Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] and [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The muscles of his legs and arms bulged alarmingly and shone with sweat as he braced himself against the bulkheads to study the small control panel . |
| 2 | Early in July , it also became evident that while the Austrian troops were falling back in collapse , German formations on the front fought stubbornly and retreated with discipline . |
| 3 | The RFC machines — mainly BE2s , Bleriots and Henri Farmans — operated individually and came under attack not by enemy aircraft but by artillery , and even by rifle fire from their own troops . |
| 4 | Some premonition alerted her subconscious ; earlier disquiets and a vague sense of unease came together and focused into fear . |
| 5 | People did move between these industries : engineering workers went to sea , as did in the course of a lifetime , some miners ; seamen came ashore and worked as scaffolders and riggers in the yards . |
| 6 | Ruthven cradled his cat and stroked the back of its head , his hand moving faster and faster across the animal 's fur until it stirred restlessly and mewed in protest . |
| 7 | Changes to expert systems would have to be done centrally and issued as amendments in a similar way to existing software or technical manual amendments . |
| 8 | I might have got worn out , the number of miles we walked and bins we excavated , only he sat on every bench we came across and stared into space . |
| 9 | One proposal , put forward and agreed by participants at the national workshop , was the establishment of a ‘ best practice ’ programme to which agencies could apply for funds to redesign work . |
| 10 | After the washing was completed the filters were air dried briefly and analyzed by autoradiography . |
| 11 | She had been looking at Mick , but turned slowly and looked at Joe , and smiling slightly said , ‘ Yes ; yes , of course . ’ |
| 12 | Gabriel nodded furiously and gabbled with relief : ‘ It was no good pleading with him . |
| 13 | Willie nodded shyly and went after Sammy who was eyeing the flowers in someone 's window box . |
| 14 | When dry the assemblies can now be gauged exactly and planed to width . |
| 15 | Then he turned away and went to sleep and I lay there and wept , feeling an absolute failure ’ . |
| 16 | I turned away and said to Miss Kenton : |
| 17 | Then , before the other could reply , he turned away and nodded to Fenton . |
| 18 | But when at last the planes turned away and headed for land , the order was given for all passengers to get below . |
| 19 | At very great length Mr Yarrow leaned back in his chair , sighed deeply and gazed upon Cornelius Murphy . |
| 20 | Rohmer turned quickly and looked in Jimmy 's direction . |
| 21 | They walked down the dark , creaking stairs to the empty street , and as they turned left and walked towards Cotton Lane Carrie slipped her arm through her brother 's , glad of his comforting presence despite her protests . |
| 22 | Emerging from the top of the arcade , he turned left and slipped inside Brown 's Hotel in Albemarle Street . |
| 23 | She turned now and glanced towards Millie again before hurrying from the yard . |
| 24 | Whether Ray Farningham meant to collect Ian Cameron 's low cross from the right as he did is equally puzzling , but he turned well and shot past Andy Rhodes . |
| 25 | They opened for a moment , then closed , then opened again and gazed at Marcus 's face . |
| 26 | The colon was opened longitudinally and cleaned of faeces by gentle irrigation with water . |
| 27 | In July 1947 he returned illegally and appealed for help to the RCM , whose representative advised him to give himself up . |
| 28 | Pino wriggled flirtatiously and grinned at Constance , who laughed at him . |
| 29 | She made a mild attempt to evade him but he cut across and landed in front of her , sitting , as she had first seen him , with the sheep and goats dithering and teetering before and around him . |
| 30 | He adds sadly : ‘ It 's impossible for me to go on a quiet date as I get recognised everywhere and asked for autographs . ’ |