Example sentences of "[indef pn] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone got up on stage for the final encore and launched themselves into a shambolic but passionate rendering of ‘ Wild Thing ’ which involved a bit of hot action in the shape of LOX from Kingmaker snogging an alarmed PATRICK from the Kitchens during the chorus . |
| 2 | Everyone got on with the business at hand , preoccupied with the problems of food shortages , lack of funds and compliance with the rules of the Islamic order . |
| 3 | It was strange , too , Anne thought , that everyone got on with their normal lives , in spite of the constant raids and disturbed nights , and had become used to seeing servicemen in so many different uniforms thronging the streets and the cinemas , and in the public houses she was sure , although she had never been in one . |
| 4 | … as soon as the Empress saw a place which was totally wild with virtually unclimbable rocks everyone got out of the carriage and she set out , armed with a stout walking stick , to beat a path over huge rocks , clumps of juniper bushes , enormous ferns as high as shrubs . |
| 5 | They helped specify the system and we had regular meetings so nothing got out of hand . |
| 6 | When everyone moved out of the kitchen into the living-room after lunch , leaving Jannie to put the coffee on , Bob lingered behind with her , savouring the sudden calm . |
| 7 | In those days no-one ventured out with dirty footwear no matter how poor they were . |
| 8 | As a result of the Headmaster 's moods no-one ventured out of their dormitories or classrooms unless it was absolutely necessary . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps someone got through on a short-wave transmitter ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Someone got in from the sea-wall . |
| 11 | As he led the way to the kitchen and put the kettle on , he muttered , ‘ Sounds as though someone got out of bed the wrong … ’ |
| 12 | It 's much like a DYPP , and should really have been called DXPP , but someone came up with the name Tech-Tech first ( on the other hand , just try to pronounce DXPP ! ) . |
| 13 | Car horns had no effect , and we were beginning to think that shanks ' pony was the only way of attracting his attention when someone came up with this idea . ) |
| 14 | But 180 years ago in America someone came up with the idea of a Temperance Society . |
| 15 | The Englishman told me that if someone came up to him in a queue he would punch him in the face . |
| 16 | He surfed the reef breaks — La Jolla , Windansea , Swamis — until one day someone came up to him and said , ‘ With the kind of lines you draw you should go and surf Hawaii . ’ |
| 17 | Only a day or two after The Graduate opened , someone came up to him in the street and said , ‘ You know something ? |
| 18 | ‘ A few weeks ago , someone came up to a tagger with the KWS tagging crew , ’ Boyle said . |
| 19 | Someone came back with him to plug in a telephone . |
| 20 | The door opened , and someone came in from the night . |
| 21 | Someone came out of The Two Pheasants and latched the door back to the wall hospitably . |
| 22 | Whilst I was there , someone came out of the gatehouse and started walking towards me . |
| 23 | He turned on her now , but was almost pushed aside as someone came out of the shop . |
| 24 | Someone came out behind him , but Charlie was blocking her . |
| 25 | His comment suggests that it is almost as if , when someone woke up in the morning , they were suddenly possessed of something mysterious in becoming conscious , like a metaphysical virus . |
| 26 | Suddenly someone opened up with a machine gun at us . |
| 27 | Someone rushed out with wet towels to wrap around him . |
| 28 | Then someone broke out of the crowd and began to run towards the side of the school where Jack and Tina were standing . |
| 29 | Someone dashed out of an alleyway , pumping a shotgun . |
| 30 | In picking Snow as anchor , ITN bosses replaced a Tory royalist with someone sent down from university ‘ following political disturbances ’ ; and , equally boldly , they chose to skip a generation . |