Example sentences of "draw [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernice could see Legion 's body splitting into a firework display of multi-coloured fronds , and slowly drawing together into a hairy black ovoid supported by three pipe-cleaner legs . |
| 2 | Air and earth , she told herself again , her brows drawing together in a grimace . |
| 3 | Tamar 's brows drew together in a frown . |
| 4 | Jonadab 's lips set in a straight line and his brows drew together in a frown . |
| 5 | Madeleine 's brows drew together in a scowl . |
| 6 | His eyebrows drew together in a frown . |
| 7 | His brows drew together in a sudden spasm of irritation . |
| 8 | Luke 's eyebrows drew together in a thunderous bar . |
| 9 | Her brows drew together in a formidable frown . |
| 10 | His brows drew together in a frown . |
| 11 | The cars drew up for a quiet haggle , the girls got in . |
| 12 | They were closed , but just beyond them he cut the engine and drew up to a short flight of steps with a small studded door at the top . |
| 13 | They drew up with a rasp of gravel just behind the trailer , and Sergeant Allen 's head popped out as if on a string . |
| 14 | There was something in the speed , as they rounded corners on two wheels , that shook her out of her bad mood , and when they drew up with a squeal of brakes in the narrow road just by Pepe 's Bar , she was laughing at Miguel 's uncharacteristic recklessness . |
| 15 | Outside its gate a battered estate-car was parked ; Maud drew up at a distance , and together they walked in . |
| 16 | A few minutes later we drew up at a big concrete building which the officer told me was the town jail but which seemed to be a large Luftwaffe barracks . |
| 17 | Finally , worn out by her own thoughts and the strain of the last few hours , she drew up at a small country hotel and took a room there for the night . |
| 18 | Across the road a bus drew up at a stop . |
| 19 | We drew up outside a building which was surrounded by a walled courtyard . |
| 20 | We drove on to the top of the road and drew up outside a compound surrounded by a wire fence ; inside was a large white building surrounded by an expanse of gravel on which a huge group of people were drawn up in lines . |
| 21 | The car drew up outside a pair of high white gates . |
| 22 | Tolby drew up outside a newsagent 's . |
| 23 | The cab drew up outside an enormous emporium in the very heart of the town , and Ellie alighted while Madame paid off the cab . |
| 24 | Luke was silent until he drew up outside an imposingly formal grey stone house , then as he switched off the ignition he said , in tones of mock-comfort , ‘ Brace up , Merrill . |
| 25 | We drew up in a tiny village called Pontrobert in Powys — a particularly beautiful part of mid-Wales . |
| 26 | Outside in the war-torn street , Special Forces vehicles drew up in an uncompromising line . |
| 27 | She turned in , then felt her nerves flutter as she drew up before a timber-built single-storeyed house which was backed by several small chalet-type huts , while behind them were numerous sheds . |
| 28 | Once , at Lisson Grove , their car drew up alongside a rather battered Ford Cortina . |
| 29 | They 'd dived , you see , but eventually they had to surface — the air must 've been getting bad — and up they came , drew nearly alongside a German destroyer the pack had left behind when they called off the hunt , waiting there , just in case Taureg surfaced . |
| 30 | Fael-Inis regarded the Lad quite coolly , and at length he said in an amused voice , ‘ So , jackal , we face one another again , and fight for a soul , ’ and the Lad drew back with a snarl , his eyes showing red . |