Example sentences of "and [vb past] [noun] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harry laughed as he refastened the windows and led Madeleine back into the hall . |
| 2 | Cranston roared with laughter and led Athelstan over to the far corner where a table and stools were set apart from the rest of the customers . |
| 3 | Boxer ! ’ and led Cohen out to the cart . |
| 4 | Later , David pulled on Clare 's towelling bathrobe and led Josh down to the kitchen . |
| 5 | He smiled in a way that had charmed the matrons of Europe , and led Hyacinth over to the cameras . |
| 6 | I 've raised this , these points that we 've raised when we went and met Donald down at the park , and the school have said they will not erm allow the children to go that way . |
| 7 | Tony Jones lifted the serving hatch and invited George through to the back of the shop . |
| 8 | When the little family reached the Watermen , Connor unlocked the side door of the pub and helped Ruth in with the pram . |
| 9 | She turned and helped Wynne-Jones through into the gorge . |
| 10 | When James asked his brother Nicholas for-a turn on his new bike , Nicholas got off and helped James on to the bike — but his mother made no comment , and James rode off without a word of thanks . |
| 11 | He shuffled across to where Madra lay and shooed Riven out of the way . |
| 12 | Guy dismounted and lifted Isabel out of the saddle , keeping his arm around her . |
| 13 | At this the stranger knight grew angry , and he leaned down from his horse and lifted Neva on to the saddle . |
| 14 | Rescuing a piece of the frill from the dress , Ellie cut it to the shape she wanted , attached it with pins to the back of the headband , laid it down , picked up Terry 's brush , backcombed the other girl 's hair so that it stood further out from her head , giving a similarity of the style she thought she should have , carefully arranged the head-dress , and turned Terry back to the mirror . |
| 15 | Girls cheered and threw money on to the stage , but the curtain came down , the head hit him again and , with the curtain back up , the youngster was caned in the middle of the performance . |
| 16 | Swallowing an oath he turned on his heel and cuffed Sam out into the passage . |
| 17 | She left the table and walked straight-backed out of the dining room and across the hall to the library door , where the same constable was waiting outside . |
| 18 | He stood up and , throwing a handful of money on the table for the bill , led a scarlet-faced and humiliated Maura out of the restaurant and into the night air . |
| 19 | ‘ I wonder if it 's that Jack the Ripper , ’ she laughed , and followed Dad out to the shed , leaving me with Liza who had just come in . |
| 20 | She gave the mother cat a final pat , sighed , put her nose in the air , and followed Thérèse out of the stable . |
| 21 | I grabbed a can and followed Freddy back into the kitchen . |
| 22 | He flung the ball of paper across the tiny room , picked up a tin mug with his shaving stick and soap inside it , and followed Chrissie through onto the landing . |
| 23 | For the first time Jenking was becoming worried , and he started to check the compass frequently and ordered leadsmen in to the chains to take soundings . |
| 24 | Daniel sliced the bird 's plump breast and pulled tendons out of the lopped legs , fished for stuffing with a long spoon . |
| 25 | The vital veins from her lungs — the pulmonary veins — were n't draining in to her heart , but into a chamber which bypassed it and sent blood down to the liver instead . |
| 26 | Man U were absolutely crap , made all the funnier by the fact that the ref gave free-kicks to the Turks for all their play-acting , booked 3 or four of the red twats , and sent Cuntona off after the match . |
| 27 | The Stamp Tax was introduced in 1712 and kept newspapers out of the hands of the masses for more than 100 years until arguments about the role of the press in a free society forced its abolition in 1855 , and the popular press really took off . |
| 28 | Currently bending the air waves on Radio Ulster , and regulars on BBC 's ‘ Talk Back ’ programme , they 've gigged the North and brought houses down at the Edinburgh Fringe . |
| 29 | With a shrug of her shoulders , Charlotte rose and accompanied Ursula out through the kitchen and into the garden , where a calm and picturesque evening was spreading long shadows and rectangles of gold across the lawn . |
| 30 | Lloyd won the toss and put England in despite the pitch looking good for runs , and before four o'clock had supervised their dismissal for 150 . |