Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fen moved on abruptly and threw open a door . |
| 2 | The rain pattered down softly and dripped off the Mini 's rusty edges , trickling to join the puddle they were already lying in . |
| 3 | She drew in deeply and exhaled through her nose , then snapped the cigarette briskly from her mouth and pointed it at him with a flourish . |
| 4 | She bent down quickly and retrieved the folder that , as she 'd sat down , she 'd laid on the floor by her chair . |
| 5 | Averting her head , she bent down quickly and finished stuffing some sheets of paper and pencils into a plastic bag . |
| 6 | Erm and so I wandered up there and had a look at it and photographed . |
| 7 | We do not believe he just wandered up there and lay down to die . |
| 8 | I drew back immediately and gasped , " I 'm sorry — " He said , " I 'm sorry , too , " in a quiet , dead voice . |
| 9 | It bounced back hard and left the pillar splashed with paint and some of the trim as Carson fishtailed the Mercedes out into the road and away from the house . |
| 10 | There was something strangely prurient about a total freedom to examine someone else 's personal tastes , but all her artistic antennae were quivering as she moved back inside and began to look carefully around her . |
| 11 | As the Rallye dropped to about thirty feet above the runway , Miranda throttled back completely and held the stick back . |
| 12 | So we got Rose out here and did as he said and by gaw it did the trick . |
| 13 | He ate his dinner and said nothing , played his violin and felt nothing , worked when the lights came on again and went to bed without another thought . |
| 14 | He 'd forgotten about the way it flickered before it came on properly and made a noise . |
| 15 | No I did n't but I just changed and came down here and put my feet up here . |
| 16 | " When you went away I came down here and read " |
| 17 | Derek and I drove down there and shut off the whole barn , preventing all means of getting in or out . |
| 18 | However , one came in soon and asked her how she felt . |
| 19 | A couple of policemen caught the boat as it came in alongside and steadied it . |
| 20 | If you came in now and asked me for a pound of apples , well in a way I would n't know a stranger whether they like them under-ripe , ripe or just ready for eating . |
| 21 | She came in quietly and waited for her orders . |
| 22 | Willis came in quietly and sat beside the child on the locker , covered with brand new flower-patterned cushions . |
| 23 | Jorge came in then and stood at the door . |
| 24 | Yeah Jim came over before and said that he was er going off to do work tonight . |
| 25 | He drove off slowly and stopped at the lights . |
| 26 | I 'd bought all I needed in Oban , so I just came up here and got myself settled in . |
| 27 | ‘ Friends , many of them believers , came up afterwards and said it was the most beautiful funeral they had ever been to . |
| 28 | when we played CBGB 's this guy who 's some sort of junior manager for Marvel came up afterwards and said he really liked the band and that it was a shit thing they sued us . ’ |
| 29 | She came up once and tried to get out a cry for help to the others standing there , but the laughing gripped her lungs and they thought she was fooling . |
| 30 | Paul Dixon put Leeds ahead but Leigh came back well and snatched the lead when scrum-half Stuart Pugsley chipped through to touch down at the side of the posts for Tanner to improve . |