Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She watched as Simon wandered on through into the all-white kitchen , the door swinging shut behind him . |
| 2 | Ominously , she could n't even see the road when she peered down out of the high window . |
| 3 | I revived as I felt myself go hurtling through the air and crashed down on to the wooden planks of the scaffold . |
| 4 | Then , lurching to his feet , he moved over on to the only empty seat in the shrine — a patch of floor covered with a sheepskin rug . |
| 5 | Yeah , well before sh he was born , she stopped doing them and er she phoned up out of the blue and so said to her , no they live at Bognor I think or something . |
| 6 | In winter some continued ashore , reinforcing their tents and huts for extra warmth , while others moved out on to the inshore sea ice , living in snow houses and feeding mostly on fish and seals . |
| 7 | The wind , I thought , was shaking the door , but no , it was St John , who came in out of the frozen darkness , his coat covered in snow . |
| 8 | I picked up my cup and saucer and flopped down on to the half-moon hearthrug , curious as to what the desired effect of the substance was supposed to be , and wondering why it had n't worked , when I noticed the saucer felt thicker . |
| 9 | She flopped down on to the padded driver 's seat , planning to catch up on her sleep . |
| 10 | We reached the edge of the cliff and flopped down on to the soft turf . |
| 11 | After we came up out of the dank womb of the pit , we went for a drink in the welfare club . |
| 12 | But as the shaking continued she came up out of the bad dream , trembling and drenched once more with perspiration , her cheeks damp with tears . |
| 13 | He could have run at her , forced her to the ground and banged her stupid , glossy head until her brains spilled out on to the stupid , glossy floor . |
| 14 | The humans spilled out on to the wide concrete space in front of the building . |
| 15 | Huy understood why he had been dropped here , from where a large number of roads led off back to the various parts of the city , but guessed that they had underestimated his knowledge of the twisting muddle of streets that formed the harbour quarter . |
| 16 | Each morning trucks from the factory bumped along a dust road and turned down on to the low gravel bank where we were moored . |
| 17 | She climbed up on to the rickety driving platform , which had been made by tying a plank across the cab . |
| 18 | We keep ourselves to ourselves , Joan and I. There was a frightful nosy American in the summer who just turned up out of the blue and told us how honoured we must be , having the old bat 's relics up here . |
| 19 | He just showed up out of the blue one day while Nathan was working . |
| 20 | Shiona climbed out on to the crunchy , gravelled forecourt and looked around her . |
| 21 | He kicked his st'lyan into motion and she trotted out on to the open plain . |
| 22 | Then , when they turned out on to the main road , Luke overtook her with an authoritative toot . |
| 23 | The scientists pounded after her as she hurtled out on to the open floor , almost bumping into a pair of guards who were doing their rounds . |
| 24 | Success came overnight in neither case ; but a slow and steady improvement did take place , hauled back on to the right track at intervals by taking out the original contract and referring yet again to the agreed terms . |
| 25 | Rory got up out of the creaking wooden seat and walked unsteadily over to where Fergus lay on the bare wooden floorboards , head against the ancient , burst couch . |
| 26 | She strode to the panelling , searched , found and stepped through on to the dilapidated back staircase landing , just as the Bishop and Lord Cumbermound were entering the room . |
| 27 | We walked out on to the large veranda and sat down with the lagoon spread out below and in front of us . |
| 28 | Rachel walked out on to the main road a few minutes later feeling overwhelmed with guilt . |
| 29 | They walked back out into the sunlit street together . |
| 30 | Sara got up impulsively and threw open the french windows and stepped out on to the stone-flagged terrace . |