Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Carlie got up from the footstool . |
| 32 | ‘ 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 . |
| 33 | 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 ? |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | Sylvie gazed out at the eternity of blue and took a long , deep breath . |
| 36 | Edward got out of the car and a voice said : ‘ The King is here ! ’ |
| 37 | Gazza moved out to the villa in July to acclimatise before the football season kicked off . |
| 38 | Millie moved back to the window now . |
| 39 | Bernice moved over to the creatures . |
| 40 | Richard moved about in the bathroom ; the light hurt my eyes so I turned on my stomach and hid my face in the pillow . |
| 41 | Quickly , Marie moved over to the entrance . |
| 42 | Shag found out about the wet-dreams . |
| 43 | Hatch bent down to the plants . |
| 44 | Manville moved out through the exit , summoning a Yellow Cab from the nearby rank . |
| 45 | Lucy sank back into the darkness at the rear of the cab , and waited . |
| 46 | Hari sank down on the bench beside him . |
| 47 | And now — ’ Jagatan sank back on the couch . |
| 48 | The door opened , and Georgina came out with the police . |
| 49 | So we were back before the firebox , exhausted and happy , and Laura had just shut down the kiln , when Edward came round into the yard again . |
| 50 | Richard came on to the terrace . |
| 51 | Grandson Richard came out of the shower-room with a towel around its waist . |
| 52 | Rex dropped down from the ceiling . |
| 53 | ‘ Did you care when you walked out on me the day that you told me about the notes and the wine glass , and then Rebecca came back to the office ? |
| 54 | Donna twisted about in the bath , sending water sloshing over the edge and on to the cork-tiled floor . |
| 55 | Jean Reece-Carlton strolled out onto the terrace to inspect it . |
| 56 | Several times Paul Guillaume came back to the house to have his portrait painted in a discreet , dark suit , starched collar and tie , jaunty trilby hat , a gloved hand languidly holding a cigarette and thinly parted lips which seem to be saying ‘ I am a man of exquisite taste ’ . |
| 57 | Erm , it was called the Marseillaise , erm , because the volunteers from Marseilles came up from the south , and entered Paris and they were singing , erm , this one . |
| 58 | David came up with the name Depeche Mode after seeing the french magazine of the same name . ’ |
| 59 | The more he considered all the aspects of the matter , the more Manville came around to the view that Turkey was the best possible choice of all . |
| 60 | Richard squinted up at the sun then fell into step beside her . |