Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [vb past] they [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Mr Wilbraham , together with one of the Tace managers Don Hammond ( managing director , components ) , and James Carr ( now finance director ) stepped in and acquired them for a consideration of £4m . |
2 | She pushed them down and left them on the floor . |
3 | His back was smooth and firm , hot under her palms , and the muscles rippled as she slid her hands down and smoothed them over the slight swell of his hips . |
4 | Ross , the steward , appeared , commiserated that they were all soaked through and took them into the lounge . |
5 | At the end of spawning I had over 20 eggs plastered to the sides of the aquarium , so I took a razor blade and carefully scraped them off and placed them in a margarine tub in their own aquarium water . |
6 | Once again I scraped them off and placed them in a margarine tub . |
7 | Joyriders ripped them off and threw them from the window as they sped through the Blackbird Leys estate to the Oxford Speedway Stadium . |
8 | She tore them up and tossed them into the bin . |
9 | Quickly , Lissa gathered them up and dropped them in a heap on her opened briefcase . |
10 | So I rang up and told them in the office . |
11 | Dougal picked them up and used them as a lever . |
12 | She scooped them up and dumped them on the table . |
13 | I really wanted to help them out and pointed them in the direction of Red Rhino and it was kind of their idea to put them out on Reception . |
14 | He did n't move , so I pulled his hands out and positioned them on the boat 's edges . |
15 | ‘ She tore a few pages out and threw them in the bin . |
16 | When the press of grey on either side became too much the motorway fizzled out and abandoned them to the early-evening commuter jam of the North Circular Road . |
17 | ‘ I 'll bring her , ’ said Caspar , and sat back and regarded them with the plump pleasure of a person who has reached a final decision . |
18 | Hazel turned back and joined them among the big , rosy-veined , magenta flower-spikes . |