Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] sink at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My heart sank at the prospect of yet again missing the top in the thick fog , but we had a great treat in store . |
| 2 | Claudia asked , her heart sinking at the idea of Dana rushing from shorts into a wedding dress in the space of a few minutes . |
| 3 | Her heart sank at the thoughts aroused by the sight of the romantic poet-painter , and Sam 's puppy eagerness to reach him . |
| 4 | Her heart sank at the sight of fresh blood on the bandage , but she set about unwinding the strip of linen , praying that she had not opened up fitzAlan 's wound too badly in her frantic efforts to escape . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , her heart sank at the thought of spending an evening with him in his present state of mind , and she was tempted to invent a sore throat in order to get out of it . |
| 6 | She simply nodded , but her heart sank at the prospect implied by his cold clipped tones . |
| 7 | Paul felt his heart sink at the sight of them . |
| 8 | His coming displayed no jot of his inner feelings , though his heart sank at the array of knee breeches and crinolines , and at last it occurred to him that the lunatics he had met upstairs were in Dickensian dress . |