Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 They were supervised by a Miss Walker who , although she could not dance , also watched over their dances and made them up every night .
2 The Half House met them round a corner , and Mary Rose exclaimed .
3 Joan that 's right , I met them down the town in Torquay
4 The Secretary led them up a marble staircase , to the first floor ; then along a lofty corridor with a moulded cornice , to the back of the building .
5 Barak led them up a narrow concrete path to the unpainted door and opened it .
6 Lady Horne led them up a stone-vaulted passageway into a comfortable but cold solar .
7 Von Karajan made some loose , ethereal movement which the strings understood and the first fiddle led them up the sweep .
8 Gloria led them along a brick path , across a cobbled courtyard , past outhouses and a dripping water butt , then into the big house and along many passages .
9 They must have walked for about another ten minutes and could glimpse the blue wood-smoke rising above the trees from Godstowe village when suddenly the porter stopped , turned left , and led them along a narrow beaten trackway into the forest .
10 It was he who held the troops together in their communal dormitory , and it was he who led them out the next morning .
11 He kicked it open and flung me down the three steps into the street .
12 He led me up the cobbled yard and opened the door of one of the houses .
13 Then , one afternoon , Didier led me down the rue de Fleuve to the cemetery .
14 He led me down the hallway and into the communal kitchen .
15 So I stuffed them down the waste-disposal unit .
16 Then she grabbed a handful of ice cubes from a nearby wine cooler and stuffed them down the front of her partner 's trousers .
17 they sold them out the next morning , they 'd
18 Oh I was playing up and they chucked me out the class or something and I had to stay in at dinner time .
19 But one incident that amused me was that I was booked for a coffee commercial and the producer phoned me up the night before the session to let me know the track we were doing , because he said he wanted to get it as close to the original as he possibly could .
20 Dad phoned me up the day before and , knowing I was about to go away on holiday , suggested we meet the next night , on the fourth of August .
21 Can I just say that er Ray phoned me up the other day and he said er , would you be prepared to take part in probationers ' , er regional probationary sort of training day er which is at coming up er in a few months time , to give erm presentation skills er I part of what we were doing , erm but just those O H Ps that we did on that part .
22 ‘ But to my surprise , he phoned me back a few days later , and offered to help me .
23 Your voice pursued me down the marble stairway :
24 When English resolution faltered and they turned to flee , the Scots pursued them down the Lowlands and across the Border , laying waste to Northumberland and Cumberland .
25 My mum helped me out a bit , but not everyone has parents who will help .
26 ‘ He stopped me down the village . ’
27 He invited you up the pitch to meet him on the drive .
28 they hooked you out the rapids twice did n't they ?
29 I also wormed her over a course of three weeks , and watched her slowly put on weight .
30 He helped her up the veranda steps and , taking a large key from his pocket , opened the arched door and stood aside for her to precede him .
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