Example sentences of "follow [noun prp] [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whitlock said good night to Mobuto then followed Kolchinsky out into the corridor . |
| 2 | He followed Patrick out into the hall . |
| 3 | Woman ! ’ followed Zafar out of the dining chamber , in his father 's thin sharp voice ; ‘ Coward ! |
| 4 | Finlayson followed Woolley all around the squadron looking for a chance to get his own back . |
| 5 | They followed Molly on to the launch , hitching up their skirts as she did as they swung over the side , taking their places beside her , feeling strange and excited and apprehensive . |
| 6 | He followed Eloise out of the sitting room — she called it her boudoir , which he thought an affectation — and along the wide corridor towards the big first-floor room where the Brückners held their parties and the guests were able to admire his Russian art collection . |
| 7 | Lieutenant Simon Doggett , who had been charged with keeping Nosey from killing the chickens that pecked in the inn yard , followed Sharpe out to the road . |
| 8 | When we arrived on the island , my mother and I followed Greta up to the house . |
| 9 | I grabbed a can and followed Freddy back into the kitchen . |
| 10 | Graham gave Jenkins a wave then followed Laidlaw out into the street . |
| 11 | Her thoughts tumbling over each other like clothes in a drier , Luce followed Michele back to the car . |
| 12 | He followed Aubrey on to the landing , where , by mutual impulse , they shook hands . |
| 13 | She laughed , dispelling a fantasy in which other historians were leaving urgent messages on the machine about the foreign policy of Pitt the Younger , and , still smiling , followed Geoffrey out of the room . |
| 14 | ‘ Sobering thought , ’ Whitlock muttered , then followed Leitzig out of the cavern . |
| 15 | Sarella followed Peter outside into the courtyard as he was leaving next morning . |
| 16 | We followed Dick back to the airport and watched him make a ‘ grease job ’ of a landing to conclude his solo flight . |
| 17 | Rustling in her stiff new overall — Mr Mulgrove 's administrative eye had rested in disappointment on the extra foot of Anna 's grey corduroy skirt that hung below it — Anna followed Tim out of the warehouse and down a grim cold staircase on to the shop floor . |
| 18 | Uncomfortable and in pain , she followed Dinah out of the dentist 's consulting-room , then dared to ask the only question of her life . |
| 19 | Horowitz nodded as he followed Hendrix out of the cabin , carrying the case he 'd picked up from the Frankfurt villa in one hand , his executive case in the other . |
| 20 | When he did rise in the chair it was slowly and grudgingly and he followed McQuaid out into the stone hallway as if he were finding it difficult to walk or move . |
| 21 | He flung the ball of paper across the tiny room , picked up a tin mug with his shaving stick and soap inside it , and followed Chrissie through onto the landing . |
| 22 | The woman solved it for me by stopping and following Marcus out of the room . |
| 23 | Discipleship means being prepared to follow Jesus even to the point of death . |
| 24 | ‘ So , ’ Anne persisted , following Robyn through to the bathroom , ‘ you 're not going to tell me who was at this party , or whether you had a good time , or even how you got wet ? ’ |