Example sentences of "[pron] and [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Constance detected a change in the atmosphere as Giancarlo excused himself and walked down the steps to greet his last guest . |
| 2 | He got up slowly from his chair to stretch himself and went to the window , overlooking the back car lot . |
| 3 | On the ground , when they had left the parked plane , Myeloski excused himself and went to the men 's room . |
| 4 | He wrapped a short raincoat around himself and ran up the front path . |
| 5 | Friar Tuck stirred himself and stared at the Trapper . |
| 6 | He picked up the wafer of liquid crystal which represented himself and stared at the High Priest 's face , his own , wishing that his own image could confide in him in the same way that the Harlequin had . |
| 7 | Slowly he righted himself and took off the mask , although she could not see his face for she was not looking at him . |
| 8 | He moved back himself and leaned against the wall , studying them . |
| 9 | Those members of the British Section delegation who had survived previous ICMs said nothing and waited for the strain to show . |
| 10 | He rushed past me and went into the nearest building . |
| 11 | She put out her tongue at me and went to the kitchen . |
| 12 | People smiled at me and sang in the streets . |
| 13 | Kicking back the covers , I let my feet touch the carpet , put on the white and blue striped kaftan which my journalist daughter had made for me and walked to the window overlooking the central court . |
| 14 | He turned his back on me and walked into the room . |
| 15 | His voice was surly , but suddenly he twisted round to face me and took off the headphones , and I thought he was going to apologise for his rudeness of the previous night , but instead he demanded to know if it was true that we were out in the open ocean and were not planning to make a landfall for some days . |
| 16 | Diplomatically , he took the golf bag from me and headed for the car park . |
| 17 | If Agrippa gave an order they obeyed with alacrity , but sometimes I caught them watching me and shuddered at the amusement in their icy , pale-blue eyes . |
| 18 | I 've only been on since I read that thing in the square ball , and I suppose loads must have done the same as me and jumped on the bandwagon . |
| 19 | He turned his head slightly towards me and spoke in the direction of my tie . |
| 20 | I held my ticket tightly to me and smiled at the thought . |
| 21 | He did n't take the stairs : he ducked under them and disappeared into the shadows . |
| 22 | A patch of lights off to the right revealed the presence of a town which slowly orbited them and disappeared into the darkness . |
| 23 | Corbett joined them and waited for the tankards to empty before good-naturedly bullying Ranulf into collecting their horses and making their way back on to the deserted track to Godstowe . |
| 24 | The plane swooped above them and thudded into the earth . |
| 25 | To be absolutely sure she followed one of them and came to the place where they curved round in front of a tree and retreated . |
| 26 | She left them and went up the stairs which led to the bedroom she shared with Pet . |
| 27 | It was some time before we retrieved them and went into the piggery . |
| 28 | When Jesus had returned to his Father the apostles did as he had told them and returned to the city . |
| 29 | It bounced and rolled between them and lay in the shadow of the chair . |
| 30 | Then , tiring of their unfriendly glances , she turned her back on them and looked across the street . |