Example sentences of "and [noun] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 Finally , when Schisgal had returned to his interrupted slumbers , Mortimer and Yates brought up the subject of the purpose of their visit .
2 The Norman Towers — Entering through these it is easy to imagine the Knights of the Middle Ages setting off for battle , banners flying and a host of bowmen and falconers bringing up the rear .
3 The light from the kitchen window was showing up the faintest of impressions on the paper , and Doyle picked up the pad and examined it more closely .
4 The grounds total about 55 acres with gardens , pasture and woodland rolling down the steep slopes to meet the waters of the River Fowey and Woodgate Pill .
5 The aisles and galleries continue round the whole building .
6 The octopus was urbanization and Williams-Ellis conjured up the vision of the tentacles of urban growth with their strong hold over the countryside .
7 In London , Eden fell sick and Churchill took over the Foreign Officer , He gave final permission for what the British called Operation Boot to proceed , ( To the CIA it was Operation Ajax ) Churchill sent an even stronger message encouraging the Shah to act against Mossadeq .
8 ‘ She 's away with your daddy and Kenneth to bring in the present . ’
9 " I think I 'm going to try and cut the grass , " Quentin Featherston said as he and Lavinia washed up the dishes after the Mothers ' Union tea-party , which had been even more trying than usual .
10 But only Motherwell have shown interest and Hauser turned down the Premier League side after failing to agree personal terms .
11 In relation to Chloe , Pauline and Dan lived out the conflicts of their own adolescence .
12 We sat down and Harvey picked up the telephone .
13 Two of the doors were numbered , and Alison opened up the door bearing an eight .
14 Rashid and Shahid cooked up the idea while serving customers at the Sitar in Northgate , Darlington .
15 A party of revellers in black and red velvet doublets and hose ran down the arcade , showering everyone with confetti .
16 Brother and sister walk down the gang-plank
17 A library , like any other organisation , has a limited amount of manpower and money to carry out the activities required and expected of it ; training is just one way of ensuring that these resources are used in the most effective possible manner .
18 We announced in the Budget new measures to help small businesses , including full relief against Inheritance Tax on most business assets , reductions in business rates and proposals to speed up the payment of outstanding bills .
19 The soldiers ' unit commander went to the scene with a group of unarmed subordinates , but upon being confronted by a stone-throwing mob numbering around 3,000 people he called in armed reinforcements which apparently used batons and firearms to put down the riot .
20 Morton 's controversial final chapter is only a few thousand words long and attempts to sum up the marriage now but TODAY has discovered new revelations showing how close Diana came to walking out — and still might .
21 Richens 's lies and attempts to cover up the killing were not necessarily inconsistent with his defence of provocation , said Lord Taylor .
22 Now Alex and Judy take up the story …
23 The relationship between r and n brings out the role played by the ‘ intrinsic ’ rate of capital accumulation , on one hand , and the division of estates ( in this equal division model ) on the other .
24 THIS expanded network of popular committees and institutions making up the Unified leadership is infused by tens of thousands of activists who belong to , or identify with , the different factions of the PLO .
25 In doing so , he shows how the socially and historically constructed opposition between blackness and whiteness takes on the absolute , unquestionable authority of a natural fact .
26 When I do that , it 's like summat inside of me is pulled out and streaks back up the street , under all the lights , right round the corner to where I ca n't see .
27 Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary Fly Past Spitfires and Hurricanes flying up the Mall on September 15th .
28 He was watching Jack and Floss go down the ride towards the feeding-ground .
29 Between them Locke and Newton built up the mental picture of the universe which the educated classes in the eighteenth century absorbed as incontrovertible truth .
30 There was a tongue of flame and Asa pulled back the column and levelled out at two thousand feet .
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