Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When the sky clouds over , the surface broods , pouts and stamps its foot like a child forced to spend its holidays indoors . ’ |
| 2 | This practical 2-day course highlights the risks and provides you with the knowledge to contain them . |
| 3 | through my ears and gives me a headache |
| 4 | And she just shouts and screams and upsets everyone . |
| 5 | Swings her legs and points her feet |
| 6 | One species of beetle in Brazil , when alarmed , immediately folds up its legs and flattens itself sideways , exposing its white underside and so takes on the appearance of a bird dropping . |
| 7 | It collects these flakes with the brush near the end of its hind legs and passes them forward to its mouth where it kneads them with saliva . |
| 8 | Bill forces the bent rod into the empty holster socket between Doug 's legs and rams it in deeply . |
| 9 | She 's got her stocking feet right up between his legs and cuddles his feet in her ample bosom , having previously removed his shoes and socks and displayed them in sideways V-sign on the little shelf at the window . |
| 10 | This guy , yeah , he falls in love with this woman , takes her to his apartment and slowly , he 's a surgeon and he slowly amputates all her arms and legs and keeps her in a box . |
| 11 | Imagine , said Francis , that I returned to Perugia on the darkest of nights , a night so cold that everything is covered with snow , and the frost in the folds of my habit hits my legs and makes them bleed . |
| 12 | He leans forward and picks up one of his legs and pulls it right out from his trousers . |
| 13 | and then somebody comes and grabs it by the legs and pulls it . |
| 14 | As one of his thrilling races reached its climax , viewers were told , ‘ And now Juantorena opens wide his legs and shows his class . ’ |
| 15 | The sea is a jeweller and cutter of gems who daily draws back the green felt covers and displays his precious work and then jealously hides them again with the green covers of the waves . |
| 16 | The join catches hairs and breaks them . |
| 17 | My Stock will blaze when other snuffs are out ; a Rising Star is worth two setting Suns : And now that in the style of my Siege of Memphis , opportunity reaches forth her silver hairs and bids me hold . |
| 18 | A digital television immediately decodes the incoming sound and picture signals and converts them into an 8-bit digital code . |
| 19 | This resistor absorbs the network signals and stops them bouncing back down the wire . |
| 20 | In other words , Iran recruits and pays them to undermine regimes in countries such as Egypt and Algeria . |
| 21 | We 've beefed up popular entertainment at six-thirty with an hour of comedy strands , which helps the news readers and boosts our share . |
| 22 | Hall takes a Schumpeterian view of long waves and translates it into a geographical context . |
| 23 | She also owed about £700 in vet bills , but to save money she looked after their ears , eyes and claws herself . |
| 24 | He closes his eyes and opens them . |
| 25 | — When Manjiku comes , she shuts her eyes and lets herself fall down his throat past the barbed teeth and come down to land in the foul bilgewater in his gut . |
| 26 | She closes her eyes and tilts her face towards him . |
| 27 | ‘ They do like this , ’ and he pulls his son 's woollen hat over his eyes and frisks him . |
| 28 | Xanthe likes this bit , she has blue eyes and fancies they 're like the sky . |
| 29 | Jamie opens his eyes and sticks his hand out . |
| 30 | With these techniques the shaman guards and protects his human flock , interceding , when necessary , with the gods on their behalf . |