Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] and [vb past] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They picked up their skis and disappeared down the Vallée Blanche . |
| 2 | The head of the family rested his knife and fork on their heels and looked down the table . |
| 3 | They turned on their heels and started back the way they 'd come . |
| 4 | She drew the cigarette from her lips and blew out the smoke thoughtfully . |
| 5 | Griselda opened her eyes and licked up the tear . |
| 6 | They lifted her gently onto their shoulders and moved down the chapel . |
| 7 | between her knees and spelt out the sign |
| 8 | Most of the front row jumped to their feet and fled up the aisle away from the danger . |
| 9 | They 'd gone through its pockets and piled up the contents in a heap . |
| 10 | Not giving her resolve time to weaken , she slipped off her shoes and hurtled up the alley as fast as she could go . |
| 11 | She rummaged in her pockets and pulled out the keys with one hand , and the bit of paper with the other . |
| 12 | She took off her glasses and turned down the collar . |
| 13 | She balled her fists and fought down the growing desolation inside her . |
| 14 | OK , I often employ builders on the basis that they 've got an honest face only to find they 've nicked my buckets , added unnegotiated noughts on to their invoices and buggered up the plumbing but … |
| 15 | When the headmistress , with some guilt , asked her to take over the school 's unpopular Commonwealth Society she rolled up her sleeves and cleaned out the dusty room that had been hung with torn posters depicting ‘ Tea-picking in Ceylon , ‘ Coffee Growing in Kenya , ’ and ‘ Sheep Farming in Australia . ’ |
| 16 | Intruding on a newly married couple sounded a textbook mistake when he surveyed it , but plainly both of them were glad he was there ; he could see it in their faces and ran up the platform with joy , not shy at all about the reflection of his hurtling bulk in the glass of a newsagent 's stall . |
| 17 | His talents were demonstrated through a system that gave him opportunities and brought out the best in him . |
| 18 | Spitting it on to the floor , he raised the half-empty bottle to his lips and drank down the fiery vodka in great gulps , as if to drown the useless curses which rose in his throat . |
| 19 | Mike Pumfrey , now back in the study with Sergeant Fenniway , put his finger to his lips and picked up the extension phone . |
| 20 | Seb hunched his hands into his pockets and scowled down the lawn . |
| 21 | The idiot in underpants is trundled to his feet and prodded out the room like a beef to the abattoir . |
| 22 | Slowly he got to his feet and picked up the newspaper . |
| 23 | He made a sort of ducking movement to acknowledge his orders and tipped up the nearest chair so that its burden of garments slithered to the flagstones . |
| 24 | Tell your friends and put up the enclosed poster where it will be seen . |