Example sentences of "[art] [noun] and [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using the tip of your index finger , spread the bead of silicone which has been pushed out by adjoining panels into a rounded seal ( see diagram six ) around the base and up the vertical joints . |
| 2 | ‘ Let's have it in the sitting-room , ’ Miss Honey said , picking up the tray and leading the way out of the kitchen and down the dark little tunnel into the room at the front . |
| 3 | ‘ The blast crashes through the windows and straight through the building and out the other side . |
| 4 | He wheeled his horse , and roared his own knights round upon their bowmen ; and the loyal among the marksmen set up an answering howl , and fell out as best they could , leaping sidelong into the bushes and up the heathery slope , to stand clear of the slaughter and find a vantage-point again from which they could play their part . |
| 5 | They both got dressed , quickly and silently , and then tiptoed out of the bedroom and down the white painted wooden staircase . |
| 6 | Mildred squeezed through the gap and set off as fast as possible along the corridor and down the spiral staircase to the yard . |
| 7 | The mix is pumped gently down the inner tube , out through the bottom and up the outer tube . |
| 8 | Simply pass the end of the yarn through the threader and down the hollow tube , attach the weight , and away you go , in moments you have a length of cord ready to use however you wish . |
| 9 | She made her way through the village and out the other side , then pulled over into a gateway by a field and cried her eyes out . |
| 10 | He walked out of the room and down the broad staircase . |
| 11 | This creeps across the shelf and down the continental slope , spreading along the sea-bed ; much of it is formed over the shelves of the Weddell and Ross bights , and from there it spreads far northward into the northern hemisphere . |
| 12 | As the teeth sink into the flesh , the pressure of this action squeezes venom out of the glands and down the hollow tubes of the paired fangs . |
| 13 | He saw it all reflected in the eyes of those blood-spattered gallopers and bears and lions and tigers and ostriches , all frozen in mid-stride , helpless witnesses of the terror they could not run from , and Preston trying desperately to escape from it , as much in terror of the mutilated corpse of Mary Moxton as he was of her murderer , and running from room to room and pulling open the last door of the last room and out into the night and down the long black tunnel under the railway line getting closer and closer to the grey patch of light at the end until , on the verge of safety , the figure would leap out at him in its bloody clothes with the meat cleaver in its hands … |
| 14 | The other three pairs came from the trees and down the sloping fields in complete silence . |
| 15 | She started the engine and turned the jeep so that its tyres squealed , then drove back down the drive and down the pretty hillside , wanting only to be somewhere by herself to sit and mourn . |
| 16 | For many years our brethren of the turf have been making sure of the accuracy of their finishes ( as well as the propriety of conduct around the bend and down the straight ) by employing photographic scrutiny . |
| 17 | Willie placed the mug carefully on to the table and made his way nervously out of the door and down the small dark passageway . |
| 18 | He took one bottle out to put his own in , took another one out to put a second one in , and this proceeded up the line and down the next until he realised he was always left with one in hand . |
| 19 | ‘ You ca n't go out like that , ’ said Wendy to Apricot when she was four , ‘ it 's freezing , ’ and little Apricot , in nothing but vest and pants , ran straight out into the street and down the long suburban road to the small playground which a benign council had made for the children in the sharp triangle of land where the railway line intersected the water-purifying plant . |
| 20 | There were outbreaks of violence in the Borders and down the Royal Mile in Edinburgh . |
| 21 | They did not squeal and race about in panic , but allowed themselves to be driven through the house and down the steep ramp to the underground slaughter-house without protest . |
| 22 | Formal speeches were made by practically every one present , and after each speech one had to have a toast and down the requisite amount of liquour after clinking glasses and saying ‘ gambei ’ ( ‘ empty your glass ’ ) . |