Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pos pn] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sketchily covered breasts that had embarrassed her earlier in the evening were now taut and tingling , and when Tom 's hands came up to cup them through the thin fabric of her blouse she wanted to arch her back and drink in the new sensation with cries of pleasure . |
| 2 | The South Africans were asking the umpires in the West Indies whether they had received their one for the over . |
| 3 | I have done my best with the Scottish Sports Council 's questionnaires that you sent down , and enclose a copy of my covering letter for your information . |
| 4 | It was Barbara Castle who remarked , when Mrs Thatcher became leader of the Conservatives in 1975 , that power had made her pretty for the first time . |
| 5 | Mother Francis the celibate nun who had never thought she could know the joy of seeing a child grow up in her care had loved Eve in a way that might well have made her blind to the feelings and sensitivities of other people . |
| 6 | The youngest son came to the totem , to Tallis , and straightened her after the blizzard had made her lean to the left . |
| 7 | No reports of flounder from the Nawddach estuary which has probably seen its worst for the species for more than ten years . |
| 8 | Irritated by Viola 's habit of slipping into cliches from the West End plays of her youth every time feeling was called for , Greg said : ‘ You 'd seen her earlier in the evening , had n't you ? ’ |
| 9 | He had hardly ever seen her naked since the first days of their marriage , and she had n't been anxious to show herself even then . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've turned her loose in the hotel boutique , ’ Roman murmured , ‘ so she wo n't want either of us for some time . ’ |
| 11 | He had been made mayor by the Germans during the Occupation , and had in fact done his best for the villagers . |
| 12 | Shirtliff nodded down Wilson 's corner for Hirst to score the second and the Wednesday striker would have collected his 20th of the season but for a fine one-handed save by Marriott . |
| 13 | McQuaid felt for the authority he had slowly made his own over the years , an authority that had outgrown Moran ‘ s . |
| 14 | After 1787 the graveyard was no longer used and the Jewish community buried its dead in the cemetery in the Žižkov quarter . |
| 15 | No need to tell them about Charlie and getting married or the unholy row with Mama or the hell that was let loose when she told them she 'd had her medical for the WRNS and if anyone tried to stop her going … |
| 16 | The cream lace of her dress rustled softly as she moved towards him , the pearl and diamond earrings he had bought her gleaming against the dark honey tone of her neck . |
| 17 | you 're not scoring so many because you 've got your fifteen at the end there . |
| 18 | You 've got your own in the front . |
| 19 | In a 3000m race at Stellenbosch in February , the new-look Zola , now markedly more adult in build than in her ill-fated days as a British international , won with a world-class 8:42.26 — a time which would have ranked her third in the the world in 1990 . |
| 20 | The last time he 'd seen her she 'd been drunk , they 'd had a fight , he 'd left her sprawling on the carpet . |
| 21 | But Mary had been touched by it as a girl and , as her goat herds had taken her high in the woods , she had often come across Kitty in the course of things . |
| 22 | As it was , the most she could hope for was his speedy return to Hong Kong , but for now she supposed she would just have to endure a certain amount of contact , as he had warned her earlier at the party just before leaving her with Cavell Fielding and Penny Seu Chen . |
| 23 | Speedie , a one-time Quaker with Darlington and like the two managers a former number seven at Anfield , headed his second on the hour and side-footed his third after a mix up between Wright and Liam O'Brien with fifteen minutes left . |
| 24 | Corbett had heard that the Scots were a crude race but their cooks could have held their own with the best in Europe . |
| 25 | The letter concluded : ‘ Convinced Nazis who are really inwardly certain of our final victory do n't seem to be too plentiful even among people who have otherwise courageously held their own at the Front . |
| 26 | Since enamelling was taken over by the west to produce jewels like that which tradition claims was presented to his foundation , New College , Oxford , by William of Wykeham early in the fourteenth century ( fig. 29 ) , enamel has held its own in the embellishment of symbols of high achievement . |
| 27 | Violet , cocky till now , she had held her own with the man — where was he ? — backed hard against the wall . |
| 28 | It was anger , she 'd thought suddenly , anger as sharp and cruel as the blade of a knife , as if he 'd held her responsible for the desire so clearly etched into his arrogant , handsome face … |