Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] in [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed to be coming to a decision to tell her something , and she waited with her heart thudding in her chest . |
| 2 | And she went , her heart thudding in her chest with slow , painful beats and her mind a confused whirl . |
| 3 | Peter was aware of his heart thudding in his chest . |
| 4 | She could hear her heart crashing in her ears . |
| 5 | A sentence formed in my head . |
| 6 | He sat down on the bed , his hands in his lap , his heart thumping in his chest . |
| 7 | Instead of throwing a ball for him — a game he loved — or giving him a stick to carry in his mouth — the next best thing — Angela shrank back , as she did n't understand him and wanted to be rid of him . |
| 8 | Reckon there 's a hole in th'head where th'brains have flown out — she thought as she sneaked into the stable with her heart fluttering in her throat . |
| 9 | As for the poll I think Gav is just a little bit biased in his choice of Cuntona , as im sure anyone who has seen him will confirm Gavs evening job is actually as a Cuntona look a like you know posing for pictures for the Sun with an easel and tweeds . |
| 10 | I feel that this event was another small step towards a recognition of the very important part the car park plays in our culture . |
| 11 | The shocked sense of recognition made her breathless ; her heart fluttered in her breast like the trembling of a captured bird . |
| 12 | Thus any construction with an adjective in postverbal position should differ in its semantic value from one using predicative position insofar , but only insofar , as the verb differs in its semantic value from zero . |
| 13 | The PC got in his car and drove off . |
| 14 | I knew once we started playing electrically we would n't be confusing the journalists and they would n't think it was just some guy from Dinosaur masturbating in his room . |
| 15 | But in spite of every difficulty placed in his path , by the end of July 1941 David Stirling had got roughly what he wanted . |
| 16 | A few yards away , a crippled rasta sits in his wheelchair , killing time . |
| 17 | But a moment later her heart stopped in her chest as a sharp tap sounded on the door . |
| 18 | Another kind developed in which the elaborated worm did not attach itself to the sea floor but continued to crawl about and secreted a small conical tent of shell under which it could huddle when in danger . |
| 19 | A donor could of course stipulate in his gift that he did n't care whether the works were sold or not . |
| 20 | If we relate Prague School theory and Jakobson 's poetics to the five questions about the literary text listed in our introduction , we will find , not surprisingly , that their position in almost every respect is substantially the same . |
| 21 | ‘ It will suit as much as them to have the fight later because it will give John that little bit more time to prepare after having his jaw broken in his last fight . ’ |
| 22 | But as she gazed from the French windows on the tangle of weeds outside , and the now dense greenery of Switham Thicket , a plea formed in her mind as she thought of Lady Merchiston upstairs , in conference with her man of business . |
| 23 | Will he note that it is rare for a mosque to be locked and that people of the Islamic faith remain in their mosques to ensure that they are not vandalised . |
| 24 | She made a harbour with a jetty and when it was finished to her satisfaction , got up to find pieces of stick to float in it . |
| 25 | Chesarynth turned round guiltily , so fast that she almost overbalanced , her toe catching in her hem . |
| 26 | During the warm weather I take the opportunity to sit in my garden where I often do my sewing up . |
| 27 | The fearful noise abated in its intensity , trailed away and was gone . |
| 28 | The variables of age , sex and educational level interact in their influence on speaker choice of variant ; for example sex of speaker emerges as influencing choice of variant in the less educated groups , but this difference disappears in the highly educated groups . |
| 29 | Again and again , we have found the key to the successful re-use of a building lies in its setting . |
| 30 | Much of the skill of the surveyor who specialises in building lies in his ability to recall and apply data relating to a large variety of cases , perhaps both internal and external to the organisation for which he works . |