Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] front " in BNC.
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1 | In war , more common as the Dukes of Normandy used their English kingship to press their rather doubtful claims to the French throne , Sussex found itself in the front line , convenient both for intended invasions and retaliatory expeditions by licensed French pirates . |
2 | When we arrived , Mary let herself in the front door and we entered the dining room . |
3 | Later , she found herself in the front passenger seat of a comfortable grey Rover , and as the car negotiated the twists and turns of the mountainous road she stole side-glances at Silas 's profile . |
4 | Anyway , I did some radio interviews and I was quite taken aback when I found myself over the front page of the Evening Standard . |
5 | Maura pushed her way through the adults and stationed herself in the front room next to the table piled high with food . |
6 | She was bearing down on him like a bull in full charge when he jumped the wide steps and with a cry of terror threw himself against the front door of the house . |
7 | Paula looked at him wickedly as she settled herself in the front passenger seat . |
8 | She positioned herself on a front bench , laid out her pastels and board , and began drawing under the eyes of the judge , who , be all accounts , turned a shade of puce . |
9 | She positioned herself on a front bench , laid out her pastels and board , and began drawing under the eyes of the judge , who , be all accounts , turned a shade of puce . |
10 | With his teeth chattering , his mouth bleeding and his hair flattened to his skull he could not have looked less appealing as he presented himself at the front door . |