Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nenna wished to reply that it was not for the expected reasons — not pride , not resentment , not even the curious acquired characteristics of the river dwellers , which made them scarcely at home in London 's streets . |
| 2 | Next he led the spinnaker sheets aft to the cockpit and made them fast to the stern cleats with plenty of slack . |
| 3 | This is real wilderness — we met no-one else in a day 's walking . |
| 4 | Mrs Hollidaye took off her leather gloves and laid them neatly on top of her handbag on the pew beside her , straightened her hat and unhooked a cushion which hung from a brass hook beneath the shelf . |
| 5 | Counting out seven pound notes , he laid them carefully on the table . |
| 6 | Very slowly she took the headphones off and laid them carefully on the table , her eyes never leaving Luke 's for a moment . |
| 7 | And she cut a dozen and a half splendid blooms and laid them reverently in Sally-Anne 's trug . |
| 8 | But he put up no defence ; he simply raised his hands and laid them lightly on Gentle 's shoulders . |
| 9 | The Queen Mother and Cazalet went over to see Devon Loch and he appeared to be sound : inspection by a vet immediately after the calamity revealed nothing amiss with him . |
| 10 | Saturday , 13th : Arrived at Delhi airport over two hours late , at 06.30. met me personally at the barrier and eased me through the arrival formalities . |
| 11 | I met them leeward of the middle vehicle , where they lent a hand to tip the wheelbarrow into a stable position . |
| 12 | We met them afterwards on stage . |
| 13 | She led them slowly through the graveyard to the burial site . |
| 14 | Our Georgia guests used the small flat-bottomed craft to go bonefishing one afternoon , and Thessy , well trained by his father , led them unerringly to a sea-flat by a mangrove swamp where , in just a few heart-racing moments , they landed four of the gleaming and elusive fish . |
| 15 | Everyone sang out loudly and then the young man led them straight into ‘ After the Ball is Over ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Nice to meet you , Chief Inspector , ’ he said with automatic politeness , then considered what he had just said , decided it was beyond explanation and led them upstairs to his office . |
| 17 | The sentries had been primed to admit him without challenge , Alexei noted , and as soon as his escort had dismounted a trooper wearing the gorget of a provost came out of the gatehouse and led them away towards the stables . |
| 18 | She crossed to the doorway and led them away from the shed . |
| 19 | He eventually managed to assemble about 170 of his foot , all that had survived , and some 450 horsemen , and led them southwards towards Coldstream , by what was long remembered as Johnny Cope 's road' , and thence next day to Berwick . |
| 20 | With marked reluctance , the elderly woman led them inside to a small sitting-room , which overlooked the garden at the rear of the house . |
| 21 | The porter took care of their horses and Lady Amelia , walking like a ghost before them , led them across to the guest house . |
| 22 | ‘ Now , ’ he whispered confidentially , ‘ the thing to remember is that the Greek Orthodox priest is the one on the left with the beard , ’ and with that flung me determinedly into my seat . |
| 23 | In one lightning movement the two fishermen picked up two pails of stinking fish heads and flung them lovingly at the Lionisers ' feet . |
| 24 | At a conference at Oxford in December 1989 , Professor Randolph Quirk , the famous linguist , attacked me fiercely for including material like this , which could be easily misrepresented by the press . |
| 25 | Then he said to Rain : ‘ He attacked me only with words . ’ |
| 26 | Asked what concerned them most in connection with nuclear power , respondents named the possibility of accidents , human error and the storage of radioactive waste . |
| 27 | Then laid me gently in bed . |
| 28 | She pinned them bravely to the shoulder of her dress , touched the blooms lightly with her fingers and said to the room at large , |
| 29 | But when she would have moved lower in her innocent foray Guy captured her hands with one of his and pinned them gently above her head . |
| 30 | Then they pulled them out and , drawing their arms right back from the shoulder , swished them forward through the air until they slapped against the wall . |