Example sentences of "and [verb] it carefully " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had another cup and watched her take the rollers out of her hair and comb it carefully into a high , curly pompadour . |
| 2 | ‘ What angers me is that they were on a government controlled game reserve and planned it carefully . |
| 3 | He heard his voice shouting and lowered it carefully . |
| 4 | He pushed the stem of the pipe into the bowl , and aligned it carefully . |
| 5 | She was trembling as she bent down and inserted it carefully into the left-hand drawer of the desk . |
| 6 | By Friday morning the brown satin dress was ready to be fitted , its rare , coppery sheen catching even the perpetual sooty twilight of St Jude 's as Cara folded it in layers of clean muslin and stowed it carefully away in her bag . |
| 7 | Meredith pushed open the five-barred gate and refastened it carefully behind her . |
| 8 | We are standing in that kitchen where I 've shared her meals and laughter , and she finishes drying the glass and places it carefully on the table . |
| 9 | Without a word he brought it to the table beside her bed and put it carefully down . |
| 10 | Even if they do as much as glance directly at an advertisement , they rarely stop and read it carefully , making notes as they do so . |
| 11 | He took the newspaper and read it carefully . |
| 12 | Feeling like a character in a fairy tale , he chose the one to the right and opened it carefully . |
| 13 | I removed Jo 's credit cards from the booksafe and returned it carefully just in case Lisabeth got nosey . |
| 14 | Go and get it carefully |
| 15 | He received it as if it were a precious relic a saint had just blessed , and folded it carefully . |
| 16 | Wynne-Jones took the net and folded it carefully , tucking it into his clothing . |
| 17 | He took the paper eagerly and folded it carefully into his wallet . |
| 18 | She brushed her long hair into a shining mane and arranged it carefully around her shoulders . |
| 19 | He twisted the queue forward and arranged it carefully . |
| 20 | along their human chain and lower it carefully down |
| 21 | He took it from the forceps and examined it carefully . |
| 22 | ‘ I like it here , ’ said Dot , stretching out along her bed while Gloria took off her hat and placed it carefully on the luggage rack . |
| 23 | Willie did so and placed it carefully on the table . |
| 24 | He stole salt from the kitchen and placed it carefully and lovingly in front of the ferret 's box . |
| 25 | Aim , then , from the beginning to collect vocabulary at a pace you can handle , and to file it carefully . |
| 26 | On the way back , I set down the grassbox , unplug the sprinkler and coil the hosepipe ( which Pa , being always so busy , has obviously forgotten ) in even circles around my hand and elbow , then go to the shed and lay it carefully over the two dowelling pegs . |
| 27 | Mrs d'Urberville held each bird and felt it carefully to see that it was in good health . |
| 28 | June unwrapped the flimsy tissue paper from one of the almond biscuits and rolled it carefully into a tube . |
| 29 | With scissoring movements of her legs and mandibles , she converts the pellet into a long glistening strip of clay and lays it carefully in a ring . |
| 30 | Cunningham slowly removed the cigar from his mouth and propped it carefully in an ashtray . |