Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once away from the railhead , however , the army was back in the age of Napoleon and moved at the pace of horse and man . |
| 2 | He let go the clutch , lifted the front wheel and drove at the far bank , sand-spit dead ahead . |
| 3 | Much the same would have been thought of Jessica as she would have been seen as someone who walked away from an evil religion and stepped into the right path . |
| 4 | By the time he took to do his business , the bank 's video cameras must have had me down as a fairly suspicious character and I was happy to stop fidgeting when he finally turned away from the cashier and headed for the door . |
| 5 | The seminar is being organised by WACC 's North American regional association and hosted by The United Church of Canada under the theme ‘ Legacy : 500 Years of Evangelization in the Americas ’ . |
| 6 | She put her hands over her ears and walked along the beach , to sit up in the sand dunes , where Gazzer found her … . |
| 7 | At the Chair he pricked his ears and sailed over the gaping ditch with such abandon that he pecked slightly on the landing side . |
| 8 | Benedict took the card and glanced at the name . |
| 9 | Well , the angel Gabriel disguised himself as a poor beggar and walked through the forest until he came to this pear tree . |
| 10 | I gave up being a bird watcher and succumbed to the delicious trippery feel of sun on my back and sand on my front . |
| 11 | He got down from the jeep and walked into the villa , his shirt crumpled , and his footsteps weary . |
| 12 | Local man Paul McAllister heard the screams and raced to the scene with a ladder which he used to reach a bedroom window . |
| 13 | She hurried to the pond and peered among the reeds to see if her friend was visible . |
| 14 | Sanchez uncrossed his legs and looked towards the pit . |
| 15 | I sat with my head between my legs and looked at the dirt-encrusted toenails of the silent Yugoslavian on my left until-'Jennings ' was called from the next room . |
| 16 | Then , clicking his heels together , he turned on his short legs and marched from the room . |
| 17 | Then she rose and went over to the bed , pulled back the covers and slipped between the cool , fresh sheets . |
| 18 | Sony Corp appointed Michael Schulhof , now vice-chairman of Sony USA Inc , to the post of president and chief executive of its US unit , which will be renamed Sony Corp of America : Schulhof joined Sony in 1974 after a mainly academic career as a physicist and worked on the development of the compact disk ; in 1989 , he became one of the first Americans to be appointed to the board of a major Japanese company . |
| 19 | But I saw him with his cap full of golden sovereigns and turned on the table and lent them all he 'd got . |
| 20 | ‘ And I guess that a player like me is loved by one half of the fans and hated by the other half . |
| 21 | At last I found it in the stern of the barge , a hole the size of a man 's fist as if someone had taken a hammer and smashed through the bottom . |
| 22 | She went up to the bedroom and gazed at the old four-poster , hardly noticing the faded splendour of its blue and gold canopy as she scrutinised the decorated wooden frieze that ran along the top . |
| 23 | Then he walked into his bedroom and sat on the edge of his bed with his head bowed while the bath filled , breathing deeply . |
| 24 | I went into my own bedroom and sat on the bed for a few minutes . |
| 25 | She went slowly into the bedroom and sat by the window , staring at the spectacular scenery outside , and not seeing it . |
| 26 | as if remembering the steps of a dance she walked to the long cheval mirror in the bedroom and tried on the dress , a dark grey beaded silk gown by Bruce Oldfield . |
| 27 | About 1 pm they got the signals and moved round the curve into Northgate tunnel and headed for Llandudno . |
| 28 | We drew up by the main entrance and Tony and I went through the swing doors at speed and headed for the secretary 's office . |
| 29 | It gathered speed and raced towards the built-up complexes . |
| 30 | When she stepped from the changing-room and walked to the poolside , however , she was greeted with the usual enthusiasm , especially from Belinda , who attached herself once again and trailed round the pool behind her , loudly voicing her admiration , and , to Rachel 's embarrassment , drawing attention to the new swimsuit . |