Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Fran turned and glared at Luke , feeling her heart thudding painfully when he smiled with an easy charm that sent little tingles shooting down her spine . |
| 2 | She scrambled to her feet , feeling her heart bump painfully as she caught sight of the two men standing by the car . |
| 3 | Host surrogacy , I V F surrogacy was not done in this country erm so we ha we made the decision to go ahead as it was with partial surrogacy . |
| 4 | The freedom to invest in South Africa means the money to invest there so you can make even more . |
| 5 | I sat at the kitchen table , staring at the blind white blankness in front of me , and slowly , like a clear spring welling up from the common earth , the poem rose and spread and filled me , unstoppable as flood water , technique unknotting even as it ran , like snags rolled away on the flood . |
| 6 | Nevertheless they all expressed serious concern at a number of proposals in the bill which limit the appeals process and in particular the rights of the taxpayer to appeal only where it can be proved that the commissioners have acted unreasonably . |
| 7 | I do n't know how David 's Mum got there because he decided not to tell her , even though I said he could call her because it 's not really fair to get married without letting her know . ’ |
| 8 | She coloured , and her jaw sagged slightly before she recovered . |
| 9 | Many now have a pause button which allows you to avoid these irritations and means that play starts again immediately you release pause . |
| 10 | Peter Clark is appealing for his daughter 's clients , friends and associates to come forward if they have even the smallest amount of information . |
| 11 | Goldmine AG boss , Kurt Halm , admitted the company was being re-structured but expected new sources of venture funding to come forward as we went to press . |
| 12 | She opened her eyes and saw a river , its surface shaking beneath the icy draught , the ducks bobbing slightly as they followed one another , seeking sanctuary . |
| 13 | Do not lose interest and let the end of a sentence fade away as you scan your notes for the next remark . |
| 14 | ‘ We are appealing for the mum to come forward because she could need urgent medical attention . |
| 15 | ‘ I think it is , ’ she said suddenly , and her heart beat fast as she felt the hatred burn in her eyes , directly at him , her mouth a tight line , her body rigid with anger . |
| 16 | Her face taut with anger , Gina 's fingers trembled uncontrollably as she fumbled with the unfamiliar fastening of the seatbelt . |
| 17 | Do not use visual aids for the sake of using them and do not use them as a defence to hide behind if you are nervous . |
| 18 | I thought you 'd got a bit carried away when you were drawing them . ’ |
| 19 | Reports claimed that the elfin figured star 's weight plunged terrifyingly until she tipped the scales at a mere five stones . |
| 20 | As writer of a weekly newspaper column , he was allowed his own room in hotels , and from the corridor could be heard above the typewriter coughing away as he smoked one cigarette after another . |
| 21 | Markby asked twice if she were cold and she knew he 'd noticed and was politely trying to find out what was wrong . |
| 22 | With a sudden surge of defiance she tossed back her head , sending her long wheat-coloured mane rippling over her shoulders , her eyes flashing challengingly as she pulled the microphone free of its stand . |
| 23 | This time , things proceeded in a more civilised manner and the arrangements concluded at the imperial conferences were enshrined in the Statute of Westminster 1931 , s.4 of which provided , amongst many other things , that for the future , no Act of the imperial Parliament should extend to any of the six Dominions listed above unless it expressly stated that the Dominions in question had requested and consented to the |
| 24 | It 's kind of late now and I 'm in no condition to drive so when I get the 205 I only take it as far as the outskirts of Inverness where I stop at the first lit Bed and Breakfast sign I see and talk politely and slowly to the pleasant middle-aged couple from Glasgow who run the place and then say goodnight , close the door of my room and fall fast asleep on the bed without even taking off my jacket . |
| 25 | The poets Czeslaw Milosz and Donald Davie have been bothered by the insufficiency and irresponsibility of the lyric genre , and it could be felt that Kundera goes further than they do in denouncing the lyric , and fares worse . |
| 26 | The interview goes well until you give him a friendly pat on the back … |
| 27 | Dennis winked unpleasantly as they walked back to the stables . |
| 28 | Travis recovered quicker than she , thrusting her away . |
| 29 | In practice those doubts melt away when you realize just what drugs we had in mind . |
| 30 | His eyes narrowed speculatively as they watched her in the mirror . |