Example sentences of "[adv prt] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | TWO YOUTHS miraculously escaped injury last night when the car they were travelling in crashed off a busy road and into a subway . |
| 2 | In fact , on several occasions after he left , he would come down to sort out a problem for us . |
| 3 | She kicked aside some of the mess , bent down to pick up a crisp packet , dropped it again and leaned against a wall , overwhelmed . |
| 4 | Her life-long friend , Catherine Quinn , 23 , escaped serious injury because she had bent down to pick up a 20p piece , and she was flung over hand railings . |
| 5 | So with that call it coincidence , call it what you like but one of these low-loaders come in to pick up a caravan or something like . |
| 6 | Sixty seconds before the interval , Smith restored Hadleigh 's lead in a goalmouth scramble after a succession of shots had been charged down to set up a thrilling second-half . |
| 7 | He turned and the girl who had just come in let out a little scream . |
| 8 | After the 1990 floods , when farmland was submerged , many sheep were lost and Perth was inundated , the engineers Babtie Shaw and Morton were called in to draw up a preliminary study . |
| 9 | Hoomey thought it was like one of those old war films with a bomber coming in to land along a bleak runway and all the ground-crew waiting to know the worst . |
| 10 | Go down go down a level for the first |
| 11 | Even though her relatives never lived on the Thames , she 's been brought along to check out a new artificial holt , built by volunteers from the conservation group , BBONT . |
| 12 | Even though her relatives never lived on the Thames … she 's been brought along to check out a new artificial holt … built by volunteers from the conservation group … |
| 13 | I 'm giving you a pen now copy them out and do n't spill it , Deana sit down move up a bit . |
| 14 | Maxim put the camera down picked up a poker from the hearth and started for the stairway . |
| 15 | A cropped and fitted jacket nips in to show off a neat waist and looks trim with a long line skirt . |
| 16 | Jennie on the other hand was thrilled when the Girls announced wedding plans and there was always a warm welcome from her when they dropped in to show off a baby . |
| 17 | It is a clear indication of the quality of Vic Rouse 's goalkeeping ability that he succeeded the great Roy Bailey between the Palace posts , then went on to set up a club record 238 Football League goalkeeping appearances ( since exceeded only by the invincible John Jackson ) , and that it then took another goalkeeper destined for the 1st Division in Bill Glazier to oust him . |
| 18 | We loaded the first two into the trailer , and were heading a few yards further on to pick up a third canister when we noticed that the enemy fire was now being directed at our part of the cornfield . |
| 19 | erm And one can go on picking out a great many of these people once you get used to the writing . |
| 20 | He went over to pick up a coffee for himself , then came back over and sat down . |
| 21 | ‘ Hey — come on , ’ he said softly , and smiled at her as he reached over to tear off a sheet of kitchen-towel . |
| 22 | I too pondered over making up a few of my own out of spring steel , but decided to try the cheaper option of a note to Warwick themselves before going down this route . |
| 23 | Leeds should have gone on to pile up a big score but after Wallace had seen a close-range shot blocked by Coton and Gary McAllister 's lob was cleared off the line by Kernaghan , the tide turned . |
| 24 | ’ And he had gone off to brew up a kettle of some herbal concoction , which he had said would do wonders for the men 's aching joints after the long march . |
| 25 | I was helping Con in the saloon , and then he went off to sort out a spot of bother in the public , and I 've hardly seen him since . |
| 26 | The recruits have been signed up to carry out a door-to-door ‘ skills audit ’ in East Middlesbrough . |
| 27 | So do n't end up writing off a debt which you could have avoided by paying attention to the obvious right under your own nose — use the information that is available to you . |
| 28 | Rangers responded with John Morrow and Trevor Steven linking up to set up a shooting chance for Gary Stevens but the fullback 's 20 yard effort flew over the top . |
| 29 | It is made of ½-inch oak , unlined and with simple iron ring handles , those at the angle of the shoulders being sufficiently high up to fit over a pierced hasp protruding from the lid through which a padlock might be fitted , thereby rendering the contents safe from body-snatchers . |
| 30 | One woman is claiming £200,000 from the Ministry , which could end up paying out a total of £60 million in compensation . |