Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took off the first slice , you know the rather well-done , brown bit at the end , and laid it on one side of the serving dish and then he cut the next slice off for the first lady and so on . ’ |
| 2 | Zach and George dragged the case up to the bedroom and laid it on one side . |
| 3 | This was quite a long passage for us , but we were lucky with the weather and made it in one leg . |
| 4 | UN relief flights to Juba — known as " Operation Lifeline Sudan " — were halted temporarily on July 21 , after Sudanese government troops had boarded a UN plane and used it for one week to transport troops and military equipment . |
| 5 | Two men appeared in front of him , and he caught her wrist and jerked her to one side , raising his sword . |
| 6 | Elizabeth Woodville turned and drew him to one side . |
| 7 | Stephanie picked Mary up — Mary liked to be picked up — and perched her on one hip as she walked from bed to bed . |
| 8 | He took off the phoney glasses and tweed hat and threw them to one side . |
| 9 | He peeled it off and threw it to one side then sat facing the three Americans . |
| 10 | She found she could n't tear her eyes away , and when he managed to get his second boot off and threw it to one side , then lifted his head , she was still staring . |
| 11 | So you went and pulled her to one side . |
| 12 | He and Amy had collected large stones from the beach , looking for those with holes in them — and he had strung them on to strong cord and tied them along one side of the playpen . |
| 13 | Casually it beat the fish into stillness on the branch and swallowed it in one gulp . |
| 14 | The soldier was able to pick out his target in Copperfield Street from a distance of several hundred yards — and hit it with one shot . |
| 15 | The heavy door frame caused it some minor difficulty , which it overcame with a swing of its shoulders that tore the timber out and tossed it to one side . |
| 16 | Over a year ago she had written another book , The Professor , and sent it to one publisher after another . |
| 17 | Whitlock , sensing his moment , swung round and felled him with one punch . |
| 18 | He had sorted the boxes of patent medicines and stacked them in one corner away from the cartons of collar studs and bootlaces . |
| 19 | He led her inside and left her at one side of the room , walking softly away and stopping to face her at the other side . |
| 20 | On the porch outside the front door , I kicked off my sandals and pushed them to one side where they joined an already substantial pile of varying styles and sizes . |
| 21 | The coroner smiled at the wine , lifted the cup and downed it in one gulp . |
| 22 | Quick as a flash , Baba Yaga 's daughter turned her visitor into a needle , stuck her into the birch-broom , and set her on one side . |
| 23 | All the same , she badly needed some air and solitude , so she stepped out to the veranda , closed the door silently behind her , slipped off her high heels and held them in one hand , then padded on silent stockinged feet down the back stairs and into the garden . |
| 24 | She rested the child she was carrying on the parapet , the child being asleep , and held it with one hand as she used the other to search at her breast purse for her money . |