Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv prt] with [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I was at drama school , they paired me off with a lovely actor who was only five foot eight and we had to play husband and wife ! |
| 2 | I lit a cigarette , whose first jab doubled me up with an unmufflable bark of outrage from my lungs . |
| 3 | I noticed that she was very modest in front of me , going through mild contortions putting on her undies beneath her dressing-gown , and once when it fell off , revealing her shabbily but quite decently clad in a mauve rayon slip , she snatched it up with a quick " Sorry dear " . |
| 4 | I rinsed it off with wet tissue , dried it off with the same soft wipes , and it came up like new . |
| 5 | The guys at New Deal filled us in with the latest on Harrow skatepark . |
| 6 | But their defence could do nothing as winger Sharpe burst down the left and opened them up with a devastating cross . |
| 7 | In the second half , Swindon were again on top whilst Maclaren fired them up with a free kick . |
| 8 | He went on like that until the chief officer nodded him through with a glazed look in his eyes . |
| 9 | He shook her off with an irritable gesture and turned to the gendarme . |
| 10 | In these crates — ’ he beckoned her over with a cool , authoritative wave ‘ — is the very latest ‘ state of the art ’ satellite communication system imported from France . |
| 11 | Now 26 , she spent many years after college hitchhiking around the world , drifting through the punk scene in San Francisco to demonstrations in Dallas , squats in Amsterdam and the women 's peace camp in Cosmo , Italy , before a British producer recognised her itinerant musical talent and signed her up with the bestselling Texas Campfire Tapes LP . |
| 12 | He plunged at Rex , who had nowhere to run , scooped him up with a single movement and held him good and high . |
| 13 | But unlike many well-meaning friends , he followed it up with a practical alternative : ‘ Tell God every detail of your needs in earnest and thankful prayer , and the peace of God , which transcends human understanding , will keep constant guard over your hearts and minds as they rest in Christ Jesus . ’ |
| 14 | He padded them out with a torn sheet from sick bay to stop them making any noise . |
| 15 | Then I rang her up with a real ‘ he said , I said ’ story , an embroilment with a friend which had worried me . |
| 16 | Lori dominated the table and Travis urged her on with a few well-chosen words . |
| 17 | Shelley cleaned the wound very thoroughly and bound it up with a clean dressing . |
| 18 | She brushed past Penry , eluding the hand he put out to detain her as she ran outside to the car , deaf to his entreaties as she jumped in the car and started it up with a violent rev of the engine . |
| 19 | and cleaned me up with a large whitewash brush . |
| 20 | They took me out with the wounded . |
| 21 | He left Kathleen to strap the toes together with a gauze swab between them to maintain the alignment , and then sent them off with a few coproxamol for the pain . |
| 22 | They were to remember where they came from : ‘ Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God brought you out with a strong hand and an outstretched arm . ’ |
| 23 | I returned the amp for repair but the company sent it back with the same fault as before . |
| 24 | He looked us over with a contemplative eye and said , " You wo n't know yourselves when you leave here . " |
| 25 | MOTORIST Janet Glover put her new £10,000 Toyota Corolla in for its first service — and got it back with an unwanted extra . |
| 26 | In the Littlewoods Cup two goals by Derby 's McMinn disposed of West Bromwich Albion , and Manchester City 's misery continued when Coventry put them out with a 16th-minute goal from Regis after a Redmond error . |
| 27 | You will recall that in 1926 , when A W Carr disastrously won the toss and put the Australians in , it was George who bailed us out with an unbeaten 76 . |
| 28 | The nearest guard glanced at it , then ushered him through with a curt nod of his head . |
| 29 | Summoning her courage , she pushed past him into the gangway between the stalls , then leapt aside as a porter nearly ran her over with a loaded trolley . |
| 30 | Great Aunt S was simply pouring her tea into the saucer , whereupon she drank it down with a loud slurp . |