Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shepherd switched the hologram off , then reached in and lifted the flexible plate up . |
| 2 | Almost too late to be of real use , a rehabilitation unit took her in and began the slow , hard work of helping her and her family reconstruct and make sense of their situation . |
| 3 | I looked in and had the biggest shock of my life . |
| 4 | He reached in and wrenched the little bundle of plastic bands out of my hands , and I sat there , silent , watching as he fumbled the bands into position with the little cup to hold the weapon under his right armpit . |
| 5 | When I did return , I locked myself in and heaved the great oak table against the door and fastened the windows . |
| 6 | I was just going out when a man came in and asked the same question . |
| 7 | She still had n't found an answer when the housekeeper came in and served the first course . |
| 8 | I tucked her in and took the empty cup to the kitchen . |
| 9 | Oh then she come straight in and cornered the bloody paper . |
| 10 | It ended in a fight — I hit him , he hit me — then the teacher came in and broke the whole thing up . |
| 11 | After dark the men of the SAS crept in and obtained the necessary tentage and equipment to set themselves up , including even a piano for the officers ' mess . |
| 12 | As soon as Luce had been helped in and settled the gondolier plied his oar , and in less than a minute they were on the Grand Canal . |
| 13 | She got in and held the door-open button . |
| 14 | After French Museums proved unable to agree over the price at which the paintings should go to the Museum of Melun , however , France 's Monuments Historiques moved in and declared the two still lifes the first paintings , after van Gogh 's ‘ Jardin a Auvers ’ , to be historic monuments and thus unable to leave France . |
| 15 | Even as we spoke , a young lady came in and bought the little creature for fifteen pounds , hammer and all . |
| 16 | I never sat down and played the same thing twice . |
| 17 | Masklin looked down and saw the yellow truck roll to a halt . |
| 18 | The General reached down and took the little bouquet . |
| 19 | Some , from lower viewpoints , gave glimpses of the faceted dome that covered the expanse of space ; others looked down and revealed the four tiny figures balanced a hundred metres above a vast , circular , grey plain . |
| 20 | to , to put reasons why that this does n't mean the it actually means more , and I think to a certain extent there may be justification , some people may have put their name down and meant the whole family |
| 21 | Just in case , I bent down and told the joint-smoking Santa to get rid of it . |
| 22 | down and felt the warm glow through his body . |
| 23 | She bent down and patted the silky black head . |
| 24 | He bent down and stroked the shining plumage of a large bird that lay at his feet , trussed up with creepers . |
| 25 | Adam leaned down and stroked the pale ginger fur ; the cat curled up against his feet and went to sleep . |
| 26 | He bent his head down and gave the little hedgehog a big wet lick right on the nose . |
| 27 | Fred Clasper had shouted himself hoarse in his frenzied efforts to persuade the vociferous gathering of several thousand employees from the strike-bound Merseyside vehicle plant to continue the strike until management climbed down and re-instated the sacked shop steward . |
| 28 | She bent down and picked the whole thing up and slammed it back . |
| 29 | The three of them sat down and watched the fantastic firework display on the airfield that they had caused . |
| 30 | George sat down and watched the flickering images in front of him . |