Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our university hosts led us into a room bedecked with tinsel and flashing fairy lights , and seated us around a circular table covered with elaborate cold starters . |
| 2 | They must have walked for about another ten minutes and could glimpse the blue wood-smoke rising above the trees from Godstowe village when suddenly the porter stopped , turned left , and led them along a narrow beaten trackway into the forest . |
| 3 | She jangled a ring of keys , opened the door and led him up the bare , creaking stairway which climbed steeply out of the hallway . |
| 4 | At least , this human being loyally follows me around the place , keeps tabs on me and rings me up the whole time . |
| 5 | She snatched up a square of tissue paper , deftly swung and twisted it round a fat brioche . |
| 6 | Chop the vegetables and heat them over a low flame . |
| 7 | However , if the force-carrying particles have a high mass , it will be difficult to produce and exchange them over a large distance . |
| 8 | I peel off my clothes , and put them over a low branch . |
| 9 | He stared , somewhat appalled , as she lifted the wig like a hat and dropped it over a cut-glass vase . |
| 10 | We will encourage school to invest in sports facilities and open them up the local community . |
| 11 | When it fails to rise to the occasion , I no longer get rattled and threaten to chop it off with a pair of barber 's scissors , tie it up in a sack and drop it down a deep , dark well . |
| 12 | Carradine caught a half-naked Moroccan boy with his hand deep in my pocket , and threw him over a low wall . |
| 13 | Here are , race that fucking whore and get her out the bloody way |
| 14 | They spread the risks of lending by pooling funds and allocating them over a wide range of depositors ( e.g. unit trusts ) . |
| 15 | The fellow grinned and took them along a dark , smelly passageway into another chamber where the keeper of Newgate , Fitzosbert , was squatting behind a great oak table like a king enthroned in his palace . |
| 16 | Self-consciously they took the tureens from the kitchens into the dining room , placed them on the trolley , and took it round an empty table . |
| 17 | The village boys had caught the cassowary that morning , coming on her suddenly in the bush and chasing her down a long slope . |
| 18 | When her mother died Constance had turned slightly vegetarian and announced that she would never have any children since her mum had had ten and put her off the whole idea , and she gave away the chickens . |
| 19 | Shall I hire a gondola and take you up the Grand Canal to the sound of trumpets ? ’ |
| 20 | The doctor picked up his silver pen and hovered it over a blank sheet . |
| 21 | He wrapped her in a scarlet blanket , and carried her up the outside area steps . |
| 22 | All of them were big men who had drawn lots for the honour of the occasion , and carefully they lifted Artai and carried him up the short flight of steps to the summit of the plinth . |