Example sentences of "[vb past] they [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Next he led the spinnaker sheets aft to the cockpit and made them fast to the stern cleats with plenty of slack . |
| 2 | Counting out seven pound notes , he laid them carefully on the table . |
| 3 | Very slowly she took the headphones off and laid them carefully on the table , her eyes never leaving Luke 's for a moment . |
| 4 | I met them leeward of the middle vehicle , where they lent a hand to tip the wheelbarrow into a stable position . |
| 5 | She led them slowly through the graveyard to the burial site . |
| 6 | The sentries had been primed to admit him without challenge , Alexei noted , and as soon as his escort had dismounted a trooper wearing the gorget of a provost came out of the gatehouse and led them away towards the stables . |
| 7 | She crossed to the doorway and led them away from the shed . |
| 8 | The porter took care of their horses and Lady Amelia , walking like a ghost before them , led them across to the guest house . |
| 9 | In one lightning movement the two fishermen picked up two pails of stinking fish heads and flung them lovingly at the Lionisers ' feet . |
| 10 | She pinned them bravely to the shoulder of her dress , touched the blooms lightly with her fingers and said to the room at large , |
| 11 | Then they pulled them out and , drawing their arms right back from the shoulder , swished them forward through the air until they slapped against the wall . |
| 12 | The amusement in his voice stung , and she snatched the papers from him and stuffed them deep into the pocket of her briefcase . |
| 13 | She wiped them away with the back of one trembling hand . |
| 14 | I me , well you can never find anything if you got them all over the place ! |
| 15 | Despite the cost — from about £15 for 30 minutes — all our testers loved salon back cleansing treatments , and found them well worth the price . |
| 16 | It was the little amulet which told them most about the girl . |
| 17 | He lifted his hands feebly and , leaning forward , dropped them languidly on the blanket in front of him . |
| 18 | Then on Monday the chauffeur drove them straight to the theatre for the show . |
| 19 | They went into the staff-room and grabbed a coffee while they waited for the results , then they studied them together on the lightbox . |
| 20 | I filed them neatly in the waste basket and helped myself to a cigarette . |
| 21 | But as she washed her breakfast cup and saucer and rinsed them meticulously under the cold tap , she was anxious . |
| 22 | The two assassins , a curious look in their eyes , stared back and did not resist even when my master shook them vigorously by the hand . |
| 23 | He shook them firmly by the hand — a comforting , hearty grasp that cheered Dexter , who had a pet dislike of cold hands proffered nervously like fragile porcelain . |
| 24 | There was even a smudgy photograph , apparently taken at a party , which showed them together over the canapes . |
| 25 | ‘ As soon as some of our members received these letters , they threw them straight in the bin . |
| 26 | Axelrod took the 63 strategies and threw them again into the computer to make ‘ generation 1 ’ of an evolutionary succession . |
| 27 | He arranged them neatly in the executive case open by his side , then concealed the banknotes with several layers of insurance magazines and four paperbacks . |
| 28 | Realising that the canal is scheduled as an Ancient Monument , I contacted them well before the event and received an application form for consent . |
| 29 | They said their father contacted them suddenly for the first time two months ago after walking out on them 18 years ago . |
| 30 | He raised them now at the two shaken women who sat facing him in the interview-room at Stowbridge police station . |