Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] and [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given that the rituals of circumcision and menstrual taboo , like the other blood rituals , would appear to have derived at least in their final form from the trauma of the exile to Babylon and the consequent restructuring of the Jewish community , we shall need to start our historical survey some centuries further back in time in order to locate and appreciate the profound changes which occurred in and around the sixth century BC . |
| 2 | With dusk , I was forced to leave the tavern , and paced up and down the muddy street for warmth . |
| 3 | But things turned Oxford 's way after sub Gary Bannisetr came on and in the 71st minute solid tackling gave Mickey Lewis the chance to put Joey Beauchamp through . |
| 4 | The drive to Kent had been a difficult , slow journey hampered by the volume of tourists who poured on and off the cross-Channel ferries . |
| 5 | She closed her eyes again , wondering how long , and then opened them wide , staring in disbelief as he withdrew from her , his act far from complete , got up and with the purest gesture of impatience she had ever seen , threw an Oriental robe of some kind in garish , tribal colours , around his shoulders . |
| 6 | Men sat outside the cafés discussing business , chatting or playing briscola , a card game , as they sipped glasses of lambrusco , while we young girls walked up and down the main street and through the square on what was called the passeggiata , the promenade , hoping that we attracted the eyes of the boys who gathered in little groups . |
| 7 | It was a completely still , warm evening , and the three friends walked round and round the mile-long circuit of Addison 's Walk beneath the avenues of beeches . |
| 8 | This sometimes takes the form of one or more anticipatory subordinate clauses before the verb of the main ( superordinate ) clause , as in this section of ( 2 ) : " and , at once pressing and gliding , repeated over and over The common occurrence of parenthetic structures can also be noted : " somewhat grimly " ( 6 ) ; " tapping her left side familiarly " ( 9 ) ; " then at Nice " ( 11 ) . |
| 9 | The work on conditioning went on and in the early 1960s led to the discovery of the ‘ contingent negative variation ’ , which became a subject of study throughout the world . |
| 10 | Another , presumably later , inhumation cemetery lay in and around the southern boundary ditch at its Ryknild Street end . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , the negotiations for a depôt site in Raleigh Road fell through and at the last minute , the company had to seek another site . |
| 12 | At first there was a lack of trust between us : I thought they were not trying hard enough as we went over and over the same issues ; they thought I was trying to take over . |
| 13 | She went over and over the last time she had seen him . |
| 14 | Aggie looked up and down the narrow street ; then , taking a chain with a lock attached to it from under a piece of sacking in the corner of the cart , she pushed the cart close to the gate , and tied a leg of it to the iron post . |
| 15 | She looked up and down the quiet street , where the lights made golden leafy spaces in the trees . |
| 16 | Taking up an oil-can she went out and towards the old outbuildings , to the door next to the one leading into the barn and , moving it , she found that it had n't been oiled . |
| 17 | Joe picked up the picnic basket and the thermos flask from the table , and together he and Martin went out and across the dark courtyard towards the garage . |
| 18 | He wheeled round and at the same time Ho breathed , ‘ Tina — where is she ? |