Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] [noun pl] and [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did n't you even got on to frogs and rabbits ? |
| 2 | She got down on hands and knees to sweep away crumbs , and in the gaslight she looked paler than ever . |
| 3 | So the discussion got down to practicalities and planning , a new keenness evident . |
| 4 | The majority preferred to believe the picturesque stories passed down by parents and grandparents , which were , of course , accepted as the gospel truth . |
| 5 | The path follows the route of part of the old road and crosses the Edinburgh-Glasgow railway by a bridge used only by cyclists and pedestrians . |
| 6 | These green lanes are sometimes ten to fifteen yards wide , still entirely grassed over , and used only by tractors and cattle . |
| 7 | It was a programme about the ( then ) proposed orbital cities , and even boasted an interview with a very youthful Ewan Famber , who had just passed out from the Tech-Green High College weighed down with honours and acclamations . |
| 8 | They stood in two rows , hooked up to the static lines , weighed down with parachutes and air tanks , waterproofed combat kits , clutching personal inflatable rafts attached with five metres of line to their belts , eyes tense behind the vizors of the face masks . |
| 9 | Blackburn cracked under the pressure , as Kerslake and Jones lined up for shots and David Mitchell cleaned up . |
| 10 | Coasts built up by plants and animals . |
| 11 | And a competitive working environment drew out from directors and writers the best they could achieve . |
| 12 | The central courtyard , built originally for coaches and horses , was roofed over , and for a period the ballroom doubled as a volleyball court . |
| 13 | As Boz rose unsteadily to hands and knees , Christian said to the watching gipsies , ‘ When Boz has calmed down a little , tell him my offer still stands . |
| 14 | The tribute that poured into the temple store-rooms , dedicated variously to deities and sanctuaries , had to be recorded and redistributed . |
| 15 | THIEVES forced their way into the Parkwood Service Station at Greatham on Tuesday night and got away with cigarettes and cash to the value of £2,000 . |
| 16 | Hearthwares argued over past skirmishes and hunts , the lords over family history and precedence , the arguments becoming more fantastic as they put away more ale . |
| 17 | For a moment or two , the men hauled on Gabriel like a soul on the Day of Judgement fought over by angels and devils . |
| 18 | At its front the land dropped down through gardens and woodland to lower slopes choked with thornbushes and tangled weed . |
| 19 | The sort of help which siblings gave included loans and gifts of money ( these came especially from brothers and sisters who were unmarried ) , gifts of food and clothing for the children ( usually from married sisters ) and help in finding employment for the male breadwinner ( from brothers ) . |
| 20 | It was granted and his wife and four children came down in pyjamas and dressing-gowns . |
| 21 | But he warned that buyers ' foreign-exchange hedging operations meant that it would be the fourth quarter of 1992 before the full impact came through in orders and deliveries . |
| 22 | She came home with stories and imitations of her " ladies " . |
| 23 | As it was Friday night , nearing the end of our tour of duty , there was plenty of traffic on the road as people came home from pubs and dances . |
| 24 | I am sure that Alec Clegg must have been heavily influenced in , my favour by Basil , for I remember a very inconsequential performance before the Committee , caused more by nerves and fatigue rather than indifference . |
| 25 | Local officials who gave the figure appealed yesterday for tents and medicines for the survivors of the country 's worst earthquake in years . |
| 26 | In fact , the girls suffered permanently from colds and flu from all the time they were forced to spend in the freezing playground . |
| 27 | It faced directly on to the wide main street of Wellingham , with its market cross , ornamental flower beds and grass verges ; in the daytime , a car park tangled up with bicycles and prams , on Saturdays and Fridays , with the stalls of a market . |
| 28 | Anne came back with cigarettes and chocolate and magazines and said goodbye to Terry , then she said she would wait for Sarah at the entrance and left them together . |
| 29 | Opposition came mainly from lawyers and magistrates , protesting that prosecutions would increase the number of offences on account of the publicity . |
| 30 | Carroll House lashed out at well-wishers and photographers who crowded round him as he was led back after winning and struck a rail with his hind leg . |