Example sentences of "desk and [vb past] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked through some copy which her assistant had left on her desk and crossed out a typing error . |
| 2 | She opened the desk and took out a powder compact and lightly touched her reddened lids . |
| 3 | Woodward opened the folder that was on the desk and took out a paper . |
| 4 | I motioned to the other phone and he waved me go ahead , so I parked a buttock on the edge of the desk and fished out a scrap of paper — a cigarette paper — from my wallet . |
| 5 | Adam reached to a shelf behind Miranda 's desk and picked up a case of cosmetic samples . |
| 6 | He went over to the desk and picked up a photograph . |
| 7 | He leaned across his desk and switched on an answering-machine . |