Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain 's top twenty girls fought or flowed it out in the championships over the weekend … the big prize for them this season is a place at the Olympics … only two girls can go … the competition is made up of four disciplines rope … hoop … ball and clubs … |
| 2 | They read somewhat strangely , as if I had imagined the whole thing , or cooked it up for an April Fool joke . |
| 3 | He preferred to forget about those , or to pretend to himself that ‘ the real Marie ’ had not sent that bottle crashing into the wall by his head , or hunted him down in the darkness of the tunnels . |
| 4 | She showed them the small lake in its ring of reeds , took them to the first slopes of the mountain , rigged up a fishing rod for Michael and took him to the part of the lake she used to fish as a girl , and soon he was shouting out in glee as he missed the ravenous little perch or swung them out over his head on to the bank . |
| 5 | An ‘ undred years ago they would ‘ ave ‘ anged me on the spot or sent me off to Australia , so I ca n't complain . |
| 6 | Sometimes the violent power of the Spirit is seen in almost physical terms , as when the Spirit of the Lord entered into Ezekiel and set him on his feet , or lifted him up , or brought him out into the valley ( Ezek. 2:2 , 3:12 , 37:1 ) . |
| 7 | No detractor however imaginative or ingenious could find anything that would pain him or put him out of countenance . |
| 8 | No-one said or did anything out of the ordinary , but still guilt made her jump when the nurse came in with lunch . |
| 9 | But unless I talked out the issue with others , or wrote it up in my diary , it may be far from clear even to myself whether or not I did verbally formulate the alternatives . |
| 10 | Luke had n't visited her at the flat again , nor invited her back to his house . |
| 11 | Jane had decreed bowls rather than plates for the curry and spooned it out in the kitchen whence it was ferried by Christopher , Francis and Martine ( Jane 's mind darted back involuntarily to Puchero and gauchos in Argentina ) . |
| 12 | They brought out large packs of cigarettes — then rationed — and shared them out among the men who were on the road watching . |
| 13 | Riven had lost his in the river , but he snatched up one of the long river poles and stabbed it down on the crowds of hairy heads which thronged the water , clicking against skulls . |
| 14 | ‘ Finally on the seventh day , I thought that , being Catholic , they 'd rest , but still unfed and unwatered , each pony was blindfolded and tacked up , and Raimundo got on each one 's back , and whipped it and whipped it out into the pampas , until the pony 's spirit was completely broken , and it 'll never argue with man again . |
| 15 | ‘ Come on , ’ he turned her neatly and propelled her back into the living room . |
| 16 | She rolled the two cloaks into a bundle and laid them down on the shore where the tide could come and take them . |
| 17 | One was the passage from the fifteenth chapter of Genesis in which Abraham cut up a heifer , a goat and a ram and laid them out at the Lord 's command , driving the vultures away , falling at last into a deep sleep with ‘ a horror of great darkness ’ . |
| 18 | It was long since Adam had thought of him so , and he gathered the warmth of their recollection to him as gratefully as if he had salved one bleached and solitary bone of the beloved right hand out of the Severn , and laid it back in holy ground . |
| 19 | When it had been cut and bound into sheaves , Kalchu carried it back to the village and laid it out on racks inside the house until it was dry enough to thresh . |
| 20 | She fetched my rope and laid it out on a clear patch of ground . |
| 21 | We unpacked our kit and laid it out on the floor , and then started the lengthy and tiresome process of folding it ‘ à carré ’ so that it sat on our shelves in tidy , identical bricks . |
| 22 | Jake drained his coffee-cup and laid it down on the saucer . |
| 23 | Guido drained his champagne glass and laid it down on the wall beside him . |
| 24 | Guido drained his whisky glass and laid it down on a nearby table . |
| 25 | He folded his newspaper and laid it down on a seat beside him . |
| 26 | ‘ I gathered it up , ’ he was to say , ‘ I actually scooped up the evil hungering thing in my arms and carried it into the house and laid it down by the fire . ’ |
| 27 | Gary got up , took Paula by the arm and led her over to the low sofa . |
| 28 | Fred was delighted and led her up to his bedroom where a truly magnificent blue and yellow parrot sat in a tall cage . |
| 29 | He looked momentarily surprised and then , after throwing Luke a somewhat triumphant look , he smiled and took her by the hand , and led her through into the living-room . |
| 30 | Then , as she blushed again , he slipped an arm around her waist and led her back through the garden to the party . |