Example sentences of "[pron] and [verb] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 'll all have to do the same as me and put down the date and see , but if yer want ter know it 's the first of May . ’ |
| 2 | The first contains a few records , so collect them and slide down the ice into the water , this is extremely easy so just use the map to reach the room containing the concert poster , records and a ‘ ? ’ ( worth 50 points ) , grab 'em all and move up to the extra life , then to the ladder and get the heart if you need it , walk right , go up the ladder and down the other side , pick up the crate and jump into the water . |
| 3 | So Angus got up on to the rock and held his fist high and told young McCulloch to stand the hostages on a knoll where everyone could see them and called out the oath above the drone of the pipe : ‘ We do swear — never to swerve — from our present path — till we have cleansed the country — of this oppressive Act . |
| 4 | Dzerzhinsky wrote that the swifter exchange of goods would help to reduce taxes levied on the peasants and so mollify them and speed up the realization of smychka between town and country ; but towards the end of the year he admitted in a resigned tone : ‘ Can such a huge enterprise like transport really change in a moment , can people really be regenerated at once ? |
| 5 | So that night , at the disco they told them and at last they believed them and sorted out the magazine thing and changed the magazine to Mysteries from Around the World . |
| 6 | They knew that in another day or two they would not even have to charge the ramparts ; they would merely have to step over them and kill off the garrison as they pleased . |
| 7 | It was not difficult to find their way , for the faint glow of the many camp-fires guided them and showed up the loom of the burgh 's buildings . |
| 8 | They brought in the horses , hobbled them and built up the fire . |
| 9 | Guido slipped an arm around her and bent to kiss her , then reached out suddenly to the stone urn beside them and pulled off the stem of a red geranium . |
| 10 | He says this because it seems pointless for the sun to have done all this work , and then let war spoil everything and killing off the sun 's children . |
| 11 | We had great fun going round seeing everybody and building up the bidding . ’ |
| 12 | She swung away from him and stared out the side window . |
| 13 | She wrinkled her nose at him and topped up the reservoir . |
| 14 | It shook slightly as he scribbled an address , then pushed the serviette across the table , his body slowly relaxing as Ward let go of him and picked up the serviette . |
| 15 | The band saw him and picked up the rhythm . |
| 16 | One by one , people come up to him and jump over the stick or crawl under it . |
| 17 | Barry was unable to give the police a description of his assailant as he was always behind him and ripped out the mirror from his car before they drove to Perry 's . |
| 18 | I thanked him and tore up the prescription at the door . |
| 19 | Emily drew a sheet of writing paper towards her and picking up the pen began to write … |
| 20 | She was reacting to the soft note in his voice , letting it wash over her and slow down the beat of her heart . |
| 21 | Then Julius got into the car beside her and started up the engine , and it was too late to get out . |
| 22 | He slid in beside her and started up the engine . |
| 23 | Folly cut the tape that sealed the box nearest to her and pulled off the lid . |
| 24 | Blanche got into the car , settled the old dog on the seat beside her and switched on the engine . |
| 25 | Henry turned to her and held up the jack . |
| 26 | He passed her and picked up the sheet of paper . |
| 27 | Breeze thanked her and picked up the fork . |
| 28 | Then , as your write a letter the computer interprets it and pops up the letter it thinks you have written . |
| 29 | The information carried by an amplitude-modulated signal ( see section 5.9 ) is recovered by rectifying it and filtering out the carrier wave to leave the amplitude-modulating wave . |
| 30 | Leave the brush in the oil for several hours , or longer , and then remove it and squeeze out the oil and work the brush backwards and forwards over plain brown paper or the side of a clean carton . |