Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | TOMMY SMITH : ( Liverpool , Swansea and England — 1962-1979 ) : ‘ The minute he got off the coach and walked into the changing-room people would go for cover . |
| 2 | I eventually got off the motorway and decided to drive straight to the hospital to see Toby , and paused only to buy him some fruit and a bottle of his favourite Bollinger . |
| 3 | He got off the bed and walked to the window . |
| 4 | She got off the bed and , opening the bureau , took out a set of handcuffs and some leather-look rope . |
| 5 | She got off the bed and listened . |
| 6 | He got off the bed and went around . |
| 7 | She got off the bed and went to unlock the door without any trepidation , or any other strong emotion . |
| 8 | Now we got off the phone and knowing the man I allowed three . |
| 9 | Jess got off the bench and parted the bushes , peering into the laurel darkness , her heart pounding and her breath coming shallow and fast . |
| 10 | Fearing the worst , the driver and second man got off the locomotive and examined the train and the line side , but could find nothing untoward . |
| 11 | Day 14 ) Not only has Dave been on a raft the last week but today — honest Dave , I 've waited two months for that 50 bucks you promised me not to reveal this , but it has not arrived — he got off the raft and walked around Upset . |
| 12 | Practically the first thing I saw when I got off the train and walked along those roads again was Hairy Back and his dog , the Great Dane . |
| 13 | When they arrived in Milan , the two got off the train and , by coincidence , the first thing they both saw was a blown-up photograph of Penelope Tree . |
| 14 | So Margot got off the bus and the policeman says , now you have to really vigilant today Margot there 's a lot of bombs in Lisburn Right ! |
| 15 | ‘ So my father took him , and he got off the cart and off he went . |
| 16 | The drops of liquid solidified during the fall and were instantly cooled by the water , which also preserved the shot from damage by impact on a hard surface . |
| 17 | Rather , they lived in practical uncertainty , often felt threatened , and then argued about the justice and permanence of the new order created for them . |
| 18 | A few hens pecked between the cobbles and rabbits scuffled in hutches along one of the dry-stone walls . |
| 19 | Somehow , with gritted teeth , her soul in torment , she got through the day and the night that followed . |
| 20 | The case does , however , demonstrate that , notwithstanding the absence of any actual undue influence and any actual misrepresentation , equities arose between the wife and her husband and , through Mr. Bruce , the wife and the bank that prevented the bank from enforcing against the wife the security she had given . |
| 21 | In the NPN-controlled Niger State in January 1981 , a heated political controversy arose between the governor and the assembly . |
| 22 | He tumbled through the air and stopped . |
| 23 | I applied for the post and was interviewed by the headmaster , a man of about my own age who was ‘ mad on Puccini ’ , and consequently thrilled to bits when I recognized |
| 24 | The offer coincided with a move to separate the Cheltenham Schools of Architecture and Art , with which he disagreed , so he applied for the post and succeeded despite his now apparent and debilitating illness . |
| 25 | ‘ There I only cared about the money and all the other teachers were the same . |
| 26 | I did a combined cycle and hiking day ; rode over the hill to Wainuiomata and down to the Rimutaka Forest Park , then tramped through the bush and up a long ridge to the top of Mount McKerrow . |
| 27 | The child slept , sated with the wagon-restaurant food , and Albert mooched about the room and fought with the bed-sized pillow that the Swiss take to be practical as an eiderdown . |
| 28 | A timetable covering the completion of our work and of the transaction under the terms of the engagement will be drawn up and agreed between the directors and us by [ date ] . |
| 29 | Students studying part-time , and by definition receiving no grant , will graduate on completion of the programme of study planned and agreed between the student and his or her personal tutor . |
| 30 | The book is not confined to the needs of the conveyancing practitioner , however ; it is thought that the divorce practitioner should also have knowledge of the different types of conveyance which may be ordered by the court or agreed between the parties and the points which should be taken into account at that time , the protective measures that might be taken before the conveyance is concluded and the documentation that may be required in dealing with life policies . |