Example sentences of "of [pos pn] body [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With such an effective way of victualling her young , the mother is able to retain them within her until they are so big that their sheer size makes them a burden and the mechanics of getting them out of her body becomes a real problem . |
| 2 | Anna was very happy and the shape of her body broadcast the reason , even before Nahum began his explanation . |
| 3 | He bent his head to brush a kiss against her faintly protesting lips , the slight shift of her body closing the infinitesimal barrier between them . |
| 4 | Waking in his room at the week-ends , Sandra was there beside him , her head against his shoulder , the sun-bleached hair half-covering her ears ; the warm curve of her body shuddered a little when he stroked it , his fingers traced round the freckles on her shoulder , islands on an ocean of tanned skin . |
| 5 | Her fingers closed over the handle , the half-raised posture of her body shielding the movement from de Raimes . |
| 6 | Whether he stood or sat his form was full of dignity ; the good proportion and grace of his body prevented the observer from noticing that his neck was rather short and his person rather too fleshy . |
| 7 | He wrenches the seat-belt free of his body to have a better look . |
| 8 | Trent twisted as he fell , the whole weight of his body tearing the rifle free of the man 's hands . |
| 9 | Moreover , anyone who has acquired the power of co-ordinating correctly , can readjust the parts of his body to meet the requirements of almost any position , while always commanding adequate and correct movements of the respiratory apparatus . |
| 10 | At this edict , the leviathan disappeared to the depths of the oceans , while the behemoth lay down to sleep , the mighty folds of his body becoming the Himalayan mountains . |
| 11 | The heat of his body scorched the length of her back . |
| 12 | The brilliant Martin Allen and Peter Butler ran the midfield and fed Morley at regular intervals but Knight used every part of his body to stem the tide . |
| 13 | Working out from the pyramid shape already laid , use the weight of your body to keep the laid tiles flat . |
| 14 | But just as the overall form of our body remains the same , despite the constant replacement of the atoms and molecules of which it is made , so is the overall form of nature maintained as identifiably the same old physical universe , though the pattern may alter markedly over the course of time . |