Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Judgement is particularly important in the initial assessment of risks and deciding on their tolerability . |
| 2 | Kieran has now Rostrevor home to Dublin for six months where he intends , as he puts it , to ‘ lie low ’ for a while , writing songs and preparing for his and Frances 's second album . |
| 3 | He was aware of the wind roaring in his ears and tearing at his clothes . |
| 4 | No doubt when Wrexham see what a joke he is , he will be back at ‘ The Tip ’ licking a few supporters ' backsides and begging for his job back . |
| 5 | A lorry driver heard her screams and rushed to her aid . |
| 6 | Other people in the hotel had heard the screams and came into our room . |
| 7 | Anne sat next to him on his mother 's cretonne-covered settee and Abigail lay on a plaid rug on the floor , kicking with her legs and punching with her arms . |
| 8 | Mark suffered serious injuries to his arms and legs and cuts to his ears . |
| 9 | He was in a rosy mood , kicking his legs and grabbing at her hands as she tried to get the material firmly round his podgy middle . |
| 10 | She punched his face and kicked his legs and tore at his abdomen . |
| 11 | For example , the mice stop gnawing , scamper down your arm , cock their legs and piss in your face . |
| 12 | She had out-lived three husbands and gathered in their respective estates , investing the money shrewdly , knowing to a penny what she was worth . |
| 13 | According to Western reports , during the first months of 1990 the Khmers Rouges increased their infiltration of fighters and supplies from their border camps into Cambodia proper . |
| 14 | I did n't care — time was of the essence and I was eager to get home , sort out the kids and get to my gig . |
| 15 | I always assumed I 'd leave school and get a ‘ proper ’ job , then get married , have kids and look after my family in a modest little house . |
| 16 | She tied the strings of their aprons and did up their buttons , and she sat between them at their bread and milk breakfast which was at half past seven . |
| 17 | That a large and heterogeneous society like the United States has maintained just two parties for almost its entire history suggests that the job of aggregation has been performed admirably , but it must be remembered that in the United States these interests are really only aggregated once every four years , just long enough for the parties to select their presidential candidates and fight for their election . |
| 18 | LOOK AHEAD Hair predictions for 1992 from top stylists around the country PERM POWER How to make waves and care for your curls Fab looks for hair Mail order winter woollies Cold comfort skincare Ideas for watching weight NEW YEAR , NEW YOU ! |
| 19 | Close your eyes and listen to your breathing , trying to regulate the rhythm and making sure that you breathe only through your nose . |
| 20 | Mr Taylor , of Grantham , said Liam had gradually improved , and his voice choked with emotion as he described how the next afternoon his son had opened his eyes and reached for his teddy bear . |
| 21 | Before the exercises actually begin , for a few minutes , close your eyes and breathe through your nose . |
| 22 | The head bent over her was ringed in blackness ; the huge singing insect dive-bombed her again , and she closed her eyes and said to her brother , ‘ Tommaso , Tommaso . ’ |
| 23 | Donna rubbed her eyes and got to her feet , picking up the piece of paper and putting it in her handbag . |
| 24 | Ho opened his eyes and rubbed at his throat . |
| 25 | International Relations theorists too tend to treat states which seem not to be power-maximizers either as unimportant or as maximizing power in their own eyes and according to their own ideas . |
| 26 | He 's about six foot two , short black hair , moustache , blue eyes and according to his record card he 's twenty seven and his name is John Banks and he lives at 36 Church Hill Road , Upper Tracey , and we think he 's been shot , I 'll be right over , stay where you are . |
| 27 | Her body went as taut as a bowstring , and when she opened her eyes and looked into his face she saw there awestricken astonishment . |
| 28 | His meeting with , and courtship of , Emma Lavinia Gifford , sister-in-law of the rector of St Juliot , as fictionalised in A Pair of Blue Eyes and recalled in his autobiographical notes , was idyllically , almost ecstatically , happy . |
| 29 | It had something to do with opening his eyes and looking into her eyes . |
| 30 | Susan shut her eyes and saw through her monster 's . |