Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pos pn] [noun] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result my mother went home and poured away all her stock . |
| 2 | She sat in an attitude of dumb submission , weary and spent , as if careless of the future her words had painfully shaped for her . |
| 3 | I 'd been meaning to do it for days and I keep asking myself whether it was my fault her killer got in . ’ |
| 4 | As she was pressed back on to the couch her mind raced madly in protest , but all she managed to bring out in a kind of croak was , ‘ No , Daddy , no . ’ |
| 5 | In The last Country Houses , a book which documents the death of the old tradition of hospitality , Clive Aslett records the response of a nouveau riche lady when told that some pleasant people lived near the rural seat her husband had just acquired . |
| 6 | When mealworms were given to a group of meerkats by means of a cleverly designed dispenser their activity increased enormously and the pattern was on a par with that of the wild populations ; without such a dispenser they showed more lethargic , passive and atypical behaviour patterns . |
| 7 | Richard ran his fingers over the expensive-looking business card his secretary had just handed to him : ‘ Simon Middleton — Financial Consultant ’ , it read . |
| 8 | His breathing became ragged , and as her arms wound about his neck his hands slid down to grip her buttocks . |
| 9 | Alain moved until his body was half over her and as his lips explored her mouth his hand moved over her face and neck , searching her skin with increasing ardour until with a low groan he moved right over her , pressing her into the straw as his hands cupped her breasts . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's hardly my fault your car broke down , ’ he replied calmly . |
| 11 | That particular spring our son brought home a dark-haired , dark-eyed , lively lady who would become a third daughter , moulding into the family clan as though born part of it . |
| 12 | When she walked into the kitchen her mother looked up and said , ‘ Where on earth have you been at this hour . |
| 13 | Framed by the silver fur her face took on a glow that emphasized her high cheekbones . |
| 14 | Best not to think of it , in case her temper slipped out of gear and , as once she had done , she threw a bowl of apples at Peter . |
| 15 | Whereupon , declaring that no less precious food should thereafter pass her lips , the lady had , variously , starved herself to death or flung herself from the window , in which case her blood had forever coloured the ruddy rocks of Roussillon . |
| 16 | Richard had promised Mr Hobbs we would drive in convoy in case their car broke down again . |
| 17 | But in his grey presence her larks had soon seemed shameful , and she had disciplined herself as though she were entering an order . |
| 18 | Emmie tried to get hold of him but he fought like the baby wild cat her mother had once been given to tame . |
| 19 | As she walked down the aisle her heart brimmed over with love and adoration for Charles . |
| 20 | No wonder her father had not been well these last few weeks , he was worried about money . |
| 21 | Sally Tippett hopes they 'll provide the kind of help her husband did n't get . |
| 22 | Tonight 's crowd was a good one — Rory knew it the second her fingers curled possessively round the microphone , the atmosphere reaching out to enfold her like a lover 's embrace , and she revelled in it , her eyes glowing , her whole body tingling in response . |
| 23 | It was a pity her way lay away from the sea , not towards it . |
| 24 | In the event he did n't , but as Merrill hung up her wetsuit in the garage upon her return her apprehension came back . |
| 25 | He told her again how cold his wife had always been . |
| 26 | With a soft sigh his head came down and he took her lips in a gentle , lingering kiss . |
| 27 | Steve had always been a natural upsetter of any apple-cart his foot came near , whereas Jim Gordon was a sheriff at heart . |
| 28 | With no casualties to deal with , but with new staff and better equipment our doctors settled down to work with a will for the children from ‘ Peabody buildings ’ at the back of the hospital who had either come back from evacuation , or who would not go anyway . |
| 29 | Alice had said : ‘ It 's a pity your husband did n't leave him to drown and save himself , but I suppose that on the spur of the moment he did n't weigh up the relative value of a useful teaching career and pimpled stupidity . ’ |
| 30 | I can well believe it , it 's a wonder your typewriter did n't get a hernia . |