Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Oh , God , no , ’ she husked pitifully as Fernando suddenly drew back from her and with eyes hooded with desire and power he let himself sink below the water .
2 Dennis eventually went off with her on his own , leaving Nicholson to return alone to their hotel where he acted out some kind of ritual guarding of their rooms , ready to forewarn of an attack he was expecting at any moment from some non-existent Red Indians .
3 Ramsey presumably leant out for a breath of air .
4 His digital watch and the clock on the wall of the administration building foyer tallied at three precisely when Manville finally strolled in through the glass swing doors and headed for the reception desk .
5 GRAEME HICK finally lived up to his tag as England 's saviour yesterday — and the one-time ‘ Boy Wonder ’ could not have chosen a better moment to put his wretched Test record behind him .
6 The case was solved when Downey finally walked in to a police station earlier this year and confessed to the killing .
7 TYCOON Richard Branson yesterday came up with the Christmas present for the person who has everything — the chance to pilot a jumbo jet .
8 MANCHESTER City chairman Peter Swales yesterday hit out at the eight Premier League clubs who torpedoed the £13 million Bass sponsorship deal .
9 Dr Hendron also hit out at some unionist politicians who , he claimed , condemned loyalist violence ‘ with a tongue in their cheek ’ .
10 A flow of records ensued , including a posthumous Sid Vicious album , Sid Sings , and sundry repackagings of those few songs which the group had actually recorded , wringing the cash cow dry , as Richard Branson later pointed out with some irony , ‘ in just the spirit of the Swindle Malcolm had always talked about ’ .
11 Lord Airlie also went out of his way to help me find my feet .
12 The script was stodgy , with the only highlights being the video of the Duffer of St George at work ( a classic ) , and watching the fashion elite go quiet when Marks & Spencer nearly walked off with an award .
13 A police spokesman said last night : ‘ Miss Wright simply walked out of the hospital at 2pm on May 23 and has not been seen since . ’
14 ’ Miss Wright simply walked out of the hospital at 2pm on Sunday , May 23 , and has not been seen since .
15 In Philip Burton 's version , from then on , all was sweetness ; Richard occasionally went back to the house of Cis and Elfed ( on Sunday mornings ) and the two of them got on with the transformation of the street boy into the stage man .
16 After Eduard Abazi had a shot pushed on to the bar by Wright , Raklli finally broke through with just seconds remaining to earn the home side a deserved consolation .
17 ‘ I 'd have thought so , ’ he said , and Maureen went on , ‘ He did n't remember anything after falling asleep but they got married right away and Beryl just lay around like an invalid until the baby was born six months later . ’
18 Hearts0 St Mirren0 NOBODY anticipated a classic at Tynecastle and Hearts , needing to pick up both points to stay within sight of Premier Division leaders Rangers , and the doomed St Mirren duly lived up to expectations .
19 Christopher meanwhile walked back with them , as they had left their car at home : they had not lost their legs .
20 In practice there were so many calls on the United States throughout the world that Washington easily fell back into the habit of treating Britain as a modern " Figaro " whose services could be called upon here , there and almost anywhere from Europe to South-East Asia .
21 NEWCASTLE No 2 Terry McDermott yesterday hit back in an angry war of words with Aberdeen boss Willie Miller .
22 The F–104 and T–33 also got in on the act , all are now based at Oshkosh .
23 However Hans Beck also spoke up in defence of the European Community PHARE programme in the face of attacks from local critics , many of whom view it as a means of circulating funds from the European Community to Western economic advisors and consultancy firms , delivering few tangible benefits .
24 However Hans Beck also spoke up in defence of the European Community PHARE programme in the face of attacks from local critics , many of whom view it as a means of circulating funds from the European Community to Western economic advisors and consultancy firms , delivering few tangible benefits .
25 Maggie nearly jumped out of her skin .
26 Alan McManus also bowed out of the tournament after losing four of the last five frames to Jimmy White .
27 Although inspired by the threat of NT , Guidon claims that COSE also grew out of pressure on Hewlett-Packard and IBM from large end users and independent software vendors demanding Unix standardisation .
28 Although inspired by the threat of NT , Guidon claims that COSE also grew out of pressure on Hewlett-Packard and IBM from large end users and independent software vendors demanding Unix standardisation .
29 Although inspired by the threat of NT , Guidon claims COSE also grew out of pressure on HP and IBM from large end users and ISVs demanding Unix standardisation .
30 The Welsh international Dean Saunders also got in on the hat-trick act as Derby County overturned a 2-1 deficit against Cambridge United with a 5-0 victory to leave them 6-2 overall winners .
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