Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ‘ Winnie the War Winner ’ was made from two 109-sets , parts from the plantation manager 's receiver collected by Bill Baldwin , and bits and bobs laid out in a contraption of wires and valves around a room 10 feet square ( 3m² ; ) . |
| 2 | Rules laid down in a statute would be less flexible . |
| 3 | It was exciting but the last match on the Saturday with Clark and James and Strange and Stewart taking five hours and 15 minutes to go round in a fourball was a joke . |
| 4 | Cords , white or beige , were worn early on in small numbers but in mid'71 black/bottle green/navy straight leg Levi cords caught on in a big way . |
| 5 | Now the words tumbled out in a rush . |
| 6 | Mrs Doran 's lips drew back in a snarl . |
| 7 | Generous lips drew back in a smile to reveal small , pearl-like teeth . |
| 8 | He touched his torn face and his lips drew back in a snarl . |
| 9 | Detectives say they 're almost certain the same people were behind the two break-ins carried out in a north Oxfordshire village . |
| 10 | His words came out in a stammer . |
| 11 | The words came out in a rush and she felt her face flame . |
| 12 | The words came out in a rush . |
| 13 | Nathaniel Sherman jabbed a thumb against his own chest and his words came out in a fierce undertone . |
| 14 | Gilbert forced himself to become calm , drew a deep breath and then the words came out in a torrent . |
| 15 | The words came out in a rush , and with an infuriating blur of tears she thrust her wine glass into Anneliese 's hand , spun on her heel and walked swiftly away . |
| 16 | His words came out in a seemingly endless flow of support and approbation . |
| 17 | Caroline could almost see her building up her courage , and then her words came out in a rush . |
| 18 | The angry words dried up in a strangled gasp , though , as she found herself staring into the dark brown eyes of Julius Landor , her husband . |
| 19 | From time to time , her eyes screwed up in a spasm of misery . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh God , Mary ! ’ says McPherson , ‘ Oh God , Mary ! ’ — his voice is breaking with emotion — ‘ Oh God , Mary , I do n't want our kids to grow up in a world like this , with man an enemy to man , and cats crawling all over the books , in a cold water walk-up behind the subway depot . |
| 21 | Clearly , however , where the overall number of speakers is small as it is in many sociolinguistic surveys , the number of higher-status speakers turning up in a random selection procedure which samples from the entire urban area will be correspondingly small . |
| 22 | She looked down at her new French muslin pyjamas , the corners of her thin lips turning up in a rueful smile , wondering if the whisky stains would come out — and deciding that they probably would n't . |
| 23 | Then four brothers turned up in a bus and killed three brothers who lived in that house next door . |
| 24 | Erica De'Ath , Teenagers Growing up in a Stepfamily |
| 25 | His lips turned up in a self-satisfied smile . |
| 26 | His lips turned up in a terrible parody of a smile . |
| 27 | John asked , lips drawn back in a sarcastic sneer . |
| 28 | For a long time he remained motionless like this , his body arched backward , his teeth clenched , his lips drawn back in a silent rictus of ecstatic agony . |
| 29 | Martin charging down on Dobson ; Martin , eyes glaring and lips drawn back in a feral snarl ; Martin , arm raised and baton coming down again and again on Dobson 's head ; Martin , growling savagely at the yobs , daring them to interfere ; Martin , turing angrily as the sergeant pulled the baton from his hand ; finally , Martin , white and shaking , as he looked down disbelievingly at the unconscious Dobson . |
| 30 | Her lips curved up in a smile . |