Example sentences of "[pron] ran [adv prt] 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 Whatever else was wrong with him he was at least honest , Carrie thought as she ran up the town .
11 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 .
12 Cos she ran up the garden .
13 The swallows flitted round Marie as she ran down the bank .
14 Then she ran down the post to the ground below .
15 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 .
16 For just a few seconds she stood petrified ; then , taking a deep , shuddering breath , she ran down the entry and into Lyra Street .
17 Guiltily she ran down the bouncing shallow steps , jarring them as hard as she could to off-balance the last man on his feet .
18 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 . ’
19 Leaving this area of the house behind her , she ran down the passage as far as the open pantry door .
20 She ran down the dune , calling , ‘ Okay , I 'm coming . ’
21 She ran down the garden and out on to the tow-path .
22 She ran down the gangplank and watched as the dog heaved himself up the bank , dragging his burden .
23 She ran down the first flight of stairs , and then turned and dragged herself back to the flat .
24 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 .
25 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 !
26 When she come round the middle girl she brought a friend with her and Ashley was with us so we ran down the dyke
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 More effective was the rush by two of the protection squad firing their tommies as they ran down the ship 's steep gangplank .
30 They ran out the aerial , using the two oars of their collapsible boar to keep it clear of the reef .
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