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.