Example sentences of "and [verb] they [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They brought out large packs of cigarettes — then rationed — and shared them out among the men who were on the road watching . |
| 2 | Mrs Hollidaye took off her leather gloves and laid them neatly on top of her handbag on the pew beside her , straightened her hat and unhooked a cushion which hung from a brass hook beneath the shelf . |
| 3 | Very slowly she took the headphones off and laid them carefully on the table , her eyes never leaving Luke 's for a moment . |
| 4 | She rolled the two cloaks into a bundle and laid them down on the shore where the tide could come and take them . |
| 5 | One was the passage from the fifteenth chapter of Genesis in which Abraham cut up a heifer , a goat and a ram and laid them out at the Lord 's command , driving the vultures away , falling at last into a deep sleep with ‘ a horror of great darkness ’ . |
| 6 | But he put up no defence ; he simply raised his hands and laid them lightly on Gentle 's shoulders . |
| 7 | And she cut a dozen and a half splendid blooms and laid them reverently in Sally-Anne 's trug . |
| 8 | He eventually managed to assemble about 170 of his foot , all that had survived , and some 450 horsemen , and led them southwards towards Coldstream , by what was long remembered as Johnny Cope 's road' , and thence next day to Berwick . |
| 9 | The sentries had been primed to admit him without challenge , Alexei noted , and as soon as his escort had dismounted a trooper wearing the gorget of a provost came out of the gatehouse and led them away towards the stables . |
| 10 | She crossed to the doorway and led them away from the shed . |
| 11 | ‘ Nice to meet you , Chief Inspector , ’ he said with automatic politeness , then considered what he had just said , decided it was beyond explanation and led them upstairs to his office . |
| 12 | Snorting at the friar 's apparent stupidity , Cranston turned his horse and led them out of the main alleyways of Southwark . |
| 13 | Stephen accepted the compliment and led them out onto the terrace , asking as he did so , ‘ What would you like to drink ? ’ |
| 14 | They had tried twice before , and on each occasion they had been pursued relentlessly through the forests by hostile Moi tribesmen who had stripped them naked , lashed their hands behind them and led them back to the plantation roped together at the neck with twisted creepers . |
| 15 | He beckoned and led them off between the Standing Stones . |
| 16 | I 've seen my mam take sheets off a bed and tear them up in squares . |
| 17 | The hotel staff felt sorry for the Garda and asked them round to the back door , where they handed out tots of whiskey . |
| 18 | The specific function of the agents of transnational political practices is to create and sustain the organizational forms within which this penetration takes place and to connect them organically with those domestic practices that can be incorporated and mobilized in the interests of the global capitalist system . |
| 19 | FastPort allows you to move printers to convenient locations and connect them directly to the network . |
| 20 | CGT only applies to the actual profit you make , so if you buy shares to the value of £25,000 and sell them later for £35,000 the taxman will only be interested in the £1 0,000 profit you have gained . |
| 21 | The trust agreed to renovate the houses and sell them back to their former owners for the cost of the work and the trust 's expenses , less the value of grants obtained . |
| 22 | The trust agreed to renovate the houses and sell them back to their former owners for the cost of the work and the trust 's expenses , less the value of grants obtained . |
| 23 | So you can carve up the remains and sell them off to the highest bidders ? ’ |
| 24 | A cash book should be maintained for each bank account to record every item of income and expenditure , analyse these into appropriate costs and back them up with supporting documentation . |
| 25 | This puts a healthy pressure on the insurer to provide good quality policies and back them up with a fast and fair administrative and claims service . |
| 26 | Virtually all creatures , though , are capable of scavenging rare materials from the environment and accumulating them effectively by ‘ mistake ’ . |
| 27 | Like the diligent ‘ style ’ journalist he is , Cohn notes them all down and offers them up for our delight . |
| 28 | Cessation of growth is most likely to result from starvation , which may arise because : the whelks eat out their food supply , or the supply fails for some other reason ( perhaps as a result of pollution Bryan ( 1969 ) ; wave action dislodges the whelks and transports them away from their food supply , or prevents them from feeding in some other way ( Cowell and Crothers , 1970 ) ; the temperature drops so low that the whelks become inactive for a long period ( Feare , 1970a ) . |
| 29 | By choosing to investigate the ideas behind Magritte 's art , Sylvester 's discussion of important pictures such as ‘ The Annunciation ’ or ‘ The Rape ’ is fragmented and spread over different chapters , an irritation aggravated by the publishers who have failed to give plate references to the illustrations and cite them appropriately in the text . |
| 30 | The analysis also confirms the strong record of the course in retaining students and seeing them through to their final qualifications . |