Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Salami minestrone , ’ his voice came floating eerily down the gangway . |
| 2 | Marion Aluinn , smiling , turned to go back up the beach , caught her foot and staggered . |
| 3 | After checking that the two mirror carp were well packed in newspaper , he curled his arm around Molly 's waist and they began to stroll back up the track . |
| 4 | State-sponsored housing began to reach further down the social scale than previously and house building under subsidy began to increase in the later 1920s . |
| 5 | The funeral cortege , began moving solemnly down the country road to Laoag 's 17th Century cathedral . |
| 6 | She turned , her throat constricted now , her heart pounding in her breast , and began to run back up the slope towards the cottage . |
| 7 | Cardiff fired blindly into the roaring , shrieking mass as he began to scramble back up the stairs . |
| 8 | Then I started walking back up the field . |
| 9 | She started to walk back up the winding little street , away from the beach , through the tiny town and up towards the complex . |
| 10 | He decided to attack right down the landing path , diving from behind them , and he nudged his throbbing aircraft slightly to one side . |
| 11 | Daak had stopped half-way up the girder and , holding on with one hand , was flailing the air with his chainsword . |
| 12 | Unlike Ted , he had risen rapidly up the ranks , was voted Rookie of the Year in 1987 , made it into the Top 16 at the end of '88 , and was tipped to become a challenger for the world title . |
| 13 | Later I found out that a standby wife had got halfway down the aisle before turning back , remorseful at abandoning her husband , leaving one empty seat — my seat , I brooded , as I waited for the next flight . ) |
| 14 | She has discovered that a boundary line for consumption of non-staple household goods existed even across the bequeathing classes , and has cautioned against accepting much contemporary opinion that the " luxury " market had reached well down the social scale . |
| 15 | By 1989 reserves had slipped well down the list and education and public awareness had risen . |
| 16 | Most of them , to judge by the paw marks , had gone straight up the ride , not working the covert on either side at all . |
| 17 | The tide had turned long ago and the sea had slushed gently down the sands , withdrawing into its channels , then back into the deep water far out in the Estuary . |
| 18 | Leo had climbed laboriously up the promotional ladder of merchant banking to one of the higher rungs , earning every penny of his salary , whereas James seemed to accumulate money without even trying . |
| 19 | Paul had climbed back up the embankment — with the post sticking out of his body . |
| 20 | She sat watching him for a moment , hoping he would look around and smile ; but he kept his back turned to her and continued to gaze abstractedly out the window . |