Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It crept stealthily towards him over the mud , advancing , retreating , advancing again like a living creature stalking its prey . |
| 2 | Today , when Florrie arrived at the corner-shop and rapped on the closed front door , Aunt Emily lifted the roller-blind and peered shortsightedly at her through the glass . |
| 3 | By contrast , he did inherit a destructive family situation which weighed heavily on him for the rest of his life . |
| 4 | A faint wisp of smoke rose ahead of me from the town dump . |
| 5 | She peered appraisingly at herself in the mirror , pulling faces as if she were alone , and I was embarrassed by her candour . |
| 6 | Alan dabbed hurriedly at him with the towel and picked him up . |
| 7 | My comparative lack of basic talent came home to me on the practice ground before the first round of the Amateur . |
| 8 | It came home to him for the first time that what had seemed to him a trivial event , a stupid joke , was something genuinely much bigger to Andrus . |
| 9 | And he came once to me on the district to me I do n't know he went to others . |
| 10 | ‘ He came straight to me with the tale , ’ said Hugh , reckoning up in a low voice for Cadfael 's ear alone . |
| 11 | He came straight to us at the castle , and told us how he had found the body , and no question but he was greatly shaken and agitated , as well he might be , guilty or innocent . |
| 12 | As soon as they had made their way back , Bigwig came across to them from the bushes at the edge of the path . |
| 13 | He came forward at me through the smoke and he was n't smiling . |
| 14 | Dane 's voice came softly to her through the darkness . |
| 15 | Caro 's voice came faintly to her above the noise of departure . |
| 16 | He arrived home at one in the morning . |
| 17 | The snipers , who fired directly on us despite the presence of an army officer , appeared determined to drive out a team which had come to investigate rumours of a massacre of Muslim women and children by Serbs . |
| 18 | Thai 's face turned frantically from one to the other of them , following the clipped words , the tough routine . |
| 19 | An ugly black dog barked harshly at her from the basement patio of the house next door . |
| 20 | We eventually arrived there about one in the afternoon . |
| 21 | But he paid dearly for it in the first place did n't he ? |
| 22 | Madame Gebrec gazed earnestly at her across the table . |
| 23 | I stepped away from him towards the wall . |
| 24 | As they walked away from him through the greenness , the pale blue above them , Maggie said , her voice thick with emotion , ‘ Daddy is just lovely when he 's like that . ’ |
| 25 | As the doors opened she stepped out and glanced quickly round her at the tastefully lavish five-star décor . |
| 26 | He glanced quickly from one to the other as if aware of the tension then said , ‘ Would you like me to come back later ? ’ |
| 27 | Before Rachel could reply , Ace walked quickly past them to the communications terminal . |
| 28 | Stephen walked ahead of her on the river bank . |
| 29 | She walked ahead of me on the narrow path ; she had slender legs and pretty ankles . |
| 30 | With her mind reeling , Merrill walked ahead of him down the stairs and out into the windy street . |