Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pron] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A branch whipped him in the face . |
| 2 | The 28-year-old cab driver attacked her in a clearing after she went to join Queen 's Club in west London , Mark Dennis , prosecuting , told the Old Bailey . |
| 3 | Southend could and should have won it near the end when once again the Town defence got itself in a tangle … |
| 4 | Southend could and should have won it near the end when once again the Town defence got itself in a tangle … |
| 5 | that experience changed him in every way . |
| 6 | When Thomas tried to grab the child away , the lash caught him in the eye . |
| 7 | Hooks of meat , barrows of vegetables , trays of pies , urns of tea passed him in every direction . |
| 8 | She ran the tip of her tongue over her lips , heard the sharp hiss of Penry 's intake of breath , then his head blotted out the light as his mouth met hers in a kiss which shot a jolt of electricity through every vein in her body . |
| 9 | The handlebar caught him in the groin . |
| 10 | Davide had turned up a coin , one afternoon , when he was mooning around ; it was a common enough type , the professor told him in the museum at Riba , where he took it for an opinion . |
| 11 | For a day and a night the feasting on the horse filled everyone in the enclave with a dreadful exultation , but gradually it died down as the garrison came to realize that one horse was hardly enough to stay their hunger for more than a few hours . |
| 12 | ‘ I have also been to the Guildhall , ’ he mournfully concluded ‘ The mayor told me in no uncertain terms how displeased His Grace the Regent Duke of Lancaster is at our lack of progress . |
| 13 | Nicolo 's mouth captured hers in a slow , insolent kiss . |
| 14 | The other snaked into her hair and she tried to twist away from him , her eyes blazing in fury , but he was too strong , and his mouth claimed hers in a kiss that was brutal in its intensity . |
| 15 | And his hard mouth claimed hers in a burning kiss that sent her pulses racing , a muffled gasp of pleasure coming from her as her mouth opened hungrily beneath his . |
| 16 | An action followed which in the next few years captured many of those leaders with a superior ideology . |
| 17 | When the terrified actress locked herself in the car , he rammed it with his Ford Bronco . |
| 18 | His mouth covered hers in a storm of intemperate kisses and then his head lowered . |
| 19 | ( Paradoxically the release of tension enabled him in the next week to run up , turn out , patch together , a poetical melodrama about Cabestainh with which the house-guests had some civilised fun . ) |
| 20 | The stranger kept her in a sound vacuum , through which no fascinating rhythm could penetrate . |
| 21 | She did not focus on the actual wording of the questions , and as a result answered them in a rather uncritical way . |
| 22 | As he raised his binoculars to scan the coast , the wind struck him in the face . |
| 23 | Got killed when that horse kicked him in the head . ’ |
| 24 | Haines fell over and a Corporal kicked him in the stomach , shouting at him to stand up . |
| 25 | His big break came when an agent spotted him in a prison production of the Tempest and signed him up . |
| 26 | The club struck him in the stomach again , dripping him to his knees , and there was a sudden crack that seemed unnaturally loud in the silence . |
| 27 | When the meal was ready Ianthe ate it in the dining room , which opened on to the garden now piled with drifts of sycamore leaves . |
| 28 | It was difficult to remember the route , but Lowell 's van in the bottom field signposted them in the right direction . |
| 29 | The Economist interviewed him in a chintzy suite at Claridge 's . |
| 30 | The former England striker injured himself in the Coca-Cola Cup replay with Everton on Tuesday and a specialist has advised complete rest . |