " A brutal attack upon the boy " . |
| 22 | Paging from Vodapage gives busy people like you the freedom to go about your business and get the message . |
| 23 | President , colleagues , I am so proud and honoured to receive this gold badge , more so because this is the award given to me by you President , I do want to thank a number of people I also want to thank the regional secretary , Steve , who thank you , Steven , for your support and guidance . |
| 24 | There is no automatic award given to its . |
| 25 | A NURSE who had to learn to walk again after his neck was broken has hit out at the prison sentence given to his attacker . |
| 26 | I also ask you to monitor an any unilateral decision made by your employers and document any changes . |
| 27 | What would it be like to feel the weight of that lean , powerful body on hers , and lie skin to skin against him ? |
| 28 | For newcomers , the Jordan team has already really caught the eye , and remarkably all the established teams are a little bit frightened of them . |
| 29 | He knew , in his heart , that he had always been a little bit frightened of it really … opening out the throttle … he remembered the feeling of queasiness that had always accompanied that burst of power . |
| 30 | Jenny was in her dressing-gown , her blonde hair tumbled about her face , which was bereft of make-up , the eyes puffy from weeping . |