Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pron] [noun] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If possible , try to relax , lie down or put your feet up , until the worst of the symptoms are over . |
| 2 | She wondered what they were saying about her , up at the top of the house , as she undressed and laid her clothes out before sliding under the duvet in her underwear . |
| 3 | She collapsed onto a stool and laid her head down among the bits of cotton wool and the sticks of greasepaint . |
| 4 | Rabbit-hunting farmer Vincent Caroggio of Chartres , France , paused for a rest and laid his gun down . |
| 5 | She seized his wrists , not gently , and clapped his hands on to her shoulders . |
| 6 | He opened it and plunged his hand in . |
| 7 | They crossed the beaten track , dodging between the heavy-wheeled carts , and led their horses down to London Bridge and into the welcoming warmth of the Piebald Horse tavern . |
| 8 | Doggett spurred away , followed by a reluctant Nosey , while Sharpe dismounted and led his horse back to the chestnut trees which grew at the road 's fork . |
| 9 | And he 'd be there once or twice and then on the Wednesday evening as was his custom , he went down to the village , he had a date with my mother and there she was standing by the shop in the square and when she saw him coming down she turned and said , , she said and swirled her skirts round . |
| 10 | They had got in through a cellar window at the back and made their way up to a small office on the third landing where , according to Cyril , the sole employee had been there man and boy until he became fossilized and had to be removed feet first from his station . |
| 11 | They slipped through a side door and made their way out via one of the postern gates of the palace . |
| 12 | They collected their horses and made their way out of the Tower into Petty Wales . |
| 13 | The rain was still falling as Corbett and his party reached London 's Aldgate and made their way down through Poor Jewry , Mark Lane , and into Petty Wales near the Tower . |
| 14 | Laughing and joking , they left their bags there and made their way down to the tap room where the landlord 's wife served them huge fish pies , the crust , golden and crisp , hiding a savoury sauce which dulled the flavour of the rancid fish . |
| 15 | Taking the plate gently from him she placed it in the sink , then checked the turkey one last time , turned the gas down as low as it would go and made her way up to bed . |
| 16 | ‘ Would you excuse me , please , James ? ’ she said , and made her way over to Martin without looking back . |
| 17 | For her life 's sake Chesarynth turned reluctantly and made her way back to the tutorial room . |
| 18 | She sensed their disappointment as she closed her book , and without looking at them , left the garden and made her way back to the beach . |
| 19 | She dropped her passenger in the centre of Anduze and made her way back to Roziac . |
| 20 | She clamped her jaws together and made her way back to her desk . |
| 21 | After he 'd gone she borrowed his bathrobe and made her way back to her own room to dress . |
| 22 | Folly reached for the towelling bathrobe that hung behind the door , and made her way out into the corridor . |
| 23 | No one even noticed her as she slipped out into the dance-floor , and made her way out down the rickety steps . |
| 24 | The constable closed his lips in a firm line and made his way through to the yard . |
| 25 | He picked up his drink and made his way over to them . |
| 26 | ‘ Hold her steady , ’ he told Gomez and made his way on to the cabin top . |
| 27 | Talbot stepped across the two gunwales — they were almost exactly of a height — and made his way up to the bridge . |
| 28 | Still holding the note-book , he crawled out of the hide and made his way down to the edge of the bigger of the two pools . |
| 29 | Everything seemed to be going well and Yurchenko was about to provide more useful information when , on 2 November 1985 , he eluded his CIA colleagues at a restaurant in Washington and made his way back to the Russian Embassy and thence to Moscow . |
| 30 | Corbett then turned on his heel and strode out of the room and made his way back up the alley . |