Example sentences of "shoulders and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Birkett shrugged his shoulders and went on with the fish cakes . |
| 2 | Nikos shrugged his shoulders and went on with his writing . |
| 3 | He waited another second , then shrugged his shoulders and went in through the double doors . |
| 4 | Earlier this year , in May , they voted for change , but when Noriega disavowed the election result the mass of the people shrugged their shoulders and went back to work . |
| 5 | He put both arms round her shoulders and looked down into her face with a wide grin . |
| 6 | If either or both of her sons had decamped to the West , she 'd have shrugged her shoulders and got on with existence . |
| 7 | He gripped her by the shoulders and glared down into her face . |
| 8 | Later , well into the night , Mina and Kāli wrap blankets round their shoulders and walk out through the village . |
| 9 | She straightened her shoulders and gazed up at the unremitting blue of the sky . |
| 10 | He shrugged his shoulders and clambered out of the hole with his retinue following on behind . |
| 11 | He 'd expected it and just shrugged his shoulders and sat down on the stool . |
| 12 | She put the towel round her shoulders and sat down beside him . |
| 13 | He looked at himself in his mind 's eye , squared his shoulders and carried on down the stairs . |
| 14 | He would start with her shoulders and move down to her hips , and no amount of disdain seemed to get through to him . |
| 15 | Having correctly spaced the members of the party at the other end of the rope , any spare rope should be coiled neatly around the leader 's shoulders and tied off with an overhand knot , ready for possible use later in the day . |
| 16 | He removed his arm from her shoulders and leaned back against the wall , his gaze still on the fair-haired young girl who sat on the bicycle , ready to move off , the wind blowing her skirt and hair . |
| 17 | He weighed 196lb and , when wishing to indulge in a man-to-man talk ( I say man-to-man because I became convinced he did n't believe he was a dog at all ) he would rear up and rest his forepaws on my shoulders and look down into my eyes , which are a rather attractive dark brown and reside about five feet two inches above sea level . |
| 18 | Then he saw Carrie turn and look at Mick and Mick take her by the shoulders and look down into her face . |