Example sentences of "and [adv] [prep] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carefully she pushed the door open and looked left and right before stepping into the corridor . |
| 2 | Above them will be the set of newly retired warriors , while above this set will be sets of elders , their relative status depending on their social ages , who will be responsible for internal political and legal matters and perhaps for communicating with the gods . |
| 3 | The field was laid out in strips about two feet apart and only after pushing into the crop did I realize that the plants were trained up a trellis of almost invisible wires and that I was in a hop field — a ‘ beer field ’ , as Duncan would have called it . |
| 4 | No elector will wish to deny responsibility in respect of , and no elector will wish to avoid payment for , necessary and enlightened progress in Housing , Education and Recreation and especially with regard to the welfare of the large army of children committed to our care … |
| 5 | They think that all knowledge is to be found by perusing him , and not by looking at the real world . |
| 6 | I was a passenger in a microlight and just after taking off the engine spluttered and we had to make an emergency landing . |
| 7 | With the front foot on the pedal , the track is moved forwards by pushing downwards on the boom and backwards by pulling on the boom . |
| 8 | ‘ Companies need to focus less on dividing their refining and chemical interests and more on capitalising on the tremendous synergies from integration ’ . |
| 9 | Within the Rowdies group , there was some confusion as to who was and who was not an aggro leader and also with regard to the characteristic behaviours expected of such a person . |
| 10 | They consider the gates are too large and out of keeping with the character of the area . |
| 11 | Often people realise this almost unconsciously , and immediately on walking onto the court , commence a vigorous bouncing/stretching routine . |
| 12 | She had resold after there was no longer any requirement to repay discount and immediately before moving into the house about to be bought from the district council . |
| 13 | The program is menu driven but one of the best features is the ability to input new data at practically any stage , i.e. if you are entering an invoice and the product does not exist you are able to create it there and then without exiting to the previous menus . |
| 14 | All this was to be achieved by heading straight for Kuwait City and pinning down the Iraqis there ; and then by moving from the west in substantial force , enveloping and destroying Iraq 's elite reserve , the Republican Guard , with its T-72 tanks , described by French sources as ‘ the priority target . |
| 15 | I could go on , but I think that I can make my points simply and graphically by quoting from the documents that I have with me . |
| 16 | This year Jenna was going on holiday with Glyn , a fact which brought a twinkle to the bright eye of her scheming neighbour Shirley , but they were not lovers , no matter what Shirley thought , and Jenna had pondered long and hard before agreeing to the holiday . |
| 17 | Its shares slumped from around $170 before the October 1987 crash and instead of recovering with the Index have just touched a seven-year low at $96 . |
| 18 | Unfortunately for Thacker the wind was offshore and instead of drifting over the island he went the opposite direction out to sea . |
| 19 | This is the ice-cream tent and this is the Ladies and changing rooms for some of the performers and instead of looking at the back of the bar during the interval , the audience can look out over the rolling Oxfordshire countryside . |
| 20 | Well he , he , they were on their way to Norwich but they stopped off at Ipswich for a lunch , you see , and er I had , I looked after them , so , so that it should n't interrupt the other girls behind the counter or , or the waiter who was looking after his regular customers in the dining room , you see , er and so I used to erm and once I had I remember there was six black doctors came in and er and I was glad because it was nice to move about and instead of sticking in the office typing and then going out all alone , you see , while the Manager was on the district , you see , I liked it and er anyway that was a long time ago . |
| 21 | She was a fine pedigree pig and instead of lying on the butcher 's slab today she would be starting to bring up her family . |
| 22 | However , at the end of the film , the car driven by Mark ( Sean Connery ) drives right down to the end of the road , and instead of falling into the ( non-existent ) harbour , turns right into a previously unsuspected street or quay along its edge and disappears from view . |
| 23 | Now the floor was scrubbed , and instead of sacking round the bed there was a proper curtain slotted on string . |
| 24 | These two passages should be read again and again before returning to the rest of the text , which is illuminated by them ; and it then becomes clear that the poem is a work of theory , and not a simple narrative of fact . |