Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [coord] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went up the steps until the water barely covered my ankles and tried the doorlatch . |
| 2 | I gritted my teeth and picked the warm remnant up , took it back to the Grounds and flung it into them from the top of the bank . |
| 3 | I 'll grit my teeth and attack the course tomorrow — death or glory , nothing in between . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I can take any debts you might have on to my books and raise the money I need to start the business off , but I must tell you one thing , ’ Emily said , ‘ I am not rich , do n't make that mistake , I need the business to succeed or I 'm finished . ’ |
| 5 | I sat in the pie shop kicking my heels and pondering the problem . |
| 6 | My back was to the wind which whistled coldly in the wire frame of my spectacles and cracked the loose folds of my robe . |
| 7 | Hector McDarroch , on the other band , seemed to take a pleasure in showing off his grisly implements , filling the long-needled syringe right in front of my eyes and squirting the cocaine ceilingwards a few times before he started on me . |
| 8 | I opened my eyes and put the bedside light back on . |
| 9 | I opened my eyes and realised the barge had only half-turned and we were now running parallel to both the island and the shore . |
| 10 | I closed my eyes and grasped the legs as my master picked up the corpse by the shoulders . |
| 11 | I closed my eyes and invoked the Madonna . |
| 12 | I closed my eyes and watched the sheets of warm colour that came as I relaxed or increased the tension of the lids . |
| 13 | I scrambled to my feet , forcing the turban over my eyes and bending the feather till it stuck out like a pan-handle , went nervously into the comedy routine and finished by singing , ‘ If There 's a Wrong Way to Do It ’ and walking into the proscenium arch . |
| 14 | I close my eyes and forget the world . |
| 15 | I did that by averting my eyes and crossing the road quickly , almost tripping over a chestnut-seller at the entrance to St Christopher 's Place . |
| 16 | to my lips and tests the weight of each word , he |
| 17 | I tasted the salt on my lips and felt the sting of the cold , bitter air |
| 18 | I retraced my steps and climbed the second flight of stairs . |
| 19 | She brushes my hair behind my ears and holds the top bit to one side . |
| 20 | Before both last week 's Chamden game and this afternoon 's , I fell to my knees and uttered the following words , ‘ Oh God , please , please , please let us win today . |
| 21 | In my early career , I set out to meet the demands of my peers and fulfil the necessary qualifications for assessment as a ‘ real polis ’ ; although there were few opportunities to flirt with any real forms of marginality ! |
| 22 | Come sit at my feet and drink the wisdom learned of experience . |
| 23 | ‘ So why do I go on expanding the company instead of putting up my feet and shooting the breeze ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ OK , Sergeant , I accept your very kind offer of hospitality , ’ getting to my feet and following the Sergeant outside . |
| 25 | By then I had been released to the Toko-ru on my own recognisance , that is an abject willingness to betray my comrades and help the malais in every way . |
| 26 | Instinctively I take off my shoes and feel the springy grass beneath my bare feet . |
| 27 | I rolled up my trousers and carried the bags out to the first barge . |
| 28 | ‘ Watercolour offers so many exciting opportunities — I want to develop my ideas and stretch the limits of the medium . |
| 29 | The whole chimp group screamed , seemingly with blood-curdling excitement , splitting my eardrums and sending the needle on my tape recorder smashing into the red . |
| 30 | Davide wanted to burst out , ‘ You hypocrite , stop making up to my sisters and playing the shining knight , I saw you go to communion today , and it made me sick . |