Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb past] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he found the door , he pulled off his dressing-gown and pyjamas , turned the handle , slipped inside and dived rapturously for the recumbent figure beneath the bedclothes . |
| 2 | Contentedly I went below and turned in for a few hours , leaving my colleague to navigate . |
| 3 | Going into the first Test at Port-of-Spain under the leadership of Mike Denness , England were put in and bowled out for a meagre 131 ( Greig top-scored with 37 ) . |
| 4 | And so usually at the end of the day you you reversed your procedure and went back to the stalls and took the lines down and cleared up for the butchers and what have you , and then you usually got some meat , or perhaps some vegetables , and various things . |
| 5 | She smiled at me and sat down and remained thoughtfully for a while with her chin resting on her hand . |
| 6 | We got some torches together and set off for the graveyard . |
| 7 | But in the end he could stand it no longer and went out for a walk . |
| 8 | Lindsey came on and sat in for a couple of numbers and really enjoyed being back on the boards with us lot . |
| 9 | After a particularly barbarous game of Murder Ball in the school gym , I stripped off and queued up for a quick soaking , along with 40 other pre-pubescent boys . |
| 10 | So I got off and walked around for an hour or so , unseeing , my mind a total blank . |
| 11 | We actually got the rigging up and sailed around for a while in twos — I was with my brother and I thought we managed quite well . |
| 12 | She swung the boot cover up and reached inside for the two carrier bags of supplies . |
| 13 | She sat up and reached blindly for the clasp of the bra , and just for a moment her breasts swung into view . |
| 14 | I 'm going to recommend that you are taken off duty immediately and sent back for a three-month intensive retraining schedule , ’ |
| 15 | Then it turned around and went back for a drink of water . |
| 16 | Miaow , thought Jenny as young Curtis stood up awkwardly and set off for the bar , turning after a couple of steps to ask , ‘ What do you want ? ’ |
| 17 | We passed by and opted instead for an easy final passage . |
| 18 | The first attempt was almost a disaster , but he got the plane up again and came round for a second shot . |
| 19 | When I was driving my new Granada in 1989 and dropped a friend down the road , a police car came past , saw the car with a black man driving it , circled round and came back for a second check . |
| 20 | At the start , the hare dashed off and built such a commanding lead that he decided to relax briefly and lay down for a nap . |