Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Edna often took Celia down there , carefully going first and waiting while the little girl slid or scrambled down the awkward parts of the cliff into her waiting arms .
2 James inaugurated the modern or as it is sometimes called , the ‘ modernist ’ novel in England , a kind of fiction which , in pursuit of a more faithful representation of reality , attenuated or eliminated altogether the authorial narrator .
3 I saw the barrels begin to spin and that 's when I snatched up Barry and whipped out the trusty Smith and West Wittering .
4 The big moment came : she opened her hand and laid down the burdened flower by Maman 's plate .
5 However , the Government 's approach , conditioned by the sole objective of reducing expenditure , was far too narrow and attacked only the soft underbelly without reaching the heart of the problem .
6 Once lodged in the realm of ‘ common sense ’ and sustained by ‘ practical ’ measures , state collectivism looked less and less like contestable belief , and became increasingly the broad starting point for argument , rather than its disputed conclusion .
7 We now accept that the report was based upon inaccurate information and conveyed completely the wrong impression about Linford .
8 Lacking axes or crampons we 'd kicked steps up the snowy approach gully the afternoon before and checked out the devious ladders and chains forming the descent from the summit .
9 She claims her alleged victim was confused and made up the whole story .
10 She claims her alleged victim was confused and made up the whole story .
11 If I was n't an actor I 'd be covered in tattoos and pierced up the fucking ying-yang .
12 Taken by surprise and fear of the other the boy lost his balance and tumbled down the grassy bank towards the stranger but to the boy 's incredulous gaze the figure melted into thin air .
13 Then I switched the dim hall light on , and experienced again the initial impact of the tobacco wallpaper and chocolate paint , the threadbare linoleum , the high gloomy ceilings that you were reluctant to look at for fear you should see bats hanging there .
14 She balled her fists and fought down the growing desolation inside her .
15 He opened his coat and got out the ten-shilling note from his wallet and the coins from his trouser pocket .
16 Complying with her appeal , Dada abandoned his kedgeree and , sucking his moustache inwards always with him a sign of annoyance he picked up the viburnum , still with its precious burden , opened the bottom sash of a long window , and flung out the double butterfly as viciously as if it had been a slug in the salad .
17 The two Senussi soldiers were sent off on a recce and reported back the following day that there was no checkpoint on the road leading into the town .
18 Only 16·5 per cent of the inhabitants of Pimhill Hundred were exempted from payment of the hearth tax in 1672 , and though many cottagers remained near the poverty line all their lives others prospered a little and moved up the social scale .
19 The clerk stretched and sucked in the clear morning air .
20 He came across and dabbed up the spilt coffee with a dirty dishcloth and a flourish .
21 At Burford , they left the main road and headed down the sloping High Street .
22 A Shrewsbury architect , Thomas Farnolls Pritchard , had the idea and drew up the original plan , but the design was modified in the process of building the bridge .
23 By the way — ’ She opened her bag and drew out the incriminating tape , which she put down on the round antique table which stood at the centre of the hall .
24 He reached under the saddle a second time and drew out the steel-tipped phallus that was attached by a chain to the pommel .
25 He reached into the drawer beneath the table and drew out the transparent template , then laid it down over the shaded area .
26 She would rally the creatures of this Castle , and the Cruithin , and drive out Medoc and beat back the Dark Ireland .
27 For my second slide I chose a bullet chart and filled in the appropriate data form .
28 The air carried a reviving chill which Forester reinforced with a couple of splashing handfuls of cold stream water which made the skin of his face sing and drove out the dull ache behind his eyes .
29 Both country 's leaders were from the same generation Clinton is 46 , Major 49 and came up the hard way , she added .
30 The pellet went right through the cat 's neck and came out the other side , leaving a gaping wound .
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