Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb past] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stooped and scooped up the little dog on to her lap . |
| 2 | He stooped and picked up the cruel dagger which had nearly split his throat . |
| 3 | He stooped and picked up the torn halves himself . |
| 4 | A majority of the 1916 conference called for action to end the war , immediately provoking Hyndman and his supporters , including Jack Jones ( soon to become Labour MP for Silvertown ) and Thorne to depart and set up the National Socialist Party ( NSP ) . |
| 5 | You wo n't mind and picked up the obvious , and you 're going to get out back to It 's only Sarah and |
| 6 | He turned and went down the four steps that led into the long , dark , low-ceilinged dining room , returning a moment later with a book from the shelves . |
| 7 | Emily turned and walked up the wide staircase , looking painfully at the bare walls where paintings of her ancestors had hung for generations . |
| 8 | They watched the flames begin to lick through it , then turned and hurried up the spiral stairway towards the battlements . |
| 9 | ‘ He slowed in flight , rolled expertly , backed away and then stalled and hung on the thin wind all at once . |
| 10 | The clerk stretched and sucked in the clear morning air . |
| 11 | Let me try and set down the opposing points of view . |
| 12 | While in theory multiple images would seem to be a way of enriching the screen 's information , in practice it was usually just distracting and slowed down the narrative speed . |
| 13 | She went and fetched out the folded garments for him , and went about her business at the clay oven outside while he stripped and dressed himself again in the good Welsh clothes that had been made for him . |
| 14 | She says it slipped and set off the magic eye which set the baler off which crushed the bottom part of my leg causing me to lose the tissue and muscle from my ankle up to my shin . |
| 15 | I should do really got a clot in one of his legs as it means and went down the other one and got ta take it out , through smoking |
| 16 | It remained stuck fast and it screeched again , waving shredded arms as Duvall slammed the door shut and blocked out the hideous spectacle . |
| 17 | The air carried a reviving chill which Forester reinforced with a couple of splashing handfuls of cold stream water which made the skin of his face sing and drove out the dull ache behind his eyes . |
| 18 | He stood and picked up the small bowl he had brought , walking through to her bathroom to empty it . |