Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He nodded and crept forward carefully to examine the driver . |
| 2 | I stayed up late to clear things up , and got up early to do the same thing . |
| 3 | At least Dr Neil and Miss Mates were sitting ; McAllister was standing at the kitchen door , and moved sedately forward to answer the urgent bell . |
| 4 | Then she raised her head and shouted loud enough to make the man on the other side of the river glance towards them , ‘ With every day they waste , ’ before adding in a murmur : ‘ The thread Sam 's life hangs by grows thinner and thinner . ’ |
| 5 | The mixture was heated to 90°C and cooled down slowly to form the hybrids . |
| 6 | He picked up an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival , assembled a band behind him and played loud enough to raise the roofbeams — just like he had done in his high-school days . |
| 7 | The tow was made fast , and paid out enough to keep the casualty synchronised on the second wave astern of the lifeboat , before a course was set to clear The Lizard . |
| 8 | Poor old Turkey Lurkie saw it all and rushed round here to warn the rest of us . ’ |
| 9 | As a low voice spoke behind her Lisa jumped , startled , and swung round quickly to face the speaker . |
| 10 | Under the surface draining or thorough water-draining of the land had to be undertaken on a more planned and workmanlike scale than had been done formerly ; for now the below-surface drains had to take off most of the water and conduct it to the ditches , and had not merely to assist the wasteful system of frequent water-furrows on the surface , as the old bush-drains had done when they were almost the sole method of under-draining . |
| 11 | On his second attempt , Cadfael made straight for Upton to enquire where their younger shepherd was to be found , and set out stoutly to tramp the further mile to a fold high and dry above the water-meadows . |
| 12 | After a heroic action , the Franco-Irish captain of the Prince Charles reluctantly gave the order to abandon ship and set off bravely to lead the survivors across country , carrying their precious cargo , to Inverness , 70 miles [ 113 km ] away . |
| 13 | Merson is controlling his diet and craving for fast-food in a bid to lose a few pounds excess weight , but spoke out yesterday to nail the lies that he has had a bust-up with George Graham over the battle of the bulge . |