Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without the slightest hesitation , he took two hops to the water , waded in and swam across the deep , still pool . |
| 2 | Both of us went down and rolled off the hard , wet pavement into the gutter , but it was me who cracked the back of his head en route and me who got a boot in the stomach which even my US Navy parka did little to cushion . |
| 3 | She hoisted the baby on to her hip and dragging a chair close up to the television set , sat down and stared at the blank screen . |
| 4 | She knelt down and stared at the smaller words below it . |
| 5 | Now he knelt down and looked at the dead girl curiously . |
| 6 | Remembering a detail with sudden clarity , Charles knelt down and looked at the left-hand side of the front bumper . |
| 7 | With a smile he put the rifle down and reached for the next in the stack at his side . |
| 8 | Adam put the phone down and went to the front door . |
| 9 | I knelt down and went through the dead man 's clothing . |
| 10 | Subsequently , the floods came down and went over the whole bridge , topping the rails , and it was a tribute to the efficiency of both its design and erection that the bridge withstood this successfully . |
| 11 | Dorcas sat down and leaned against the yellow metal . |
| 12 | The disclosure of these plans forced a premature announcement that two plants — Cowley South and Llanelli Pressings — were to be run down and closed in the early 1990s with the loss of about 3,400 jobs . |
| 13 | The Special Needs Unit , attached to the College of Further Education , is actually decking their Special Needs Unit out as a rain forest , both before and after , so there 's the rainforest in all its glory , and then the rainforest after it 's been chopped down and destroyed in the next room , so the Special Needs Unit are really enjoying that . |
| 14 | Then she broke down and cried onto the flowery wrapping-paper . |
| 15 | Ranulf squatted down and pointed to the small indentation of a boot . |
| 16 | and the warden was there in her dressing gown trying to get her up and she could n't get her up this morning , so she had to get help , one of the workmen came along and helped from the top terrible to say though it is , yeah , never mind , they get over it |
| 17 | A group of , let's say larger , teenagers manoeuvred themselves through and fell onto the hard , plastic seats on the right-side of the café . |
| 18 | It was one of those old-established inns tucked away into the side-streets of London that have somehow avoided being bought over and sanitized by the big chains , an ivy-covered twenty-room place with panelling and bay-windows and a fire blazing in the brick hearth of a reception area furnished in rugs over uneven boards . |
| 19 | She turned over and looked at the illuminated dial of her alarm clock . |
| 20 | He walked over and rattled at the locked door . |
| 21 | I lay on my fourposter ready to bemoan what had happened but the next minute I rolled over and sank into the deepest sleep . |
| 22 | Athelstan went over and knelt beneath the small , horn-glazed window , crossed himself and gently mouthed the words of David 's psalm . |
| 23 | But the float careered on and crashed into the 58-year-old tax official , breaking his leg . |
| 24 | You 're standing on a high cliff , chopped off and adumbrated by the heaving green of the sea . |
| 25 | Antony turned the grill off and looked at the dark brown slices of bread . |
| 26 | The car accelerated off and disappeared into the late afternoon traffic . |
| 27 | A list of deadlines and responsibilities was drawn up and agreed between the two departments and this has led to a better understanding of each others tasks and the benefits of compliance . |
| 28 | When Stuart and I heard this we got up and looked for the nearest exit . |
| 29 | He stood up and looked at the following wagon . |
| 30 | She stood up and stamped on the still-living creature . |