Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ did proceed across ( or along ) the carriageway ’ This point means that the pedestrian tried or succeeded in walking across the carriageway i.e. from footpath to footpath or along the carriageway in the same direction as the traffic flow . |
| 2 | He had lost half his command , and failed of winning back Harry for whom he had come . |
| 3 | She returned to consciousness of a sort and succeeded in getting up . |
| 4 | Again and again , he returned amongst the debris and succeeded in bringing out two more children , one of whom died in his arms . ’ |
| 5 | Today , while Maudie was filling a grocery order to the delivered by hand , he had decided to amuse him self by trying to clamber up the shelves , and succeeded in pulling down several tins of treacle . |
| 6 | Erm went through and , and , and got into take out all the things you have to do , do away with and so on . |
| 7 | A cheer went up with only a single shout of ‘ Shame ! ’ — and recognizing defeat , Will turned and fled without carrying out his threat . |
| 8 | Of the company of Niccolò , the only truly happy person next day was Captain Astorre , who relished parades and believed in dressing up for them . |
| 9 | Because of this , my aunt and I returned home and ate before setting off for the first of our two destinations . |
| 10 | Just as his late father was reviled in Forres for siding with the Boers fourteen years before , so John was mocked and jeered for speaking up for peace . |
| 11 | I use a punchcard roll and began by punching out the customary two rows of holes for the overlapping join , only to find that the first row stretched the plastic slightly , giving a wavy edge . |
| 12 | They bought a garage at Caterham from Anthony Crook , who still runs the Bristol Car Company , and began by carrying out ‘ all the usual garage things ’ , and soon became the first Lotus agent when the manufacturer began to expand . |
| 13 | She broke down in tears and confessed to making up the story of how she was abducted and held by two men for 36 hours . |
| 14 | Constipation or faecal soiling , or both recurred and persisted until follow up as soon as the laxatives were discontinued in 31 of 33 children who did not recover . |
| 15 | Claudia put the phone down gently and decided against going back to bed . |
| 16 | Paddick had had enough of this and insisted on moving on . |
| 17 | ‘ I have an important document I have to finish , ’ she said , and insisted on going in to work . |
| 18 | Greig , characteristically , decided differently and insisted on playing on ; two more wickets fell and the match finally ended at 241 for 6 when , with only three balls left , a win became impossible . |
| 19 | Ceauşescu was hunting in Nigeria at the time and insisted on playing down the impact of the earthquake even before he returned . |
| 20 | He stood abruptly and took to pacing about again . |
| 21 | He turned his head lazily and smiled before standing up and explaining that as it was Good Friday his mother had gone to church with some old friends and was likely to have dinner with them as well . |
| 22 | When she found the street she wanted she stood and waited before walking down it . |
| 23 | When a servant came up with the telephone , and apologised for breaking up the dancing couple , he could n't know how relieved they both were . |
| 24 | When Mrs Jones says : ‘ My Johnny is really a good boy but got to running around with the wrong bunch and got into trouble ’ , she is making a set of assumptions which , when spelled out more explicitly , constitute the foundations of an important school of thought in the scientific study of juvenile delinquency . |
| 25 | It did not challenge the essentials of the system between the wars but concentrated on edging up the maximum wage and stressing the benefits of belonging to a mutual aid society for sickness or injury . |
| 26 | It is thought that British Midland considered the City Airport some time ago , but decided against moving in at that stage . |
| 27 | Next morning he ran a temperature but insisted on getting up . |
| 28 | A year later he collapsed from exhaustion but insisted in carrying on with eight shows a week . |