Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv prt] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he moved slowly at first his mouth sought first her breasts and then her lips , his breathing ragged as the pulsating , rhythmic movement quickened , echoing the rising heat in her blood , both of them caught up in a swirling vortex of emotions . |
| 2 | Well , we had a talk and she invited me to come back in a few days ' time . |
| 3 | At home , I mooched about in a pair of basketball boots mended with a bicycle repair kit , eating ketchup on bread , and staring at a wart on my finger the size and texture of a tiny cauliflower . |
| 4 | I need my to go up in a minute . |
| 5 | I WOKE UP in a terrarium , half in and half out of a stagnant pool . |
| 6 | After my 20 minutes , I came off in a muck sweat . |
| 7 | Fortunately it did n't go off , but it made a hell of a mess , and I came down in a shell-hole just outside our wire . ’ |
| 8 | She 'd seen the card I put up in a local shop , advertising the top flat . |
| 9 | I mean , I lashed out in a panic at the last moment . |
| 10 | I know I walk around in a daze most of the day but this is bloody rediculous . |
| 11 | We went to Ireland for the summer and our visit there was great fun ; Brian and I drove about in a donkey-cart , fished for eels , and shot rabbits with a 410 . |
| 12 | ‘ When I was that age , I slunk about in an agony of embarrassment in case anybody looked at me . ’ |
| 13 | If I 'm going to a meeting where I know I 'm going to be the only woman I put my war paint on , if I 'm just going to be in the office all day I slob around in a skirt and a jumper with very little make up . |
| 14 | Then I run off in a storm to see an astrologer . |
| 15 | It 'll be up to him whether he throws me to the dogs and I finish up in a debtor 's prison , or whether he turns into a guardian angel complete with halo and big fat cheque . |
| 16 | On one day during the test , I set off in a whiteout and finished , 12 hours later , in a torrential downpour . |
| 17 | Often now when I set off in a fairly posh car and switch on the radio and heater , I think back to those wartime battles to get my little fishing box onto the crowded trams and my long walks from Brigg railway station to catch bream at Cadney Bridge . |
| 18 | I thanked God for the small wrist compass that I wore as a matter of habit whenever I set out in a boat . |
| 19 | ‘ But they always end up the same — I see that terrible expression on Len 's face as he fell — then I hear the thud as he hits the floor — then I wake up in a cold sweat . |
| 20 | I pulled up in a gateway , Sam jumped out and we went through into a field ; and as the beagle scampered over the glittering turf I stood in the warm sunshine amid the melting frost and looked back at the dark damp blanket which blotted out the low country but left this jewelled world above it . |
| 21 | I worked out in a gym three times a week but when my fitness was tested for the BBC 's The Fitness Programme ( which , embarrassingly , I was presenting ) , it was discovered that although my biceps were passable , my heart and lungs were unaffected by my muscle conditioning . |
| 22 | He also gave me whole tins of peaches in syrup ; I ate so many that eventually I broke out in a painful rash . |
| 23 | Accordingly , when I arrived there , I settled down in a pew at the back and nodded off . |
| 24 | I tied up in a cove west of here , just beyond the headland . ’ |
| 25 | I 've already revealed that I started out in a donkey jacket , but I should add that it took me at least ten years to get a decent kit . |
| 26 | Pedalling home , I used to play a game — that with every light I saw on in a house , I would get £1,000 a year . |
| 27 | I go about in a wheelchair and someone who pushes it very often goes into a shop and says , ‘ Look here , you have bought rather a lot of things I think you had better give a cheque for them — now I ? I write the cheque out , dear , and you shall sign it . ’ |
| 28 | You 're much too young to be thinking about boys , when I was your age I went around in a big friendly group , plenty of time for all that later on . |
| 29 | This week , I went out in a new , ankle-length skirt for the first time . |
| 30 | I did n't want to leave the Maxteds behind because they had started out as my passengers , so I went back in a few minutes later to see if they were ready to leave . |