Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.

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1 Then she rose and went over to the bed , pulled back the covers and slipped between the cool , fresh sheets .
2 He placed the ointment on the table beside her , rose and walked over to the window .
3 But she rose and walked over to the table , moving stiffly because of muscles chilled from sitting in the stone window embrasure for so long .
4 Tallis rose and walked over to the pile of nuts and berries .
5 At last , when all the stalls were full , Lady Amelia gestured to the cantor not to begin the usual psalms and caused a stir when she herself rose and swept up to the lectern .
6 He put the letter in his Out tray and moved on to another piece of paper , and then he stopped and went back to the first letter .
7 Now there 's a little piece , can I mention a little piece in the local thing , there 's a little press release here which Robert produced and sent off to the local newspaper .
8 The girls , looking one to the other , darting hate , hardly three foot tall , arose and walked down to the front of the class .
9 I swivelled and strode up to the end of a passage .
10 She stared at me blankly for a moment , then turned and went back to the sitting room .
11 ‘ Cheers , lads , ’ Duncan said as we turned and went back to the pillar .
12 They passed below them , into the narrower part of the field between the two copses , and it was not until Acorn had been sent half-way down the slope to attract their attention that they turned and came up to the ditch .
13 Then she turned and walked over to the blackboard and carefully wiped out all the chalk writing .
14 He turned and walked over to the window where he stood looking out with his hands clasped behind his back .
15 Now , they turned and walked back to the cottage , with the wind behind them .
16 As she disappeared from view , Barney turned and walked back to the car .
17 He turned and walked back to the desk .
18 She turned and ran back to the house before he could say anything else .
19 He had both a yellow and a red stain across his chest and he was turning around with his arms out appealing for a referee , then he turned and trudged back to the farmhouse for his time penalty .
20 Half closing my eyes , I turned and backed on to the porch .
21 He turned and headed back to the Montego , pausing as he opened the door .
22 Becky turned and moved on to the bathroom .
23 This uplift brought with it many large colonies of corals one of which , this massive colony of , we sampled and brought back to the lab .
24 Keith nodded and darted back to the house and Jinny walked on down the path , trying to ignore Rachel , who was in the doorway .
25 Patrick nodded and went up to the front door .
26 Use it at 1½–2 ounces ( 43–57g ) per square yard ( square metre ) in spring and summer , hoed or dug in to the soil .
27 She giggled and walked over to the other machine .
28 We waited in the shed while rain boomed and clattered on to the metal roof , and no aircraft took off or landed for hour after hour .
29 Before he received any answer , the arresting policeman shut the door , warned him that he would be arrested for obstruction if he persisted and went back to the driver 's seat .
30 Riley snarled and went back to the newsroom .
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