Example sentences of "[vb past] again the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her heart stopped , and when it beat again the shadow had returned , if shadows had weight , because this one oppressed her , but only momentarily . |
| 2 | When she tried again the door gave suddenly as if it had decided of itself to let her in . |
| 3 | But in the end Grey does venture the overall generalization that ‘ the experience in the Korean War demonstrated again the conflict between Dominion aspirations and increasing independence in policy formulation , and the British desire to maintain their status as a great power by drawing on the resources of the Dominions in ‘ friendly cooperation , ’ while at the same time arrogating to themselves the benefits which accrued from such association' ( p. 185 ) . |
| 4 | Desperate , she found again the faculty of speech , heard her own voice , familiar , natural , even powerful : ‘ Ah yes , Henrietta . |
| 5 | He turned from Bristol without regret and entered again the West Somerset landscape of coast and hills over which , very soon , he would become a persistent and delighted explorer . |
| 6 | He looked up as Nuadu made a quick movement and Nuadu caught again the amusement . |
| 7 | When he moved again the pain flared into a glorious friction . |
| 8 | The first one mentioned again the photograph I had sent : ‘ I 've almost gazed the gloss off the film by this time ! |
| 9 | He told her of the visit to the farm , reminded her of the discovery of the swan and the bird 's skull ( though he knew this was taking a chance after her first , alarming reaction to the news ) , and mentioned again the note and the feather in his room . |
| 10 | He recalled again the game of Find the Penny , and the face of the cub scout who liked to talk about his badges . |
| 11 | He studied again the letter he had found in the wallet , then got to work making a careful copy of it . |
| 12 | I noticed again the touch of reserve about her . |
| 13 | He described the coup in superbly contemptuous terms , evoked again the miracle of his own legitimacy and of France 's revival since 18 June 1940 , and warned that all the nation 's achievements since then were jeopardized by this " odious and stupid adventure " . |
| 14 | When it faded again the voice was garbled , rising hysterically . |
| 15 | He heard again the noise of doors opening , voices , saw a light streaming across the street , and he was scrambling frantically over the bomb-site , tripping over a pile of rubble , tearing his coat on a fence , and running down the shockingly open street , running for his life . |
| 16 | Goldberg called again the day after that , charged by her to find out . |
| 17 | She felt again the presence of the wife , looking kindly and securely at her from the photograph ; do n't resent me , said Helen , I am really neither here nor there , I very much doubt if I signify , you need n't mind . |
| 18 | She felt again the dagger dart of his tongue , like a flame lapping at her core . |
| 19 | He felt again the space and size of the moorland landscape that had , so briefly , been his natural home . |
| 20 | Despite the heat , Nuadu felt again the chill about his heart . |
| 21 | At three in the morning she passed the field where she had first seen Angel Clare , and felt again the disappointment when he did not dance with her . |
| 22 | Now , as his mouth covered hers and his hands slid down to cup her breasts and tease the nipples into eager life , she felt again the power and the passion that made everything right . |
| 23 | She felt again the fear she had known when she walked into him in the dark passage . |
| 24 | ‘ Have I not reason ? ’ she demanded , as the years seemed to roll away , and she felt again the anguish his desertion had inflicted . |
| 25 | He felt again the anger which had gripped him when he first saw it . |
| 26 | I looked up and saw again the arrow cut into the tree . |
| 27 | He saw again the boy 's terrified face , smelt again the sweat of fear . |
| 28 | Every time he closed his eyes , he saw again the sailor 's face . |
| 29 | All at once he pictured again the sun striking the glass and understood why it had done so . |
| 30 | She remembered again the scene she had recalled at the clinic . |