Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [adv] [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end I gave in and reluctantly mounted the narrow stairs . |
| 2 | He switched it off and half filled the hot water-bottle . |
| 3 | Behind the shingle formation Romney Marsh gradually grew up and completely filled the former bay . |
| 4 | I imagine you came here with the intention of doing it up and then realised the enormous extent of the work needed to put it right . ’ |
| 5 | He drove half-way home before the windscreen-wipers packed up and then trudged the last two miles , through blinding snow , with the child tucked into his overcoat , her cold face buried in his shoulder , her small , cold hands round his neck . |
| 6 | Victor Chapman , a Harvard graduate , had been at the Paris Beaux Arts when the war broke out and promptly joined the Foreign Legion as a private . |
| 7 | ‘ The fellow who stayed with me went back and so did the other squire . |
| 8 | The trail strayed round and eventually reached the small clearing . |