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 | First there was a small elephant and it had the natural financial goal painted on its side , then along came a bigger elephant with a bigger number , and then a huge elephant with a huge number , and he said , ‘ Go for it ! |
| 3 | Along came a young , athletic black African in a red track suit and white plimsolls . |
| 4 | Then along came a new managers ' tool for community care planning called The X Factor . |
| 5 | Sgt Alan Jones made his defiant vow as the man who gunned him down began a 15-year sentence . |
| 6 | The room they were in contained a single big dormer window , a fireplace , a couch , a table and two seats , and two bunkbeds . |
| 7 | The final touch down saw a convincing win over Chicksands . |
| 8 | He got to his fret and dusting himself down saw a large hole in the door behind him . |
| 9 | Those animals put down had a merciful release . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | Patrons who pay ten pounds to see and hear what is going on deserved a better service than they got . |
| 13 | Mrs Over held a last letter from Elizabeth which arrived on Monday — the day police believe the murders occurred . |
| 14 | Something a long way off made a deep , mournful noise . |
| 15 | Those even better off had a separate house and barns . |
| 16 | The loudspeaker radio system he set up became a great success and became a model for others throughout Argentina . |
| 17 | The complicated cultural , religious and political make up created a further cause of tension . |
| 18 | Every day , whatever the time , whatever the weather , up came a piping hot meal , savoury snacks , cakes and a good brew . |
| 19 | Up popped a short replay of the flight , and a message saying : ‘ You have been killed in close combat with the enemy . |
| 20 | Because every house that went up and stayed up represented a certain vote against his political nominees . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Well , you 'll have nine bulbs and lights out got a thousand to do Ann 's had |
| 24 | It pulled up exactly where they intended to and out got a drenched Barbara Coleman who scuffled through the nearest doorway . |
| 25 | I pulled the knob and out came a circular weight covered in purple velvet . |
| 26 | Pilkington recounts how when Winifred Harper turned on her tap , ‘ out came a yellowy , stinking acerbic fluid which curdled the milk ’ . |
| 27 | Out came a beautiful girl , fair as a pearl . |
| 28 | Still , 209 all out seemed a fair performance by England , or it would have done had more of their batsmen scored some runs . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Out poured a detailed account of visits made by Robert McFarlane and It-Col . |