Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Some crafty young entrepreneurs steamed in and relieved her of several pairs of Pumas at a knockdown price . |
2 | She was silent and acquiescent , however , so he climbed in and drove her round several blocks , just for the joy of it , taking the sharp corners so fast that her tyres shrieked in protest . |
3 | But he was the same as ever — just went in and did it in one take . |
4 | He placed a small amount of the substance in his hand and one by one the worshippers knelt down and licked it like hungry animals . |
5 | It was one of those cosmic accidents which are no accident , that the next day , when she called in at a bookshop to look for some more Morris titles , she should find on the same shelf the total output of Professor M. L. Vaughan ; and among the rest his : Aurae Phiala : A Pleasure City of the Second Century A.D. She took it down and opened it at random , and the prose caught her by its incandescent fervour . |
6 | It put the wind up me , to tell you the truth , so I 've just brought Hawkbit along and left it at that . " |
7 | ‘ If I came along and accused you of sharp practice , you 'd be righteously indignant . |
8 | Suddenly there was a flash of lightning and a roll of thunder and the heavens burst sending us scuttling into the woods for shelter , but it was n't long before the rain got through and drenched us with miniature Niagaras that came cascading down from the broad leaves . |
9 | He waved Rostov to an empty place at his side , and one of the aides drew Yuan and Alexei off and seated them among younger men . |
10 | She , no she , cos she 'd s what , he 'd done his business pel pissed off and left her in this house and she did n't even know . |
11 | Dad patted me on the head and Mum gives me this little kiss on the cheek and then they went off and left me with this old woman . |
12 | He peeled it off and threw it to one side then sat facing the three Americans . |
13 | She found she could n't tear her eyes away , and when he managed to get his second boot off and threw it to one side , then lifted his head , she was still staring . |
14 | Oh somebody took all our lovely parking ticket display off that was keeping the tas tax disk up and replaced it with black tape . |
15 | He picked it up and opened it at random . |
16 | Kim picked the book up and opened it at random , then handed it back to Hammond . |
17 | She stopped and looked full face into the mirror , as if , among the distorted outlines of the bar she was standing in as it stretched far into the mirror-room that swallowed it up and pulled it into strange shapes , she was looking for something not apparent in the real room . |
18 | He lifted her up and perched her on one of the kitchen stools , then filled the kettle . |
19 | When Mrs Thatcher first came into power , she got hold of the pound note , held it up and tore it in half and then tore it into a quarter , and she said this is what the pound 's worth under the Labour government . |
20 | The heavy door frame caused it some minor difficulty , which it overcame with a swing of its shoulders that tore the timber out and tossed it to one side . |
21 | on in , in , in the laminates alright well when they took the windscreen out and replaced it with this one it 's only since then that repair |
22 | Then he suddenly went up on his toes and both hands flashed out and clipped me on both cheeks . |
23 | I dragged it out and did it from that . |
24 | But he pulled her back and leaned her against another tree . |
25 | But one lad messed about and pushed it through those holes . |
26 | Whitlock , sensing his moment , swung round and felled him with one punch . |