Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They sat in the parlour , on the evening of Saturday , September 2nd , waiting for Menzies ' man Allan Stewart to come back with the news from Blair Atoll . |
| 32 | Isabel sank back to the grass , beginning to shake . |
| 33 | William peered out of the side window when they came to the crossroads but it would be too far away to see anything , even if it was still there . |
| 34 | In the US there have been extensive experiments with new forms of reporting and in Europe , Germany stands out as the leader in environmental reporting . |
| 35 | C'zinsit bounced out of the saddle , touched the ground with his feet , then vaulted up on to the mare 's back again . |
| 36 | Aldhelm got up from the turf on which a new and unsteady lamb was also trying to get to its feet , nuzzled by the quivering ewe . |
| 37 | On CEEFAX and TELETEXT it implied that Cuntona got off with the rap . |
| 38 | The helicopter and the keys to the private villa were promptly removed ; Branson rode back to the airport in a taxi . |
| 39 | Second row Paul Warwick got in on the act and full-back David Rowledge stretched the lead to 27–11 with a penalty to add to his earlier conversions . |
| 40 | ‘ Get Hawkins to go down in the cellar and help thee , and mind th'do n't get up to any pranks . ’ |
| 41 | Without his bad-tempered dad , Rab C. Nesbitt , to annoy him , Wee Burney got on with the job of handing a trophy and a Cash Club Account containing £10 to young Heather Stobbs . |
| 42 | Carlie got up from the footstool . |
| 43 | ‘ I 've never eaten them , ’ Richard gazed up at the man , his clear chestnut eyes , starry with their thick lashes , open wide as he judged the amount of pathos necessary to achieve his aim . |
| 44 | Sarah had come to the car with them and Julia asked Pat to go back to the reception . |
| 45 | Hatch straightened up from the plant box , and surveyed his handiwork for a second before looking at Cowley and saying , ‘ Maiden Lane or Memory Lane ? |
| 46 | The Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin overlooked St Stephen 's Green and Donna gazed out onto the park for a moment , glad to be safely at the hotel . |
| 47 | Sylvie gazed out at the eternity of blue and took a long , deep breath . |
| 48 | Father and son had become locked in a verbal jousting match which had ended with Tristram stamping out of the house and staying out all night . |
| 49 | Edward got out of the car and a voice said : ‘ The King is here ! ’ |
| 50 | Gazza moved out to the villa in July to acclimatise before the football season kicked off . |
| 51 | Millie moved back to the window now . |
| 52 | Bernice moved over to the creatures . |
| 53 | Richard moved about in the bathroom ; the light hurt my eyes so I turned on my stomach and hid my face in the pillow . |
| 54 | Quickly , Marie moved over to the entrance . |
| 55 | Barbara Buhler looks back at the effect of criticism on Georgia O'Keeffe 's art in the 1920s |
| 56 | Shag found out about the wet-dreams . |
| 57 | As Glisseuse emerged from the Swale channel at the Queenborough end , she was picked up by Vigilant and followed to the upper reaches of the Medway while Venturous made all speed round the outside of Sheppey to catch up on the operation which was now well under control . |
| 58 | ‘ It is why my family sacrificed a nice life in Tenerife to come back to the cold of Britain four years ago . |
| 59 | Hatch bent down to the plants . |
| 60 | Manville moved out through the exit , summoning a Yellow Cab from the nearby rank . |