Example sentences of "and [vb past] forward " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a gasp , I swiped at my face and neck and plunged forward , shuddering , flailing my arms wildly in front , feeling the drapes of web building on me , dragging me down . |
| 2 | She got up and limped forward . |
| 3 | A girl , overcome by enthusiasm for the occasion , took off her clothes and sprung forward through the crowds . |
| 4 | Then he ran back along the bare wooden branch that hung across his cage and turning suddenly , raised his wings in the air and lunged forward towards Creggan again . |
| 5 | He raised his wings and pulled them back a little , bent his head forward , slightly opened his beak , and lunged forward and down at the white flesh of the hand that was pushing itself with a piece of sandwich through the front bars of his cage . |
| 6 | Then he whisked something out and lunged forward . |
| 7 | In desperation he whipped the knife back to his good left hand and lunged forward with the blade extended before him . |
| 8 | As Zen came through the door he suddenly saw an opening and lunged forward , so that for the next thirty seconds or so he was unable to reply to his visitor 's question . |
| 9 | Masklin lowered himself carefully to the floor and crept forward . |
| 10 | He nodded and crept forward carefully to examine the driver . |
| 11 | The youth drew the pirogue up the grey sand and crept forward to the clearing , and stood , trying to piece together the disorder that he could dimly pick out in the darkness . |
| 12 | The host of darkness let out a howl of anguish and charged forward to overwhelm the lone Elf warrior and the Elf army raced to meet them . |
| 13 | He thrust out his chainsword like a lance , and charged forward , into the smoke and explosions . |
| 14 | The men lowered core moulds made of orange sand into the boxes , which were turned over and joined to boxes containing the other half of the moulds ( the bottom half was the drag , the top the cope — the first bit of jargon she had managed to master ) and moved forward on the track to the casting area . |
| 15 | Martin groaned closed eyes and moved forward with his hips . |
| 16 | He had no idea where he was going , and moved forward mechanically , as though in a dream . |
| 17 | He got in alongside her , slammed the door , and moved forward to speak to the driver . |
| 18 | Somewhat overwhelmed Eva straightened her uniform and moved forward . |
| 19 | The Luggage yawned , and moved forward a fraction of an inch . |
| 20 | This year Pest Control has prospered once again and moved forward on all fronts . |
| 21 | ‘ I ca n't believe — ’ She bit back the words and took a breath and moved forward smoothly , a sort of professional smile stuck to her face . |
| 22 | Then she seated herself opposite him , and drew forward a small table , on which were two packs of cards . |
| 23 | He did just what I wanted and bent forward to pick them up . |
| 24 | He leaned on the table and bent forward , his face very close to hers . |
| 25 | The flat rear scenery broke its guy rope and crashed forward , so that Garvey and Lucie had to jump off the cart and into the arms of the hostile tradesmen . |
| 26 | But he shook it off and came forward again . |
| 27 | The man who rose from behind a large polished desk on the far side of the room , and came forward to shake Robyn 's hand , was smaller and more ordinary-looking than she had expected . |
| 28 | After a moment , Lomellini rose and came forward . |
| 29 | She did not know that I was to be there and came forward saying : ‘ My dear Elizabeth , what a very nice surprise . |
| 30 | My gun jammed and William recognised me and came forward laughing and firing shot after shot at me while I waved and tried to duck and these yellow paint balls went splat , splat , thunking into my hired camouflage trousers and combat jacket and smacking into my visored helmet while I waved at him and tried to get the damn gun to work and he just walked forward slowly shooting me ; bastard had his own paint gun and he 'd probably had it souped up ; knowing William , that was almost inevitable . |