Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | As I looked in and stiffened with surprise and horror at the scene , he appeared to be putting a handful of grey matter back into a broken skull . |
| 2 | He started to speak but Jorge came in and asked about dinner and Maggie slipped out . |
| 3 | When the vote went against them the Poles simply marched in and took by force the areas they considered rightfully theirs . |
| 4 | We went in and looked from room to room . |
| 5 | Charlotte and Mrs Sowerberry ran in and screamed in horror . |
| 6 | Lorrimer came in and stood in front of the desk . |
| 7 | He put the magazine down and stared into space over my head , smiling wisely as I cleared my throat and flapped the hem of my dressing-gown as unobtrusively as I could . |
| 8 | She slipped the key into the lock and was about to turn it when she looked down and realised with surprise that the door was open . |
| 9 | It got quite windy in the morning but he got his head down and played to par , not speaking hardly a word , even to me . |
| 10 | The pair then lay down and went to sleep ! |
| 11 | I was so exhausted that I lay down and went to sleep . |
| 12 | I drank from the river and then lay down and went to sleep . |
| 13 | Then nothing else seemed about to happen , and she eventually calmed down and went to sleep . |
| 14 | I caught a bit of it on and we sat down and went to sleep . |
| 15 | What hitherto had been integrated plants in countries like the UK , carrying out complete manufacturing processes , are closed down and rationalized in order to manufacture products more cheaply from parts manufactured by workers divided between a number of countries . |
| 16 | Jess set the tankard down and began to unbutton his shirt . |
| 17 | I was beginning to think that the staring match would never stop when he suddenly sat down and began to finger some papers on the top of his desk . |
| 18 | It jumped the fence lower down and disappeared from sight . |
| 19 | My husband 's always coming home and saying ‘ Oh I sat down and talked to so-and-so today ’ or ‘ we had a laugh today with so-and-so … ’ |
| 20 | Henry is , or whether Mrs G. has presented you with a little Tasmanian , or likely to do so , a point upon which her mother is so exceedingly anxious that on finding it was not mentioned she sat down and cried with vexation . ’ |
| 21 | Coal dust should be collected up into strong brown bags , dampened down and used as coal . |
| 22 | Even though Stevens still needed Dean for a couple more shots , the young punk put his foot down and tore along Highway 66 at 85 miles an hour , heading for a sports car race at Salinas . |
| 23 | Ten years ago it was full of Italians , who , when the Hispanics moved in , drove through and shot from car windows . |
| 24 | It simply flipped over and died in nothingness . |
| 25 | It had been written for an age when wind was still the motive power for most of the world 's shipping , so that , though technically out of date , it was invaluable for some of the work I was doing , particularly wire splicing , and if we were rolled over and had to jury-rig the ship it would be a life saver . |
| 26 | She turned over and lay on top of him , trying to pin him down with her own slight weight , and he began to fondle her and she him , and almost at once they were making love again . |
| 27 | Freeing himself at last from the invisible sheet , he rolled over and lay on top of her , covering her with his body , his face very close to her own . |
| 28 | ‘ Good night , Ruth , ’ he said , then he rolled over and went to sleep . |
| 29 | So we turned the mattress over and got in bed ! |
| 30 | The worst bit was to come , when the steamer rolled over and took in water over her bulwarks at one side , then rolled straight over and took in water over her bulwarks at the other side . |