Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the far [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wandered over to the far wall . |
| 2 | The hounds crashed out of the far side of the covert and swung away from Artemis and her father uphill . |
| 3 | Milwall have the lead that 's the important thing here it came over at the far side of the penalty area , had got up for it Ray and the Kennedy there was also a Middlesbrough foot in there . |
| 4 | Sunil walked over to the far side of his bed , searched among the books that stood in piles in the corner and selected half a dozen paperbacks . |
| 5 | As Agnes wriggled out of the far door the big pimp raised his hammer . |
| 6 | After combining with Gary Millard at a short corner , May lifted a high cross over a crowded goalmouth and Steve Harris stormed in on the far post to hit a great first-time shot into the opposite corner . |
| 7 | She scuttled over to the far side of the room and had managed to read quite a lot of the letter before Julius came charging after her , taking the paper back from her with such force that it almost ripped in half . |
| 8 | Cheltenham badminton ace Nick Ponting flew out to the Far East this week with the England squad . |
| 9 | If war broke out in the Far East ‘ our present forces in Korea would be a military liability and could not be maintained there without substantial reinforcement prior to the initiation of hostilities ’ . |
| 10 | Another theatre-trolley returning rumbled by on the far side of the red screen . |
| 11 | Instead he swung away from her and strode over to the far side of the room . |
| 12 | As Robert was trying to remember whether that was the college he had said he had attended , Mr Malik went over to the far wall and began to pin up the league table of exam results . |
| 13 | Laughing at this last jibe , she swept some papers into her arms and went over to the far side of the nurses ' station , where files were stored , leaving Belinda relieved to be alone . |
| 14 | They went over to the far end of the pit . |
| 15 | But not out yet , his savaged leg : and he had to turn — the door opened in on him — and Anton , sprung as a cat ; this opening , what he had sought , again flung himself at the foreman , who , caught by surprise , new horror , staggered back so that both of them , locked as one , a horrific beast , fell out against the far wall , the urinal , where : so long ago , as aeons past , Parker had first made his move . |
| 16 | The end of the bridge was clearly visible as it grew out of the far bank , and needed only a couple of rafts to make it complete . |
| 17 | Nelson went around to the far side of the table , and sat down to wait as Lucas was brought from his cell . |
| 18 | Alida went round to the far side of the great bed , the unseemly bed , in which her mother 's shrunken body was lost as in a great sea . |
| 19 | Anyway , it comprised of 4 or 5 short/quick one touch passes between Soton players — down the side to Batty , first time left foot cross — Deane rose and a superb little glancing header floated in at the far post … off the post . |
| 20 | She held on to the far side of the desk , and moaned . |
| 21 | She hesitated and then sat down at the far end of one where a lone man was wholly immersed in a newspaper . |
| 22 | He sat down at the far end of the table . |
| 23 | He sat down on the far side of the room and I caught only a brief view of him through the dancers , but it was undoubtedly Ralph Pike still at large . |
| 24 | He prowled over to the far side of the kitchen , then slammed down a couple of plates , as if he were suddenly finding it very hard to control his own temper . |
| 25 | She crossed the bridge between the frogs and set off for the far end of the green , where the lane led up into the council estate . |
| 26 | A handful of men , Karelius amongst them , set out for the far bank . |