Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A music lecturer at the College of Arts and Technology cleared up the mystery . |
| 2 | In the Tutbury custom the bull had his horns , ears and tail cut off , his body smeared with soap and his nose blown full of pepper . |
| 3 | Together with the intricate and expressive ports de bras he allows his dancers ' feet , legs and body to take on different shapes and lines as the design unfolds to interpret the words . |
| 4 | A good concept is to turn and then feel that you attack the ball along the line of the hips before allowing the legs and body to release through into a full turn . |
| 5 | Otley threw us a large towel each and some dry clothes which we changed into like embarrassed children on the beach , then we had a mug of cocoa and a gingerbread man with currant eyes and chocolate buttons down his front . |
| 6 | Hold this position for a few seconds then let your shoulders and head go back slowly to the floor . |
| 7 | The massive shoulders and chest tapered down to the lean cowboy hips and long legs . |
| 8 | He knows how fingers burn like twigs and head fall in like pumpkins . |
| 9 | The N.C. O. handed over the papers he had brought and after clicking his heels and saluting went back into the station without looking at me . |
| 10 | There 's no question that the high heels and blusher go on if there 's the slightest chance that they 'll do any good . |
| 11 | He was an extraordinarily handsome young man of about my own age , which is thirty , and he had an aquiline nose , sculptured lips and hair curling over a high black and silver collar . |
| 12 | His tongue and lips and breathing rose up her body to her breasts , her neck , her shoulders , her ears , her stifling hair . |
| 13 | ‘ It was a massive bang , the ground shook beneath my feet and debris flew up in air . ’ |
| 14 | These two institutions have a history , and they are therefore specific to a particular time and type of society and , as time passes and society goes on changing , as it always has , these institutions will change . |
| 15 | Dhani and Caretaker came out of the Cathedral , emerging on to gravel and looked right . |
| 16 | The uncles and my father , jolly and unsuspecting after an evening 's celebrations , blundered in with their sacks of bounty ; the tins and cutlery crashed round their ears as they pushed the door open . |
| 17 | His constant flow of crosses and ability to take on the Southampton defence created sufficient openings for United to have transformed their domination into goals . |
| 18 | Investors have their capital tied up and at risk ; senior managers have their livings and ulcers tied up in it ; but we must not forget the men on the shop floor who have their lives and self-respect tied up in it too . ’ |
| 19 | Victorian values might include slavery , children down the mines and chimney sweeps up the stack , as well as gin parlours and asylums . |
| 20 | The list of knowledge , skills and behaviour set out below gives an indication of the main demands of the role and may serve to help tutors identify their own staff development needs . |
| 21 | Engagement personnel should have appropriate skills and competence to carry out properly the work for which they are responsible . |
| 22 | The basic recipe is a reduction of white wine and brown fond de veau lié with a julienne of gherkins and mustard stirred in at the last moment . |
| 23 | The potent blend of aromatic herbs and brandy slid down my throat like a liquid flame . |
| 24 | The fisher girls were paid pennies for packing the barrels but this was still enough , if they were lucky in health and spirit , to buy bonnets and lace to take back to Lewis at the end of the season for dreamy bottom drawers . |
| 25 | Contents Item 1 of Part 1 of Section 2 of this Policy applies only to Personal Belongings including cash , currency notes and bank notes up to £100 or 5% of the sum insured under this Item ( whichever is the less ) in your Home belonging to you and members of your family permanently residing with you or for which you or they are responsible . |
| 26 | The silence — for the sound of birds and sea adds up to silence as beautifully as we ever know it in the noisy world of today — together with the sweetly moving air , and the scents of thyme and bell heather and sun-warmed bracken , all combined to distil something very potent . |
| 27 | This survival reflects the extent to which the daily papers ' contents and appeal tied in with these various alternatives : they were complementary more than competitive . |
| 28 | For us there 's none of that devil-may-care grand prix bravado that the Italians and French go in for . |
| 29 | Pedalling up to the office in the mornings , with the bike wheels crunching on the thick white frost , I would arrive with bright red cheeks and breath coming out like steam , and once the Met Officer commented , after I had given him a cheerful , early morning smile , ‘ You do n't know what a difference it makes to your face when you smile ! |
| 30 | He could destroy attacks and turn matches around in half-an-hour or so of batting fury . |