Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That morning , the Gaelic voices rose and fell excitedly on the way back from the burn as the three women talked of the news their husbands brought — news of a new born baby on the other side of the island or a death on a neighbouring isle . |
| 2 | Madame Vassoir rose and walked quietly from the room , patting Charlotte on the shoulder as she passed . |
| 3 | He rose and wandered nervously about the music room . |
| 4 | Athelstan stopped and stared hard at the coroner . |
| 5 | Kim woke and lay there in the darkness , strangely alert , listening . |
| 6 | These graphics can then be enlarged or reduced and positioned anywhere on the page . |
| 7 | I am who I am , right now , this minute , and if you ca n't see who that person is — then to hell with you ! ’ she renounced and hobbled away to the nearest stool . |
| 8 | The groups of women artists who met and worked collaboratively during the same period are less clearly referenced in standard texts . |
| 9 | ‘ Commander , ’ he whispered and stepped forward towards the bed . |
| 10 | All were naked to the waist , and their bodies quivered and trembled rhythmically to the beat of their instruments . |
| 11 | As each black creature fluttered and flapped away into the greying sky , she watched it , tears in her eyes . |
| 12 | MARGARETE Buber-Neumann lived and suffered much in the eye of the storm of history that tore Europe apart , and died just as the world was watching incredulously what seems to be the great schism 's healing . |
| 13 | Last year at about this time it produced the admirable Victorian Newcastle painter Ralph Hedley ; this winter it is showing in ‘ A Romance with the North East ’ Rober and Isa ( Thompson ) Jobling , who lived and worked there until the 1920s producing powerful and poetic images of its countryside coast and people . |
| 14 | Close bonds developed between the crew members as they lived and worked together on the 67-foot steel vessel for 24 hours a day , sometimes in life-threatening situations . |
| 15 | Flotillas of birds sculled and flapped away from the train . |
| 16 | Once on the shore , she stripped and ran forwards into the sea . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , the Shah 's 707 , with the Shah himself at the controls , climbed and turned away towards the West , the source of many of his dreams and illusions , and now the object of hatred of many of his people . |
| 18 | Then , as though no further communication were necessary , he turned and strode quickly up the path . |
| 19 | Melissa turned and went sadly into the house . |
| 20 | When the brief ceremony was over , Tsu Ma turned and went across to the two boys . |
| 21 | He turned and went across to the desk . |
| 22 | They re-climbed the steps to the granite flags and there Karl turned and looked again at the statue , his face still sunken and sour . |
| 23 | He turned and looked across at the valet . |
| 24 | With that , she turned and stalked away towards the exhibition stand where the photographer was waiting , camera slung over his shoulder . |
| 25 | I turned and stalked away to the servants ' quarters . |
| 26 | Cranston turned and grinned evilly at the beggar . |
| 27 | She wished him goodnight and he raised that shameful hat as she turned and walked away towards the theatre , rubbing her hand against her hip-bone like a soiled cloth against a scrubbing board . |
| 28 | She turned and walked away up the stairs , bemused . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , Christ , ’ said Evans , letting his shoulders sag as he turned and walked away from the open door . |
| 30 | With a stiff nod , her cheeks burning , she turned and walked away in the direction of Palace Square and the temporary safety of her car . |