Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rescuers , working in stifling temperatures in a space no bigger than three feet wide and two feet high , reached through a small hole they had dug to the men at 9.30pm and passed through drinks and sandwiches . |
| 2 | Early in July , it also became evident that while the Austrian troops were falling back in collapse , German formations on the front fought stubbornly and retreated with discipline . |
| 3 | She peered at the tangle of brambles inside and shook with excitement : there was a perfect spider 's web today . |
| 4 | She reached inside and turned to Paige . |
| 5 | Proceedings were adjourned until July 11 , so that witnesses could be called , but the justices sitting on that date concluded that they had no power to consider the case afresh and proceeded to sentence . |
| 6 | He extracted his arm gently and stepped towards Christina . |
| 7 | Their two small sons stood apart with their nurse , already contrite and tearful , but Lan clapped her hands delightedly and ran towards Joseph . |
| 8 | The muscles of his legs and arms bulged alarmingly and shone with sweat as he braced himself against the bulkheads to study the small control panel . |
| 9 | Athelstan hardly recognised him : his face was a mass of sores , his hair long and matted with filth and vermin . |
| 10 | Joe tapped his fingertips together and looked from face to face . |
| 11 | She pulled herself together and went to bed . |
| 12 | The two falcons flew together and disappeared into cloud . |
| 13 | The museum man placed his fingertips together and nodded at Davide as he took trouble to explain , and the colour flowed back from Davide 's cheeks and he slipped the coin into his pocket , with its two faces that were neither mirror images of one another , nor replicas , but a false double , an inexact repeat . |
| 14 | Some premonition alerted her subconscious ; earlier disquiets and a vague sense of unease came together and focused into fear . |
| 15 | ( i ) any goods listed above are sold to a bidder for less than his highest bid or part of the price is repaid or credited to him ( or stated to be so ) ; or ( ii ) the right to bid for any goods listed above is ( or is stated to be ) restricted to persons who have bought or agreed to buy one or more articles ; or ( iii ) any articles are given away or offered as gifts . |
| 16 | The RFC machines — mainly BE2s , Bleriots and Henri Farmans — operated individually and came under attack not by enemy aircraft but by artillery , and even by rifle fire from their own troops . |
| 17 | ‘ And 12s to 50s lasted longer and stayed in tune better , ’ chips in Keith , ‘ so you did n't have to change them as often . |
| 18 | I turned away and said to Miss Kenton : |
| 19 | He pulled his hands away and stared at Lord Henry with wild eyes . |
| 20 | He pushed his plate away and stared at Rodriguez . |
| 21 | The policeman kicked it away and gestured for Whitlock to approach the police car . |
| 22 | She crumpled it , threw it away and went to bed . |
| 23 | Then he turned away and went to sleep and I lay there and wept , feeling an absolute failure ’ . |
| 24 | My father threw his calipers away and went to Charlie Hancock the chemist , who made him up a bottle of oil from an old family recipe . |
| 25 | Now she could feel the solid muscle of her daughter 's arms and she wanted to lean against her and draw comfort and strength ; but she pulled away and looked at Phoebe with that straight , clear , appraising look that was her hallmark . |
| 26 | Then , when Hyde thought the driver was beginning to suspect something , he sent the taxicab away and continued on foot . |
| 27 | Then he took his arms away and roared with laughter and drew comic glasses round her eyes on the glass . |
| 28 | I remember being with him when a drunken drug addict , brought to his door by Sgt. Hendry , broke away and lunged at Chief Fyvie bringing up his hand-cuffed wrists to strike the chief in the face . |
| 29 | This time the German fighter dived away and headed off north . |
| 30 | But when at last the planes turned away and headed for land , the order was given for all passengers to get below . |