Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] and [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Before such people can act together , a kind of telepathic feeling has to flow through them and ripen to the point when they all know that they are ready to begin .
2 Ferns grew head-high on either side , and suddenly Mary started back with a cry as the ferns parted and something bounded through them and leapt across the path not two feet from her .
3 Alexandra stood between them and looked down the lane , sunk between high fields , and saw the church tower rising among leafless trees and the blue slate roofs that clustered round it .
4 It bounced and rolled between them and lay in the shadow of the chair .
5 If you allowed for the shape of two paper-backs , between them and jutting from the end was a two-inch pack of what could be paper money .
6 Kicking back the covers , I let my feet touch the carpet , put on the white and blue striped kaftan which my journalist daughter had made for me and walked to the window overlooking the central court .
7 Initially , older people were removed from the community supports which traditionally looked after them and subjected to the rigours of a ‘ work or starve ’ philosophy .
8 Ruth blazed , limping after him and struggling with the cool-box .
9 Whether you decide on a honeymoon at home or you 're planning a trip abroad it 's a wonderful excuse to treat yourself to a couple of new outfits for the beach and it 's essential to look after yourself and protect against the sun 's more harmful rays .
10 He turned his head slightly towards me and spoke in the direction of my tie .
11 By the time the flotilla had reached a latitude of 50°S , and had stopped again for rest and replenishment , the men were becoming restive once more : their plea now was ) — if the expedition wanted to reach the Spice Islands , why not turn east towards them and pass below the Cape of Good Hope , as usual ?
12 He rushed past me and went into the nearest building .
13 He went past me and bent over the dead man .
14 But there would be lights in the chapel , Isabel assured herself , peering ahead for a sign of them and flinching from the feel of the rough stone beneath her palm .
15 To be absolutely sure she followed one of them and came to the place where they curved round in front of a tree and retreated .
16 The arrangements which people make privately for various domestic services are well known and little questioned , although practitioners need to be aware of them and relate to the people concerned in planning packages of care .
17 Eventually they take a plastic sack they 've found on the beach , drape it round the pair of them and walk into the water , giggling .
18 The archaeologist ran in front of them and stood in the middle of the road .
19 ‘ And a gardener-handyman , ’ said Charlotte , her eyes following the vigorous heave and surge of the mole-brown water as it tore down past them and ripped at the curve of the bank , lipping half across the trodden right of way .
20 Stuart pointed just ahead of them but as he spoke , a little white Mini sped past them and slid into the place he had spotted .
21 Then Gascoigne , hitherto a pale shadow of himself and stifled by the physical attention of man-marker Walter Bonacina , made his heroic contribution and doused those particular flames .
22 She fetched antiseptic and some cotton wool , then bent towards him and dabbed at the place , a pose that brought their heads close together .
23 He waited a few moments until the footsteps were directly below him and peeked over the edge .
24 I moved towards her and sat on the bed and put an arm round her .
25 Her jaw dropped as the woman walked past her and stopped by the car .
26 Then , with a sound of disgust , Feargal pushed past her and went into the house .
27 Ace , holstering her gun , brushed past her and loped towards the doorway .
28 He had moved past her and stood at the foot of a soaring staircase , hands on his hips .
29 Maggie let go of her and called up the stairs .
30 She walked up a gravel drive crowded with large cars , past an old-fashioned wooden pavilion and two clay tennis courts , ignored the adult game going on in front of her and started around the boundary to the second and much smaller game in the far corner .
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