Example sentences of "[vb pp] and they [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The final goodbyes were said and they stepped out from the smell of wood smoke , food and wine from a room which Dalgliesh was beginning to find uncomfortably warm into the fresh , sea-scented air .
2 A temporary repair was made and they flew on to Karachi , where the damage was found to be worse than at first suspected , as the fastenings had pulled out of one of the fuselage verticals .
3 However , their flight was soon aborted and they settled back on the table .
4 They had retired and they lived down at Lowestoft so it was a lovely place to go for summer holidays .
5 She was most solicitous ( scheming bitch ! ) so he told her that his wife was cured and they went back to the same old routine .
6 Bridget pulled the door shut and they set off after him .
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