Example sentences of "[pron] ran [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ran up the island 's Caribbean coast , catching sight of white sandy beaches in the gaps between buildings . |
| 2 | er if it 's people give you things like reference lists and reading lists , I mean sometimes that 's the most confusing thing to be given because you do n't know , I used to think you were supposed to read everything on them er and I actually tried doing that once or twice and I could n't find stuff in Aston library so I ran up the er town library and went to Birmingham University library and then I got back the next week and I realized that I was about the only person who 'd actually done that and other people had n't |
| 3 | ‘ Once I hit the 2O mile mark I started to feel stronger and my speed picked up slightly , but as I ran up the Mall towards Buckingham Palace I discovered a new meaning to the word pain . |
| 4 | I was actually flashed at er in the library and what I thought of I would of done was completely different to what I actually did , erm , I thought I would of been quite calm about it , but in fact I ran out the library and I ran straight back to my flat erm , I was at that point I think about twenty one |
| 5 | I ran down the pavement to get as far away from the hotel as I could , then I sat down in a doorway and continued crying . |
| 6 | If anything the sound seemed to become louder as I ran down the deck . |
| 7 | I ran down the next flight of stairs and knocked on Mavis 's door . |
| 8 | The birds had told me Diggs had left a few minutes earlier , so I ran back the quick way to the house , where the lights all burned as usual . |
| 9 | Cawthorne had disappeared around the northern end of the farmhouse , so I ran back the way I had come , around the south end and climbed the fence back into the hop field . |
| 10 | I was on day duty with Jimmy Coutts and I was peacefully plotting a chart on the far side of the chart table , which was hidden from the entry door by the screen which ran nearly the length of the room . |
| 11 | They passed through the entrance hall which ran almost the whole length of the house , their feet suddenly loud on the marble tessellated floor . |
| 12 | Whatever else was wrong with him he was at least honest , Carrie thought as she ran up the town . |
| 13 | As she ran up the garden , her legs felt soft and boneless under her ; she had the terrible feeling that they might collapse altogether if she did n't hurry and find somewhere private , somewhere nice and safe and dark . |
| 14 | Cos she ran up the garden . |
| 15 | The swallows flitted round Marie as she ran down the bank . |
| 16 | Then she ran down the post to the ground below . |
| 17 | She had to blink back her tears before she opened the front door , and then she ran down the short tiled path , and , throwing back her shoulders and digging her hands into her pockets , strode down to the parade . |
| 18 | For just a few seconds she stood petrified ; then , taking a deep , shuddering breath , she ran down the entry and into Lyra Street . |
| 19 | Guiltily she ran down the bouncing shallow steps , jarring them as hard as she could to off-balance the last man on his feet . |
| 20 | In the dark , panic-stricken by what she 'd done , she ran down the wrong passage , towards the sea instead of towards the land , slipped and fell to her death on the rocks below . ’ |
| 21 | Leaving this area of the house behind her , she ran down the passage as far as the open pantry door . |
| 22 | She ran down the dune , calling , ‘ Okay , I 'm coming . ’ |
| 23 | She ran down the garden and out on to the tow-path . |
| 24 | She ran down the gangplank and watched as the dog heaved himself up the bank , dragging his burden . |
| 25 | She ran down the first flight of stairs , and then turned and dragged herself back to the flat . |
| 26 | As she ran down the driveway of the semi-detached house , a shot was fired from an upstairs front bedroom and she fell to the ground . |
| 27 | Normally a solemn and serious part of the Catholic liturgy of the Mass , on this occasion its solemnity and seriousness were somewhat dented by the sudden arrival of a very pretty little girl of about four or five , who ran down the centre aisle towards the priest , her pig-tails flying , calling , ‘ Zio Padee ! |
| 28 | When she come round the middle girl she brought a friend with her and Ashley was with us so we ran down the dyke |
| 29 | Just for our Craigy , I had an orange one and er another colour one and the orange one ran out the other day and he went potty . |
| 30 | The commandos blew in its steel door , and , leaving Chamberlain , who could hardly help himself along , to guard it , they ran down the long stairway to the pumps 40 feet below . |