Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [noun sg] [vb base] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Even diluted like I use it , ’ the mother told him , ‘ it makes a good deal of my hair fall out , so goodness knows what 's going to happen to you . |
| 2 | I felt my lip curl , and the inside of my mouth dry out and tighten as if I had been sucking lemons . |
| 3 | But I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and decided that maybe I 'd better not say too much in front of the stranger . |
| 4 | She was still so entranced by the timeless atmosphere of their night-time sail back round the island that it was strange to hear Lucy 's familiar voice on the telephone that night . |
| 5 | Most barn owls eat a variety of small mammals and birds every night , and tell-tale remnants of their meal turn up as undigested bone , hair and feather in regurgitated pellets . |
| 6 | This is part of their annual tidy up , under the guidance of the St Edmundsbury Borough Council . |
| 7 | Its top lip begins to extend and grow like some sort of elephant-horse , and the corners of its mouth pull up higher and higher so that its mouth looks longer and longer , as if a heavy-handed rider is pulling mercilessly at it . |
| 8 | She hitched the full skirt of her Summer dress up above her knees , and swung her long legs for him to see . |
| 9 | There was something in his voice that made the hairs on the back of her neck stand up . |
| 10 | Busacher desperately wanted to go home and rest , but he dare n't let any rumours of his frailty get around . |
| 11 | The roots of his disciplinarianism go back a long way . |
| 12 | But looking at him still , she saw the corners of his mouth pick up slightly , and suddenly , so were the corners of her mouth , because , ‘ My friends call me Ven , ’ he advised her , and solemnly added , ‘ Fabia . ’ |
| 13 | My friend , whose ablutions are an elaborate , and to him , essential part of his pre-sermon warm up , was for once lost for words . |
| 14 | You 'll feel the inside of your mouth dry up . |
| 15 | I agree , sometimes I can tell you I have witnessed a hunt and on a cold , frosty morning when er about forty or fifty horses are thundering across the ploughed field , it 's enough to p the power of that sight is enough to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up that 's not what we are against the hunter that came to me and says Eh up lad , I wo n't go drag hunting because I 'm sixty years old , I 've done it all my life and I like the ride , I like to be there I never see a fox killed that 's fact , it 's in the video . |
| 16 | from the wilds of whitewater we 're off to the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire for the start of our action round up … there we 're meeting up with greyhound trainer Tony Meek … and his two dogs … |