Example sentences of "and [vb past] the [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Harwell laboratories , they 've been monitoring air pollution and found the levels went up during the recent hot spell . |
| 2 | Impatiently , Ted went outside with a brush and prodded the eaves to drive out any birds that might be disturbing his peace . |
| 3 | It gave excessive salivation , pains in the belly , and caused the teeth to drop out . |
| 4 | This is an indication that the weight has moved off the back part of the board and allowed the rails to dig in further forwards . |
| 5 | The Doctor recoiled in shock and threw the barriers back up around his mind . |
| 6 | Just the same , Wyss found himself sliding , and sensed the others sliding back too , and nothing could stop them . |
| 7 | As Christmas approached and the weather became colder , Faustina assumed her pear-shaped winter body and spent the evenings curled up in her basket by the boiler in the kitchen , while Sophia stirred various mixtures stiff with fruit and nuts and laced with brandy . |
| 8 | Browne J. reviewed the authorities and followed the principles set out in Gillian . |
| 9 | Jazz switched the television off and came outside with them and they kicked a tin-can round the field a bit and then sat on some dumped oil-drums and watched the lights come on along the front and smoked a cigarette and reflected on their fate . |
| 10 | We stopped the car somewhere near Richmond Park , off the main road ; we smoked and watched the headlights go by . |
| 11 | Not a muscle of Nan 's face moved , her stroke never faltered as she brushed and watched the flakes fall down on the newspaper she had spread beneath . |
| 12 | Just over five and a half years later , I stood on the same spot and watched the Israelis drive down the same road to be greeted in precisely the same way by the same Christians on the same balconies . |
| 13 | Seton halted further profitless talk and sent the emissaries hurrying back with a single cannon-shot above their heads . |
| 14 | That was to the tune of 38–3 in an Arms Park qualifying match and sent the Dragons tumbling out of the World Cup . |
| 15 | I toiled through Latin for a course requirement because meteorology had too much maths in it , and felt the conjugations sluicing out of my brain the instant the exam was over . |
| 16 | With a feeling of relief , she let go , and felt the tears run down her cheeks . |
| 17 | He could sense her there behind him and felt the hairs rise along his spine and at the back of his neck . |
| 18 | There was a shrieking in her ears , so vibratingly shrill that for an instant she thought it was the whole Glass Castle shivering to pieces — then she looked up and saw the Women sweeping down on them , screaming their war cry . |
| 19 | ‘ I went to the front of the house and saw the dogs catch up with him and knock him to the ground . |
| 20 | And did the lads turn out to be very nice ? |
| 21 | I also think it is time politicians stopped trying to interfere in the everyday affairs of education , and left the professionals to get on with it . |
| 22 | People nicked the records and left the mags clogging up WH Smith 's shelves . |