Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ There they are sorted and put back on the vehicles and re-delivered so that the franchisees can deliver them first thing in the morning . ’ |
2 | The adjoining suite of offices where I reported was inadequately sound-proofed , so that I felt myself both surrounded and shot through by the very processes that I would be attempting to market . |
3 | Miss Fogerty assured her that nothing would be disclosed and slipped out of the side door . |
4 | He pulled up at the pumps and the attendant , a young black wearing green coveralls and cap bearing the petrol company 's logo , approached and leaned down to the open window . |
5 | So he 'd sort of had a well I suppose he 'd messed around helped and played about in the smithy . |
6 | My father rushed to the window , looked out and down into the garden , then shouted and ran out of the room , leaving Mrs Clamp goggle-eyed , alone . |
7 | Senga shouted and dashed out into the hall , almost colliding with Gerard , the butler " That 's Patrick , " she said quickly , " he said he would be back in time for lunch . " |
8 | At a point with ‘ Arc ’ I said ‘ OK , we 're off and we 're flying , this is distorted and grunged out to the max ’ . |
9 | As the survivors are air-lifted to safety by helicopter , the badly wounded Elias is seen being pursued and shot down by the North Vietnamese , his outstretched arms at the moment of death consciously evoking the Crucifixion . |
10 | With the slaughter of the king , the English turned and ran , pursued and hunted down by the knights . |
11 | He drew and sighted out through the window . |
12 | Fat Mrs Beatty entered and sat down in a corner beyond the screen . |
13 | She rose and flounced off in a swish of skirts and a whiff of fragrant perfume . |
14 | Then she rose and went over to the bed , pulled back the covers and slipped between the cool , fresh sheets . |
15 | The Prince , still shaking his head , rose and walked over to a carved bookstand which was similar to a lectern in a church . |
16 | He placed the ointment on the table beside her , rose and walked over to the window . |
17 | But she rose and walked over to the table , moving stiffly because of muscles chilled from sitting in the stone window embrasure for so long . |
18 | Tallis rose and walked over to the pile of nuts and berries . |
19 | Willie rose and wandered over towards the entrance . |
20 | The solid trapdoor lifted and crashed over onto the tiled floor , and his heart soared as the torch light revealed the wooden rungs of a ladder descending into the darkness below . |
21 | An afternoon to yourself to discover the treasures of this revered Cathedral City then a little nap , perhaps and later refreshed and invigorated off to a gala evening with a menu fit for a king . |
22 | Five months pregnant with her fifth child , Emecheta fled and ended up in a council block for problem families , which became the setting for In The Ditch . |
23 | If no blood clot or haemorrhage was seen in the ulcer base , the patient was discharged and followed up with an endoscopy on the seventh day , the first month , and every month until scarring of the lesion ensued . |
24 | ‘ That last hedge you jumped , ’ her father said , breaking another seemingly endless silence as he stopped and stared up at the facade of the great house . |
25 | He stopped and stared out of the window , across Horse Guards ' , looking suddenly weary . |
26 | He stopped and stared down at the floor . |
27 | He stopped and went on in a low voice , ‘ I came back early from school and when I came in I saw she 'd been crying . ’ |
28 | He put the letter in his Out tray and moved on to another piece of paper , and then he stopped and went back to the first letter . |
29 | The night was cold and black but when he stopped and looked up between the black overhanging gables of the houses , he was pleased to see the clouds beginning to break up . |
30 | He stopped and looked up at the tangle of gaunt branches above him . |