Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Military units have frequently carried out arrests and failed promptly to hand over detainees to the police — a number have been held beyond the 72-hour-limit . |
| 2 | However , the Secretary of State then came forward , in August , with a second , revised regulation , which dropped the exclusion of supplementary benefit and national assistance and sought instead to lay down a more restrictive set of conditions for back payments . |
| 3 | Mollified , if not entirely convinced , Vincent went back to Mauve and tried hard to knuckle down . |
| 4 | I finished my lager and walked outside to wind up Armstrong . |
| 5 | The crew , moving rapidly yet almost soundlessly , carried out the few jobs required to convert the land vehicle to a boat , and within seconds the rigs slid rapidly into the dark water and powered away to swing out their ramps and couple together in twos and threes . |
| 6 | I broke into violent tears at this point , I remember , and flew upstairs to turn out his drawers , looking for socks with holes in them . |
| 7 | Then I told Springsteen not to invite any strangers in , or any of his friends for a party , put my flying jacket on and jogged downstairs to wind up Armstrong . |
| 8 | He dropped the padlock on to the floor then pushed the heavy door open and reached inside to switch on the light . |
| 9 | Ships in this sector were larger , needed deeper water and took longer to turn around . |
| 10 | Constance loved it and drank freely to keep up her courage . |
| 11 | Our breath made huge clouds of steam which hid our faces as we talked , and we hopped about and shrugged elaborately to ward off the penetrating fingers of cold that probed at our necks and hands . |