Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a short pause to watch us , she passed on surrounded by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorset and other local dignitaries . |
| 2 | He got down to work at once and even found another couple , both teachers , who wanted to ‘ settle up ’ in Church . |
| 3 | He will implement procedures laid down to comply with the Company 's duty of care and will liaise with the Group Environmental Manager on such issues . |
| 4 | The house they lived in belonged to a German lady , a Miss Wacker , who had been home in her own country when war broke out and was unable to return . |
| 5 | Oh yes yes er I should say that er Street er Street then you get into Palfrey now you see Palfrey was a little bit less due to the fact that there were a hell of a lot of railway men at work down there , I mean really all belonging to some department on the railway , you get er drivers and all the men and the permanent way of being in Street I mean a lot of people from Palfrey lived down lived in Palfrey was working in the permanent way in Street , so it was a really , Palfrey you could say was a railway community . |
| 6 | Some of the unskilled youngsters drafted in to help with the decorating did not . |
| 7 | ‘ My constable in Burford is convinced you were still drunk when you rode in to speak to him . ’ |
| 8 | Algernon Peckham glanced at him , and there was a momentary pause before he moved on to speak to James Pegg . |
| 9 | Nick warmed up his caddie career from 1971 to 1974 carrying Archer 's bag , and then moved on to work for Australian Bruce Crampton until 1977 , when he moved on to another Australian , Graham Marsh . |
| 10 | Unable to investigate further the boundary between body and spirit , Crookes moved on to work on that mysterious borderland , as he called it , of matter and energy . |
| 11 | The four study populations reported on differ in their dates of birth as well as in their ages , with the oldest study populations being born earliest . |
| 12 | Swam down to sniff at the trembling . |
| 13 | Staring at him worriedly , she slowly sank down to sit on the edge of the bed . |
| 14 | A good four inches taller than his companion , he bent down to speak to her . |
| 15 | There was a row of bright enamel saucepans , an Italian coffee pot and two or three painted ceramic jars on the shelves ; Melissa bent down to peek into a cupboard and saw an array of packets and tinned foods and several types of pasta in glass jars . |
| 16 | As we all bundled in , the room seemed to get smaller , more like a cupboard really , and by the time the Hertfordshire team was packed in , it was standing room only and heaven help anyone who bent down to pull on their tights ! |
| 17 | The frowning policeman bent down to stare into his face . |
| 18 | He bent down to stare at the floor . |
| 19 | After a while she came over to Tallis and bent down to peer at the human . |
| 20 | Oh no , Jinny thought as he bent down to fiddle with the controls of the video recorder . |
| 21 | Roy moved in to lodge with Rita and her unsuspecting husband , Steve , 50 . |
| 22 | Hoomey scooted to his feet , but several interested parties moved in to deal with Jazz before he could make a tactful retreat . |
| 23 | Sally Ward moved in to live with her daughter 's family , on the opposite side of Egremont Street , and Peggy Burns went to live with her daughter Meg and her husband . |
| 24 | Munro moved in followed by Carter . |
| 25 | Then she coated the thick planks of the door and moved along to work with Mina on the walls and eaves . |
| 26 | She squared herself , and moved along to look into the nearest of the rooms . |
| 27 | With a parting gift of prawns and fish from a friendly fisherman , we headed over to look at the islands of bum and Eigg on the way to Ardnamurchan . |
| 28 | He was forcefully kicked in his stomach , and bent over groaning with the pain . |
| 29 | The oven timer buzzed , and Adele moved over to attend to it ; Alina dug around inside her layers and brought out what looked like a colour postcard . |
| 30 | Busacher snorted , drank , and wandered over to look at the long table which had been set up right down the centre of Willi 's big living room . |