Example sentences of "and [vb past] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had a cast of virtual unknowns and failed to score highly in the ratings , with average viewing figures of only five million — although it had picked up in recently . |
| 2 | It had a cast of virtual unknowns and failed to score highly in the ratings , with average viewing figures of only five million — although it had picked up in recent weeks with about seven million . |
| 3 | it made its last appearance at Watkins Glen — a reluctant Andretti again at the wheel — and failed to shine even in the wet conditions of practice . |
| 4 | Since the MBO , BSM has started to refurbish its branches , launched a motorway test and sought to move closer to the corporate fleet market by offering courses on risk minimisation to corporate drivers . |
| 5 | However , district councillors felt that none of the objections justified any changes to the proposed order and agreed to go ahead with the scheme . |
| 6 | Senior Ukraine officials held heated talks in Sevastopol yesterday with fleet leaders and agreed to meet again in the future . |
| 7 | The right leg seems to be the worst — looks as if he was crouching and got knocked sideways by the bumper , then run over , ’ Ben said briskly . |
| 8 | Gorbachev , in his response to the results , nonetheless claimed that they had received a mandate for the ‘ renewal and strengthening of the union state ’ and promised to press ahead with the conclusion of the union treaty and a new constitution . |
| 9 | Rather he asserted and tried to use effectively in the 1760s and 1770s powers which he undoubtedly possessed in theory but which under his predecessors had begun to be whittled away in practice . |
| 10 | Not given to self-pity , he heaved the problem out of his mind and tried to look forward to the challenges of tomorrow , but weariness overtook him and he retired to the shed and his mothy sleeping bag . |
| 11 | Francis hugged Elaine and tried to shrink further into the shadows beneath the screens . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ He has fudged and shaded , and tried to get away from the fact that he made specific statements and those statements were wrong . |
| 13 | the rocket was projected up to a considerable height and directed to fall somewhere in the London area . |
| 14 | As they passed Guido and Ronni 's table , just for an instant Guido turned and seemed to smile directly at the girl . |
| 15 | ‘ Goat stinks , ’ said Camille , for it was not so long since she had been frequently taken by Connie to children 's zoos where these creatures — mostly nannies and kids — were considered suitably sized and disposed to mingle briefly with the children of men . |
| 16 | She stacked the diapers neatly on the top shelf , checked the gowns and vests , and then closed the cupboard and turned to look approvingly around the room . |
| 17 | Angus slouched like a spoiled brat , nodded and began to tap noisily on the table top with his fingers . |
| 18 | His hat tipped off and began to bowl away in the wind . |
| 19 | Then it moved closer and began to scratch frantically at the foot of the bin . |
| 20 | Now she stood up and began to march restlessly round the room , swinging her long gun by its handle . |
| 21 | She hung it up carefully on a big wooden coat hanger and began to brush hard at the dried mud . |
| 22 | He fired again as the wounded bull turned and began galloping clumsily towards the safety of the trees , but this second shot went wide . |
| 23 | The passengers , replete with the lamb and chocolate mousse , lingered over coffee , and began to drift away to the dome car 's bar lounge . |
| 24 | He stood up and began moving restlessly around the room , fiddling with books and ornaments and adjusting the glasses and cutlery on the table laid ready for their meal . |
| 25 | From the back of the hummock a figure appeared and began moving unhurriedly up the hill on an irregular route , at times coming obliquely towards the Friar , and then abruptly changing direction and seeming to go away from him : thus tacking and weaving the man was as inconspicuous as a partridge on ploughland , so that if the Friar turned his eyes from him for a moment he was difficult to rediscover , so perfectly did he merge with the duns , browns , russets , and half-greens of the wood . |
| 26 | Dot unrolled her piece of twine and began to skip slowly along the pavement over the coal-hole covers towards the basement . |
| 27 | He passed Responsions that June and began to look forward to the payments he would get for his journalism — especially for his ‘ prose poems ’ in the Speaker . |
| 28 | He attached a judicial password to the file , saved it , pocketed both crystal and reader , and began to think hard about the information he 'd discovered . |
| 29 | ‘ We must move quickly now , before we are seen , ’ he whispered and began to crawl forward round the rock . |
| 30 | She picked up one of the crumpled scraps of paper and began staring fixedly at the pictures on it . |