Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All-night parties , Nina dancing in the nude , Modi stumbling into the sketching class very drunk , the weekly visits to the Gaieté Montparnasse , a small , bawdy music-hall where they sat up in the gallery , all paint a happy-go-lucky picture . |
| 2 | I do n't know what it 's called but there 's this bit where you go down on the floor like an anteater . |
| 3 | Come and see the sorcerer 's kitchen where I brew up the grotesque potions that make me a legend here . ’ |
| 4 | He grimaced and scratched his short , curly black hair where it stuck out from under his tartan cap . |
| 5 | Basically , most moisturisers serve a simple purpose — to sit on the surface of your skin where they seal in and prevent the moisture from escaping . |
| 6 | She saw herself , her head a foam of lacy white like the shining tumbleweed caught in the evening light as it floats through the air , handed on to the bar stool , her little feet — her good point — showing beneath the hem of her skirt where it rode up as she adjusted herself . |
| 7 | ACROSS 1 Give bad reviews to dumb show — he might be in this ( 9 ) 6 Old-time US lawyer and rocker ( 5 ) 9 Reversing of French vehicle went quickly ( 5 ) 10 Dynamic object contains fungus ( 9 ) 11 Main entrance where he went Up the third time ? ( 3,5 ) 12 Baldwin shortly takes on church position ( 6 ) 14 The man himself ( 7,6 ) 16 New sandpit from E. Europe used to treat shoes ( 4,3,6 ) 21 Gauges placing a thousand rows ( 6 ) 22 Seller hears another way to say in other words ( 8 ) 25 Phone round Esquire readers with article on things observed ( 9 ) 26 One lady posed as the one with tattoos ( 5 ) 27 Equipment in ship for sketches he 's appeared in ( 5 ) 28 One put her away immediately ( 9 ) |
| 8 | ‘ You think I did this ? ’ she whispered hoarsely , not even conscious that Agnes Diggory rushed to Araminta 's side where she lay back in her chair , hiccuping on her choking laughter . |
| 9 | When the grassy and aromatic undergrowth of spring where she spread out her work to dry had balded and turned to dust in the summer , she hung out her clothes in the enclave at the back of her small house . |
| 10 | Fabia reached Ven 's suite and let herself in , walked across the sitting-room and into her bedroom where she sat down on the edge of the bed , and felt , for the moment , defeated . |
| 11 | We all loaded into the Volvo and went down to Shellerton Manor where everyone trooped in to see Harry . |
| 12 | It was too hot on the roof so she got up and slithered down the ivy into the dark , damp place at the side of the boathouse and went indoors . |
| 13 | ‘ It was made in his atelier so I went over for the fittings and in those years I was very sure of myself . |
| 14 | I thought he must have gone a bit ga-ga but there was no harm so I went up to my room and did my hair a bit . |
| 15 | ‘ When he came out they said he 'd lost his mind so he went off to look for it and has n't been seen since . ’ |
| 16 | She would have liked to make some cutting rejoinder but none came to mind so she went out , closing the door behind her . |
| 17 | ‘ It seemed like a good deal so we went down to Rufford to check the company out . |
| 18 | I mean they were n't aluminium so they blew off I used to wear one of those and er , you know , for safety , you see , but er anyway I survived the survived the war and but wh it 's amazing really when I look back how we d how we managed because we had such nice people in there , as I say and like these actors Jack Claude Cecily . |
| 19 | An enchanting picture book by Ian Beck , The Teddy Robber , £6.95 is a wonderfully funny story of a giant who 's lost his teddy bear so he goes around stealing other teddies from wherever he can . |
| 20 | But this would now seem directed against the invalid so I hold back , thinking , in two years I will be at the comprehensive and only five years after that — providing I pass the scholarship exam , which I easily should — I 'll be at boarding school , and then I 'll be free , free to scratch and do whatever I like . |
| 21 | ‘ Most include plant extracts which have a stimulating effect on the circulation so they top up the benefits of a massage and boost your blood flow for a little longer . |
| 22 | They all seemed to be down the after ballast compartment so I called down something like , " Come on lads , " I 've got my seizure , what about yours ? " |
| 23 | The changes only take effect once you move back into the word processor . |
| 24 | I made a gallon or so of tea until I ran out of milk , then a pot of black coffee , and pressed every cup and mug in Sunil 's fitted kitchen into service . |
| 25 | He was right , of course , she knew that , but she picked up the brandy Mick got her and downed it in one , then hovered on the edge of her seat until he gave up and walked her home . |
| 26 | and it 's er the end on the left hand side if you go in there 's like a little sort of little sort of lobby and , and Dave 's is the little room sort of straight ahead of you , it 's about down there somewhere |
| 27 | I asked her whether high buildings bothered her and she said she would feel fear if she looked up at them . |
| 28 | They would n't recognise emotion if it stood up and hit them ! ’ |
| 29 | We were like ringing the bell and both of us were desperate for a crap , absolutely desperate , and desperate for a cup of tea cos we got up at ei er half seven . |
| 30 | Keen gardeners and fanatical car washers may have second thoughts about lavish spraying if we end up with a water meter at the bottom of our garden to measure the amount we actually use . |