Example sentences of "push aside the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pushing aside the pad he returned to his task . |
| 2 | She sighed and , pushing aside the canopy curtains , got out of the bed and shrugged on a green muslin bathrobe . |
| 3 | Paperbacks in general had pushed aside the hardback , except for the specialized and coffee table markets . |
| 4 | The abstraction from any particular perceiver and consequent presentation of a collective resulting impression can also be felt in the following stage direction : ( 78 ) They go out , whereupon John is seen to slightly push aside the portière and peep into the room . |
| 5 | He pushed aside the recollection and stepped out on to the dock . |
| 6 | Epitot pushed aside the tent-flap and stared out into the night . |
| 7 | She pushed aside the clothing and revealed him , all small and disconsolate and shrivelled looking , knees drawn up under chin in a foetal position . |
| 8 | Goldberg taking out his polka-dotted handkerchief and wiping his brow , his cheeks , his neck , pushed aside the typewriter and seized his pen . |
| 9 | It was apparent to Cassie that the discovery that she wore very little beneath her outer clothing had had a powerfully erotic effect upon him , and now he pushed aside the bodice and gazed at her breast , at the same time remarking appreciatively : ‘ You 're an astonishing girl , Cassie . |
| 10 | But something in his brother 's petition alerted him , and he pushed aside the quire of his new score . |
| 11 | Billy was still laughing when the lavatory door creaked open and Selwyn pushed aside the loganberry bush and stepped out |
| 12 | He pushed aside the pan and went to her by the sink , wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her back against him . |