Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb past] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It confirmed that I don ‘ t exercise enough and suggested a programme of swimming and walking . |
| 2 | Giles thanked him warmly and pushed the map into his coat pocket . |
| 3 | For example , in the MISLIP project teachers in different subjects ( biology , history , English ) found that the microcomputer helped pupils to plan projects better and improved the motivation of pupils ; while the school librarian at Bankhead Academy pointed to the use of a wider range of resources by pupils in the school library . |
| 4 | He whirled suddenly and struck the wall with his clenched fist . |
| 5 | Then he straightened suddenly and returned the paperweight to its place on his desk . |
| 6 | Dexter jumped inside and inserted the ignition key . |
| 7 | The lift doors parted and he smiled fleetingly at the couple who emerged then stepped inside and pressed the button for the seventh floor . |
| 8 | Receiving no answer , Hilary went back inside and slammed the door . |
| 9 | He was white with rage and she stepped back rather fearfully as he came inside and slammed the door , locking it securely . |
| 10 | Seeing a sheet had been stuffed round the edges of it he suspected something suspicious was going on inside and forced the door open to have a look . |
| 11 | The Trunchbull simply grabbed me by one ear and rushed me to The Chokey at the double and threw me inside and locked the door . |
| 12 | When I arrived , she urged me inside and closed the door , and I could see that she was breathless with fear . |
| 13 | ‘ Let us hope that your feet are in the correct place by the morning , Mildred , ’ said Miss Hardbroom frostily , as Mildred hastened inside and closed the door . |
| 14 | Instead , she turned the handle of the door , picked up her basket , stepped inside and closed the door firmly behind her . |
| 15 | As they reached their garden gate , he burst into a torrent of foul-mouthed racist abuse that continued as they went inside and closed the door . |
| 16 | He put his hand to the switch just inside and turned the light on . |
| 17 | I went inside and found the snake . |
| 18 | I turned the handle gently and opened the door . |
| 19 | ‘ But there is no need to make that kind of mistake , ’ he said rather obscurely and left the room with a springy step . |
| 20 | Then I went below and got a handkerchief and helped Hands tie up the great bleeding wound in his leg . |
| 21 | A hollow-eyed Maltote had taken a strangely exhausted Ranulf off to their own lodgings so the clerk and his wife had dined by themselves in the small hall below and spent the rest of the time here in their bedchamber . |
| 22 | The pool was lit from below and shimmered the water to a deliciously inviting pale green . |
| 23 | Karen went below and found a table in the cafeteria . |
| 24 | A young man , dark , short , burly , in a navy guernsey and jeans and gumboots , came in and lifted the coal bags into the Land-Rover beside my cases . |
| 25 | The hospital said I 'd better go in and sent an ambulance round for me . |
| 26 | By then both men were heavy-legged and Mason 's inexperience at this level of boxing looked like becoming a decisive factor until he closed in and sent the American down with a short right to the temple and then a following left hook . |
| 27 | His wife came in and banged the door and he was furious because it made the china rattle ; he said she just did n't understand . ’ |
| 28 | It was with immense relief that he drove in and killed the engine . |
| 29 | He got in and pressed the button for the first floor . |
| 30 | Crowds of people went out and a young clergyman came in and ordered a pint of bitter . |