Example sentences of "and [verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | She fiddled with the strap of her small black leather shoulder-bag , and turned to stare out of the glass doors at the hot afternoon scene beyond . |
| 32 | They laboured inside , trailing their horses by the reins , half of them fighting a ferocious rearguard battle whilst the grypesh massed within the gate and strove to win through to the courtyard beyond . |
| 33 | He is especially proud of his large collection of hunting birds , which occupies a substantial mews and tends to spill out into the palace itself , so that every room has at least one large bird of prey on its perch . |
| 34 | They talked for a while longer before Coffin put down the receiver and returned to look out of the window . |
| 35 | Georg looked at her and for a moment she thought he was going to grab her , thought he was going to cry himself , but he suddenly stormed out of the dairy and began to stride up towards the lower pasture . |
| 36 | The juggernaut started with a cough and splutter , was thrown into gear and began to move off down the narrow road . |
| 37 | The brave man turned his back on Silver and began to walk back to the beach . |
| 38 | when Sir Henry left the house and began to walk back to the Hall |
| 39 | She looked over her shoulder , shook her head again , and began to walk back towards the stairway to the gallery . |
| 40 | Isobel turned and began to walk back towards the house . |
| 41 | Having done so , slammed the door shut , walked round the front of the car , opened the driver 's door and began to climb in behind the wheel . |
| 42 | TRANSFORMER 2 follow up their massive ‘ Pacific Symphony Too ’ club hit with ‘ Fruit Of Love ’ , already creating a stir and set to step out of the clubs and branch off into higher regions . |
| 43 | And do n't get so drunk that you ca n't stand up and have to sit down in the middle or , worse still , can not speak at all . |
| 44 | The whole thing had the odd appearance of a brick-built Mississippi steamboat beached and panting to get back to the lake . |
| 45 | But she just looks at me pityingly , like I was behind the times and needed to catch up with the latest ideas . ’ |
| 46 | It went on so long that finally I did undress and started to give in to the sleep I could feel coming on me . |
| 47 | As I struggled to my feet and started to search around in the grass for my rifle , two medics were coming towards me . |
| 48 | The men turned together and started to walk back to the hotel . |
| 49 | The whole affair , however , failed to gain the status of a diplomatic issue and started to calm down after the New Year holiday , leaving bad feeling between different groups of students . |
| 50 | In a moment , the monster rose , lurching slightly , and started to head back for the dark tower . |
| 51 | I do n't think so no , but you know I mean , for six months if Christopher 's living here and having to go back at the weekend , for six months he gets an allowance |
| 52 | No more trying to remember what 's needed or forgetting some vital ingredient and having to trudge back to the shops . |
| 53 | It 's the children crying to be fed , and having to get up in the morning and pawn whatever you 've got left to buy four rolls for breakfast or a kilo of sugar . |
| 54 | So the more frozen in horror a human being is , the more likely the cat is to leap up and try to settle down on the static lap . |
| 55 | He believes it is time to re-group and try to get back to the negotiating table . |
| 56 | After his sensational ( and bloodthirsty ? ) triumph over the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel , he was told of the threat to his life by Ahab 's foreign queen Jezebel , and decided to flee down to the desert around Mount Sinai , the home of many prophets and a place of pilgrimage for many more . |
| 57 | He had a potter about and a chat and decided to set up in the far corner to our left . |
| 58 | He dismissed the subject from his mind and decided to go down to the tiny lunchroom he ran for his employees , to get a cup of coffee . |
| 59 | Donna shivered and decided to head back to the car , not even sure why she had come here in the first place . |
| 60 | And decided to fight on despite the problems . |