Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I taped I want you to check it for me , I taped me and Sue walking home cos I have to do around the school you see . |
| 7 | She made no attempt to conceal her surprise , her eyes widening slightly as she said , ‘ You mean you think he should remain a bachelor — all his life ? ’ |
| 8 | as if to prove his point he drew one long finger over her cheek , trailing it over her bottom lip , his eyes glinting reprovingly when she tried to bite . |
| 9 | Then the tiniest of smiles came to her lips , the muscles about her eyes relaxing slightly as she saw . |
| 10 | Wedged inside that drum he drowned , his little legs waggling pathetically as he gulped and squirmed and tried to get his arms into a position from which he could lever himself out . |
| 11 | The respite was not to last however for , just as she heard the guards wondering aloud if they had hit her , someone on one of the freighters pointed her out with a cry . |
| 12 | She shook her head slowly , her eyes closing again as he bent towards her and covered her lips with his own . |
| 13 | She was continually sick , her weight falling drastically until she had literally gone to ‘ skin and bone . ’ |
| 14 | Pick the mildest day you can and make sure you have everything to hand before you start so you do n't leave a dripping horse standing there while you hunt for the shampoo . |
| 15 | He kissed her again , several pairs of eyes watching differently as he received her submission . |
| 16 | All of them want the Chancellor , Norman Lamont , to explain his forward thinking clearly when he gets to his feet in the Commons on 16 March . |
| 17 | All of them want the Chancellor , Norman Lamont , to explain his forward thinking clearly when he gets to his feet in the Commons on 16 March . |
| 18 | She parked her car and strode through the grand , carved doorway , her heels clicking purposefully as she headed for the reception desk . |
| 19 | She smiled calmly back at him , her teeth snapping together when he just laughed in open disbelief . |
| 20 | Long after Sarella felt they should have been slowing to cross the drawbridge into the courtyard of Castell Rocamar , they went on , the engine purring gently as they continued into the heart of the mountains . |
| 21 | There was a soft ‘ meeow ’ from the top of the wardrobe , and Mildred saw her little tabby cat watching reproachfully as she prepared to go without it . |
| 22 | He glanced at Ray Doyle , and realised that Doyle was conscious and shivering , his teeth chattering violently as he stared up at his colleague . |
| 23 | Liz , like a pale convent girl too long mewed up , went wild in her first year , as she discovered the world of parties she had hitherto known only by reading and by hearsay : in those days , such was the imbalance between the sexes , women were much in demand as status symbols , as sleeping partners , as lovers , as party ballast , and Liz went out a great deal , her appearance improving dramatically as she did so . |
| 24 | ‘ We thought you 'd be having a job getting there so we gave you plenty of time . |
| 25 | Drinkers at a new pub may see more than pink elephants hovering overhead if they have one too many this weekend . |
| 26 | Members of charities working abroad if they do not used coded information systems all sensitive communication will be monitored . |
| 27 | You seldom did — there so often seemed to be a story breaking just as you were thinking of getting away . |
| 28 | ‘ True psychologists do not recommend siblings competing directly because they could become jealous and envious , and might even come to hate each other , ’ says Polgar . |
| 29 | This unexpected bit of colour materialising just before they were due to fall down , came as a bonus . |
| 30 | Alan was concentrating too , his shoulders hunched , his head moving slightly as he read . |