Example sentences of "[adv prt] [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In came the clothes shop owning , rugby playing manager Joe Moss , and in came a traumatic realisation that bedsit jabbering and glorious friendships were not enough . |
| 2 | Along came a young , athletic black African in a red track suit and white plimsolls . |
| 3 | Then along came a new managers ' tool for community care planning called The X Factor . |
| 4 | Sgt Alan Jones made his defiant vow as the man who gunned him down began a 15-year sentence . |
| 5 | The room they were in contained a single big dormer window , a fireplace , a couch , a table and two seats , and two bunkbeds . |
| 6 | The final touch down saw a convincing win over Chicksands . |
| 7 | He got to his fret and dusting himself down saw a large hole in the door behind him . |
| 8 | Those animals put down had a merciful release . |
| 9 | So we can reject the hypothesis that each of the coefficients on the variables are zero , and conclude that current and up to two lags in had a significant impact on the unemployment rate . |
| 10 | It was a dirty trick to put it into to poor Mary Lou 's desk said Jean , she ca n't help being scared of things I suppose , she almost jumped out of her skin when she saw it , I should of thought any joker in our form would of been decent enough to popped it into say Alicia 's desk , not if it happened to be Alicia who popped it in said a sly voice , you do so love playing tricks do n't you Alicia ? |
| 11 | Something a long way off made a deep , mournful noise . |
| 12 | Those even better off had a separate house and barns . |
| 13 | The loudspeaker radio system he set up became a great success and became a model for others throughout Argentina . |
| 14 | Every day , whatever the time , whatever the weather , up came a piping hot meal , savoury snacks , cakes and a good brew . |
| 15 | Up popped a short replay of the flight , and a message saying : ‘ You have been killed in close combat with the enemy . |
| 16 | Because every house that went up and stayed up represented a certain vote against his political nominees . |
| 17 | Silence as though relief , when suddenly with a creaking and ghostly groaning the lid slid as if off and up sat a terrible apparition with outstretched hand screeching in a hollow voice , give me my gift with such violence , that some of the company fell into the water and had to be saved , and those on the shore scrambled in allways confusion was everywhere . |
| 18 | He discovered that a glass-enclosed lamp with small openings at the top and bottom to let the air in and the smoke out made a safe lamp . |
| 19 | It pulled up exactly where they intended to and out got a drenched Barbara Coleman who scuffled through the nearest doorway . |
| 20 | I pulled the knob and out came a circular weight covered in purple velvet . |
| 21 | Pilkington recounts how when Winifred Harper turned on her tap , ‘ out came a yellowy , stinking acerbic fluid which curdled the milk ’ . |
| 22 | Out came a beautiful girl , fair as a pearl . |
| 23 | Still , 209 all out seemed a fair performance by England , or it would have done had more of their batsmen scored some runs . |
| 24 | Back came a signed copy of her latest book ‘ The Best of Edna Jacques ’ and a letter typed on the same old machine on which she pounded out her poems . |
| 25 | Out poured a detailed account of visits made by Robert McFarlane and It-Col . |
| 26 | ‘ Why did you think Inside Out needed a new presenter ? |
| 27 | Phasing out required a gradual reduction — at least 100 ccs less , ’ Doctor Staples said . |
| 28 | Tutilo 's habit shimmered about the shoulders with the soft and soundless rain of Spring , which had begun to fall in mid-evening , his curls were damp and ruffled , and the hand he passed across his forehead to brush them back left a dark smear behind . |
| 29 | Suddenly with a tremendous stroke an old man close by threw a tiny fish up in the air and down it fell . |