Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rescuers , working in stifling temperatures in a space no bigger than three feet wide and two feet high , reached through a small hole they had dug to the men at 9.30pm and passed through drinks and sandwiches . |
| 2 | He greeted her very warmly and blushed in the sweetest way when she gave him a sisterly kiss . |
| 3 | Harry folded his arms , smiled as if he knew better and strolled about the room . |
| 4 | I jumped up suddenly and ran into the crowds of people in the dark . |
| 5 | ’ ‘ Shame on ye , ye plump English trollope , ’ he giggled suddenly and rolled onto her again . |
| 6 | She stopped suddenly and gazed at him . |
| 7 | ‘ Pech gehabt , ’ he said suddenly and broke into a grin . |
| 8 | Just then , a customer got up suddenly and hurried to the door . |
| 9 | For centuries civilised man thought poetry was the pinnacle he must reach for — ’ He caught himself suddenly and smiled for the first time Blanche had known him to , the embarrassed smile of a passionate devotee who suddenly discovers that everyone around him , whom he thought entranced by his obsession , was in fact sniggering behind his back . |
| 10 | Joseph tugged at his brother 's sleeve suddenly and nodded across the room . |
| 11 | A copy of Return Safe from the Wilderness lay on a workbench , and I picked it up idly and looked through it . |
| 12 | Early in July , it also became evident that while the Austrian troops were falling back in collapse , German formations on the front fought stubbornly and retreated with discipline . |
| 13 | The time flew past and we got onto the ferry at 4.00pm and sailed at 5.00pm . |
| 14 | The snow was falling thickly and poured past the window in blizzard proportions as the plane hurled itself into the Arctic night . |
| 15 | As Reid led the patient with the bloody head indoors , the white man turned to me , almost stopped me from going inside and said in an educated voice , ‘ Good morning , Doctor , and welcome to Koraloona . |
| 16 | One of the sentries reported inside and returned at once . |
| 17 | I stepped inside and got behind her and tried pushing her from that side . |
| 18 | Constantly looking back , Richmann hurried inside and waved at the sentries . |
| 19 | She peered at the tangle of brambles inside and shook with excitement : there was a perfect spider 's web today . |
| 20 | His fingers dispensed with the buttons on the front of her dress and his hands , warm and firm and so , so clever , slipped inside and teased at the lace of her bra . |
| 21 | She reached inside and turned to Paige . |
| 22 | Then she went back inside and sat in her father 's chair , shaking with shock and recriminations . |
| 23 | I looked at it afresh and came to the same conclusion . ’ |
| 24 | Proceedings were adjourned until July 11 , so that witnesses could be called , but the justices sitting on that date concluded that they had no power to consider the case afresh and proceeded to sentence . |
| 25 | He extracted his arm gently and stepped towards Christina . |
| 26 | Claudia put the phone down gently and decided against going back to bed . |
| 27 | Mr Havel , who has a genius for pinpointing the absurd , smiled gently and sipped at some mineral water . |
| 28 | He kicked gently and rose at an angle towards the ceiling . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh yeah , ’ said Lydia gloomily and fell to plucking at the turf between her feet . |
| 30 | I careered down the snow-slope below and sat in the shelter of a boulder to watch Roger abseil down the ice pitch , coiled the ropes and climb carefully down to join me for a marvellously welcome brew under the Shelter Stone . |