Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I scrambled frantically up the face of another eight-footer . |
| 2 | Every now and then I blew desperately down the throat or probed between the ribs for that almost imperceptible beat . |
| 3 | I went swiftly down the hall to the front door , and eased its bolts open . |
| 4 | I crawled quietly up the slope , the grass sliding under my chest and belly , my legs straining to propel my bulk up and forward . |
| 5 | I sat halfway down the table with my back to the sink , arranging fish bones in meaningful patterns on the plate while Father and Mrs Clamp exchanged very formal , almost ritualised pleasantries . |
| 6 | The walk began by following a track which climbed steeply up a narrow , twisting valley . |
| 7 | But she had her fair share of steel in her make-up , and she made a vow to herself which echoed eerily down the lonesome length of the lake . |
| 8 | She plunged instantly down the slippery incline . |
| 9 | She moved stealthily down the hall to the kitchen , her hearing sharpened by fear as she strained to detect even the slightest movement in the old house . |
| 10 | She moved cautiously up the corroded metal steps on to the catwalk and knelt beside the German , the Beretta pressed into the nape of his neck . |
| 11 | Summoning all her reserves , she swam forcefully down the whole length of the pool , and back again , gradually realising that she felt fitter than she had done for ages . |
| 12 | As she trudged awkwardly up the valley road her feet began to sweat and the toes rubbed painfully against each other . |
| 13 | To love one 's neighbour , she thought as she trudged resolutely up the Finchley Road , must surely often be an effort of the will rather than a pleasurable upsurging of emotion . |
| 14 | She drove fearlessly up a narrow dirt-track road that wound steeply between scented pine trees because she was still mad that Fernando could have done such a thing . |
| 15 | I was trying to capture my budgie , who flew up into the tree , ’ she explained breathlessly as she climbed hastily down the tree . |
| 16 | No doubt she 'd soon get used to it she told herself as she followed Kerly down a metal spiral staircase . |
| 17 | When her aunt was dressed she walked slowly down the narrow staircase in front of her in case , in her weak state , she should stumble . |
| 18 | Shrugging , she walked slowly down the ladder . |
| 19 | She walked slowly down the gangway , her eyes lingering on the treasures she passed . |
| 20 | A remote , cool air enveloped her that caused more than one man to think twice about approaching her as she walked slowly down the length of the hall . |
| 21 | She looked wistfully up the companionway to the square of blue sky , but fought the urge to go up on deck , scared he might ask her to do something that would reveal her ignorance . |
| 22 | She remembered halfway down the rickety ladder stairs , but for would have been a final indignity . |
| 23 | She paused halfway up the second flight to hear whether anyone was following , but all she heard was the sound of a door below opening and the voices of Joseph , Maurin and Barbara Coleman going into the flat . |
| 24 | Tears coursed down her cheeks and she ran blindly down the wild jungle of the grounds parallel to the thicket . |
| 25 | Gravel spurted from the heels of her boots as she crawled furiously up the cliff down which she had just slid . |
| 26 | It was not far enough , as there was still downward straggle , so we moved further up the ladder to cubes . |
| 27 | Anyway , we did n't have much luck in the hollow either , so we moved further up the field . |
| 28 | FREEZING snow whipped our faces as we peered nervously down the slope . |
| 29 | We had spent a week at La Bérade — that little unspoilt mountain hamlet deep within the Dauphiné massif where Eric shipton stayed in 1925 for his first alpine season ; and though we 'd found the mountains bathed in light and little snow around as we drove slowly up the battered but stupendous road from St Christoph through Les Etages , his words about the view he had from the bus exactly mirrored our mood as we peered up through a windscreen at the hills : |
| 30 | Then we drove hard down the autoroute . |