1.  I shouted in my sternest voice.

2.  A bald-headed goon in a red blazer shot out of his seat and whacked me on the heel of my left foot.

3.  A barium meal confirmed a hiatus hernia but the chest pain continued to infiltrate my left arm.

4.  A big, flat coal barge was passing under the bridge and I averted my eyes from the sight of it.

5.  A brisk walk helped to lift my spirits.

6.  A bullet sang past my ear.

7.  A bullet whizzed past my ear.

8.  A button has come off my skirt.

9.  A cartwheel is one of my favourite ways to grow herbs.

10.  A certain sort of grimness came into my voice, as if expediency had now to take over.