Example sentences of "and [vb past] they [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very slowly she took the headphones off and laid them carefully on the table , her eyes never leaving Luke 's for a moment . |
| 2 | The sentries had been primed to admit him without challenge , Alexei noted , and as soon as his escort had dismounted a trooper wearing the gorget of a provost came out of the gatehouse and led them away towards the stables . |
| 3 | She crossed to the doorway and led them away from the shed . |
| 4 | Next he led the spinnaker sheets aft to the cockpit and made them fast to the stern cleats with plenty of slack . |
| 5 | The amusement in his voice stung , and she snatched the papers from him and stuffed them deep into the pocket of her briefcase . |
| 6 | In one lightning movement the two fishermen picked up two pails of stinking fish heads and flung them lovingly at the Lionisers ' feet . |
| 7 | Despite the cost — from about £15 for 30 minutes — all our testers loved salon back cleansing treatments , and found them well worth the price . |
| 8 | But as she washed her breakfast cup and saucer and rinsed them meticulously under the cold tap , she was anxious . |
| 9 | Axelrod took the 63 strategies and threw them again into the computer to make ‘ generation 1 ’ of an evolutionary succession . |
| 10 | Had n't he clothed them well and fed them well over the years ? |
| 11 | Uncle Philip picked them up and stuck them briskly in the gap between the puppet 's wooden breast and its white satin bodice . |
| 12 | In the bedroom she took off her blouse and skirt and hung them carefully in the wardrobe . |
| 13 | One by one , Polly gathered up the children and placed them carefully on the privet bird 's back . |
| 14 | John took the empty cups down below and placed them quietly in the small sink . |
| 15 | But like that A lot of families had them and kept them just for the family . |
| 16 | For instance , I was able to witness the dogs ' problems first-hand as Melanie muzzled them and brought them together into the living room . |
| 17 | On a bitterly cold November day , Richard collected Joan and the small , pale , vulnerable bundle and brought them home to the boat . |
| 18 | For a while he had stood there at his side studying how he worked , how he soaked the garments and slapped them rhythmically against the smooth stone slabs . |
| 19 | He picked up the reins in a temper and slapped them hard across the horse 's back . |
| 20 | The figure stopped dead and saw them obviously for the first time . |
| 21 | Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time . |
| 22 | Leicester 3 , Barnsley 1 A SECOND successive Gary Mills penalty helped Leicester City to victory and took them well into the promotion play-off frame after an awkward encounter at Filbert Street , writes Henry Morton . |
| 23 | She picked off two pale sticky little slugs and flicked them away into the weeds , then crouched over a clear patch of soil and started to pull apart their tangled cotton-thread roots . |
| 24 | She has found his hands for him , and fitted them freshly at the wrists |
| 25 | She was unimpressed by both her grandfather 's reputation and his work : she had removed from her bedroom wall a large still-life of gladioli and a small representation of a baby 's head and stacked them carelessly on the landing in order to make room for a poster of Humphrey Bogart . |
| 26 | Sarah had made a pot of tea and left them together in the overcrowded room . |
| 27 | In a side street behind the Tivoli Theatre , men in woollen hats and overalls carried flats painted with chandeliers , terraces , staircases , Cinderella 's kitchen , and pushed them nonchalantly into the dark interior of a parked truck . |
| 28 | Frantically Shannon tried to wriggle away , but he was too fast for her , his large body effectively pinning her to the mattress , and when she tried to slap him he caught her flailing wrists and held them fast on the pillow above her head . |