Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the kitchen [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was perfectly possible to see how Billy could have vaulted the fence , got on to the kitchen roof via one of the barrels and from there on to the main roof and all the connecting ones down to Sunil 's house . |
| 2 | At last , under the cover of a black moonless night , Grandfather Denknetzeyan stole over to the house and peered in through the kitchen window . |
| 3 | She almost staggered back to the kitchen table and sat down and as she did so the kitchen clock struck nine . |
| 4 | Death finished his soup quickly and headed out of the kitchen door . |
| 5 | The next day they wandered out of the kitchen garden . |
| 6 | Death slammed out of the kitchen door . |
| 7 | All the doors were locked and bolted so I climbed out through the kitchen window and dropped into a bed of lavender . |
| 8 | When they stopped , in blackness and silence , before the steps that led up to the kitchen door , the only door anyone ever used at Trelorne , Murphy wanted to accompany her inside . |
| 9 | He thought he would not begin on all that , so he got up from the kitchen table . |
| 10 | Kitty slouched off again while Charlie got up from the kitchen table carrying the remainder of the pie in his fingers . |
| 11 | She was using it a week later when Nathan walked in through the kitchen door . |
| 12 | So I guess I owe you an apology , ’ he said ruefully , ‘ although when you walked in through the kitchen door , all dressed up to the nines after being with Ryan , I wanted anything but to forgive you . ’ |
| 13 | Glanced up at the kitchen clock . |
| 14 | She glanced out of the kitchen window . |
| 15 | She glanced out of the kitchen door and said quickly , ‘ That 's all I wanted to say . |
| 16 | Mrs Brissett popped out of the kitchen door . |
| 17 | I settled down at the kitchen table with a jug of fresh orange juice , a bowl of fruit at my elbow , and the newspapers before me . |
| 18 | His next venture , worked out on the kitchen table and launched in November 1953 , was called Playboy and concerned adults ' activities of an uninhibited kind . |
| 19 | Before we went down to the kitchen Elinor patted all the Napoleana into place , violets and Redouté roses ; a picture of him riding his horse , Marengo , and that one of him feeling for his wallet ; matchstick models made by French prisoners of war and a tricolour flying at half-mast . |
| 20 | He again eased himself out of the narrow space of the breakfast nook and went over to the kitchen counter , looked at the parcel and looked at his wife , who was now almost hysterical : He decided that he must be courageous and investigate , so he unwound the paper towels , picked up the books one by one and read their titles . |
| 21 | Dot felt herself gathered up from the kitchen floor and Mr Brown 's face came into view , kindly and familiar . |
| 22 | Robyn looked up from the kitchen sink and placed a washed plate on to the draining-board . |
| 23 | As we went out through the kitchen door , I dropped my talcum powder and things and stood to one side , towards the window-sill , as if I was looking to see where they 'd gone . |
| 24 | I stared out of the kitchen window . |
| 25 | A short time later Betty stopped her scrubbing and looked out of the kitchen window . |
| 26 | He leaned back against the kitchen unit and folded his arms , his eyes skimming over her slim figure suggestively . |
| 27 | As well as being irritating , the refrain was unanswerable , Kathleen Lavender leaned back against the kitchen door , hands behind her in a schoolgirlish pose . |
| 28 | The last thing she saw as she lurched out of the kitchen yard , and through the gates , was Bodie 's lean form , running into the yard behind her , and raising his pistol … |
| 29 | Fifteen minutes later , Auguste shot out of the kitchen entrance in search of Alfred and Alice — or — more precisely , his quails and cutlets . |
| 30 | The four went back to No. 43 , in a close tender group , Jim as king , as victor , and , unwilling that the evening should be lost , they sat on around the kitchen table , sentinelled by the yellow forsythia , and could not bear to part . |