Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [verb] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He taxied in and show down the engine , where upon hit promptly seized-up solid , never to run again . |
| 2 | Along with many other groups , The Wedding Present found their product on hold and their projected Ukrainian LP was stuck in Red Rhino 's York warehouse until RCA moved in and took over the marketing of it . |
| 3 | Strachan embarassed Dicks more than once by nipping in and streaking up the wing . |
| 4 | But this would be moving in and making up the message in the style of the ‘ missing ’ letters in Poor People , the first story of all . |
| 5 | ‘ However , I have received an assurance from the Post Office that in the event of the present franchisees not being able to find a buyer for the business , then the Post Office will step in and take over the running of the counter service again . ’ |
| 6 | Bailiffs moved in and boarded up the house in Ely , Cardiff , as Pat and her children , Maria , 16 , and three-year-old Matthew watched . |
| 7 | ‘ My grandfather moved to Billingford and he settled in and opened up the blacksmith shop … |
| 8 | Turn off the water , drain down and bale out the cistern to give it a good clean . |
| 9 | ‘ What have we here ? ’ their father asked , leaning down and picking up the paper bag . |
| 10 | It is n't because I keep on going down and filling up the metro with ten pounds worth of petrol and I 'm not making a a trip back and forth to work every day . |
| 11 | ‘ Get your foot down and switch on the siren . ’ |
| 12 | Reluctantly , Mrs. Henry bent down and switched on the vacuum-cleaner again . |
| 13 | Bob looked away hurriedly , and Mrs. Hennessy bent down and switched on the vacuum-cleaner . |
| 14 | He bent down and yanked out the flex that connected a standard lamp to the mains . |
| 15 | They leaped down and charged up the shore , yelling triumphantly . |
| 16 | Settle down and live off the back catalogue : I do n't know , I do n't think I 'd just stop . |
| 17 | She crouched down and pinched out the light , then burrowed into the hay , pushing up against his chest . |
| 18 | Lowell bent down and picked up the fragment of urn , wiping it with the palm of his hand . |
| 19 | One of the apes that lived among the rooftops of the city scampered down and picked up the peel , then raced back up to his vantage point beside the eaves . |
| 20 | He sat down and picked up the sheaf of papers neatly set out on the top of his desk . |
| 21 | She turned the music down and picked up the receiver . |
| 22 | She got up , made herself another coffee , sat down and picked up the note again . |
| 23 | Dr Koenig says as long as both partners sit down and talk out the decision , there should be no long-term ill-effects on the marriage . |
| 24 | The refrigerator was easy , you just opened the door and put food in it until it looked like an igloo inside , and then a pair of hands which might or might not be your own came along and cleared out the ice so that you could use it again . |
| 25 | It was thrown there on neutral territory between the two ranks and the person who was successful in breaking through and taking up the crown and running right down … round , circling their opponents , and right round and coming back without being caught , that person was successful . |
| 26 | Transferring my gun to my left hand , I reach over and turn off the grill . |
| 27 | Suppose that I am sitting by a bowl of fruit ; my hand hovers over a pear , then a peach catches my eye ; their distinctive favours revive in memory and pull against each other , then my hand moves over and picks out the peach . |
| 28 | She reached over and turned out the light , sick with disappointment to find she was no wiser about her identity than the night before . |
| 29 | Brenda put her hand over and pulled back the bar that held the gate shut . |
| 30 | He clambered over and pulled off the covering so quickly her hair bushed out like a halo . |