Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [vb past] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Considerable skill in getting plants established was also required — it is only too easy for gaps to appear , or for an odd man out in flower colour to pop up , as anyone who has ever tried to grow a complete row of vegetables or lay out a bedding plan , will know . |
| 2 | There was no shrub and palm cover bound by creepers as there had been in the rain forest so that the track was little protected from the squalls that struck up the mountainside , screeching like banshees , as they bowed the slender treetrunks almost to the ground . |
| 3 | Wars came early to Shanghai , overtaking each other like the tides that raced up the Yangtze and returned to the gaudy city all the coffins cast adrift from the funeral piers of the Chinese Bond . |
| 4 | It has been postulated that it was either the dinosaurs that opened up the way for the angiosperms , or instead it was the changing nature of the flora itself that was in some way the prime mover of evolutionary trends ; that , in spite of all the advances in jaw structure discussed above , they somehow speeded up trends towards extinction . |
| 5 | It was like coming home and the first thing she did was to walk to the pictures that hung on the wall and look at them all over again . |
| 6 | A quiet woman in a large white apron brought them cold white wine in a red earthenware jug , and they sat at the edge of the patio looking out at the rows of vines , of lemon trees , tomatoes and capsicums that straggled down the hillside , shaded in places by tall cypresses and stunted white-trunked olive trees . |
| 7 | Griselda opened her eyes and licked up the tear . |
| 8 | We should have knocked in a couple of goals and killed off the game . ’ |
| 9 | He turned to the Highlanders and stretched out a hand . |
| 10 | In March 1918 the Unionist leaders agreed to open up negotiations with Lloyd George 's supporters and set up a subcommittee of Law , Long . |
| 11 | His talents were demonstrated through a system that gave him opportunities and brought out the best in him . |
| 12 | She cut short the stumbling thanks and put down the phone . |
| 13 | Paige smiled her thanks and pulled out a chair , yet before she sat down she could n't resist the urge to cast a furtive glance over her shoulder . |
| 14 | She closed her eyes to the image , waiting to hear only the words and shut out the pain . |
| 15 | They unfolded the stiff green branches and set up the metal stand . |
| 16 | Then there would be a frantic rush to grab an armful of branches and beat out the flames . |
| 17 | After gobbling up whatever I could find in the house , I crept into bed and pulled the blankets over my head in a vain attempt to stifle the mocking voices and shut out the ugly visions . |
| 18 | They lifted her gently onto their shoulders and moved down the chapel . |
| 19 | She served four months and gave up the glue . |
| 20 | The head of the family rested his knife and fork on their heels and looked down the table . |
| 21 | They turned on their heels and started back the way they 'd come . |
| 22 | between her knees and spelt out the sign |
| 23 | She settled the loaded tray on Nicandra 's knees and shook out a white napkin . |
| 24 | He stepped over Gabriel 's knees and clambered down the ladder , mumbling . |
| 25 | By experiment and observation , Hahnemann worked out the drug pictures of many remedies and laid down the principles whereby they were to be used — remedies and principles which are still as valid today as they were when Hahnemann first discovered them . |
| 26 | After slipping the clip carefully into her anorak pocket and zipping it closed she descended the steps and scooped up the fallen FN FAL . |
| 27 | Its engine stopped , the door slid open and a courier-woman in high heels came down the steps and put up an umbrella . |
| 28 | Thinking that it was heavier than it looked , he undid the straps and buckles and threw back the flap . |
| 29 | Spitting it on to the floor , he raised the half-empty bottle to his lips and drank down the fiery vodka in great gulps , as if to drown the useless curses which rose in his throat . |
| 30 | She drew the cigarette from her lips and blew out the smoke thoughtfully . |