Example sentences of "[unc] [noun pl] [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reid 's eyes suddenly engaged Culley 's . |
| 2 | Bissell 's eyes never left Rohmer as he spoke , and Rohmer knew what the thing meant when it said it would n't talk to Gilbert anymore . |
| 3 | The man 's eyes never left Cranston 's as he drew a deep breath , one bony finger pointing upwards to the clear blue sky . |
| 4 | All this time , the Judge 's eyes never left Moore 's . |
| 5 | At the sound of his enraged voice Jenna 's legs almost gave way beneath her . |
| 6 | IN A YEAR when the world 's airlines collectively lost $1.8 billion on their international services alone , British Airways ( BA ) is still doing rather nicely . |
| 7 | In retrospect , it is clear that few of the Party 's officials really shared Ceauşescu 's enthusiasm for the demolition of almost everything that their country 's history had produced . |
| 8 | But the church 's clerics still took offence , particularly at the point that local people should be encouraged to take an interest in the schools by having some financial responsibility for them through local government . |
| 9 | Tesco 's auditors also received £0.2m in respect of non-audit work . |
| 10 | The Society 's naturalists immediately began work on the identification of the unusual collection , and only six days later , at the next regular scientific meeting , they were able to announce a number of exciting discoveries . |
| 11 | I wondered if any of the desert peoples in France 's colonies still rode horses . |
| 12 | Minton 's acolytes meanwhile underlined Vaughan 's solitariness . |
| 13 | Oftel 's director general , Bill Wigglesworth , said he wanted to see ‘ an end to the uncertainty ’ about prices , and BT 's shares later dipped 5p to 398p. — PA |
| 14 | Four weeks of near stasis in voters ' attitudes apparently gave way at the last moment to a near avalanche . |
| 15 | When Dr Richard Lawrence , the society 's secretary , learned that I was writing a Christian appraisal of paganism and the occult , he pointed out that Aetherius ' members fully revered Jesus , and were convinced of his virgin birth and resurrection . |