Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JUST AS THE PANTING CYCLIST drew ahead of the London to St Alban 's coach the guard hurled an iron ball on a rope into the spokes of the bicycle wheel and felled the rider . |
| 2 | The Doctor immediately threw his weight into the steering wheel and floored the accelerator , sending the battered car down the street at a lopsided angle , the exposed wheel hub throwing up a constant stream of sparks . |
| 3 | as if by instinct , she took the wheel and wrestled the ship under control . |
| 4 | She slid behind the wheel and started the engine , pulling away so sharply she caused the car behind to sound his horn as he braked to avoid her . |
| 5 | He patted her cheek again , then put his hand back on the wheel and started the engine . |
| 6 | She started the car with a jerk and hit the bumper of the car in front . |
| 7 | Mr. Tarrant , the minister of the Unitarian church which the Thomas family now attended regularly , had encouraged Edward in his outdoor tastes with much kindness and persuaded the editor of a children 's paper to print his early holiday-task descriptions of country walks : But like all other grown-up people he inspired me with discomfort , strangeness , a desire to escape … |
| 8 | The fire had spread to the fuselage and reached the cockpit by the time he got the wheels on the ground and jumped out . |
| 9 | In the wake of the 1975 UDA visit to Libya , it had been the DUP who had played the red card and accused the paramilitaries of flirting with communists . |
| 10 | I bought a war-surplus jeep and followed the Pecos River just like Loving did . |
| 11 | I placed my pipes and rucksack on the back seat of the jeep and informed the driver that I was going into the orchard for a last look round . |
| 12 | He climbed into a Jeep and turned the key . |
| 13 | Those authorities that indulged in competitive tendering and got the jobs done more quickly were able to expand the level of services and reduce the cost to the charge payer . |
| 14 | Fitzormonde made to run but , even as he turned , heard the great iron chain spring loose and saw the bear rush towards him . |
| 15 | With two brisk movements she wrenched the wire loose and tossed the microphone into the water . |
| 16 | In 1839 Kitson and Laird withdrew from this partnership and established the Airedale foundry , also in Leeds , whose first locomotives were built for the North Midland Railway in 1840 . |
| 17 | In 1846 he took his brother Benjamin into partnership and changed the name of the firm to Cadbury Brothers , moving it in 1847 to larger premises at Bridge Street . |
| 18 | A KNIFE attack victim fought off his assailant and bent the 10in blade in two with his bare hands , a court was told yesterday . |
| 19 | Once you reached the sacristy door at the back of the church , you took off and hid both robe and ring and entered the sacristy as Dame Agatha , the dutiful nun . |
| 20 | By the time he left his bedroom and took the path across the field she was out of sight . |
| 21 | About midnight she suddenly got up and , without saying a word , went into her bedroom and slammed the door . |
| 22 | She went into the bedroom and made the bed with unnecessary violence . |
| 23 | Even the house , with its big grand rooms and dark paintings of Arbuthnots , seemed less strange once she had altered the bedroom and rearranged the study into a cosy sitting room where she and Philip spent their evenings together . |
| 24 | Herr Nordern brusquely waved Bodo into the bedroom and closed the door behind them . |
| 25 | He went to his bedroom and closed the door . |
| 26 | His eyes were dark as he led her into the bedroom and closed the door behind them . |
| 27 | The room was dim till Fernando crossed the bedroom and opened the shutters . |
| 28 | The combined effect of Perot cutting into Clinton 's support and of evidence that Bush 's standing in the polls was showing some signs of improvement rejuvenated the President 's campaign in the final days of the contest and forced the Democrats to concede that the election could be much closer than had earlier been thought likely . |
| 29 | A guy in a bell-bottomed jumpsuit flew by me at some speed and struck the sidewalk . |
| 30 | As a result , he was taken completely by surprise when twelve stone of lean muscle powered into him at snake-like speed and wrenched the gun aside , the shot slamming into a very surprised Froebe , who staggered back , the impact of his body cracking one of the windows . |