Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The curtains were still pulled and he placed one of the packages of groceries on the table , holding the other to his side as he went across the room and whipped back the heavy green curtains . |
| 2 | I saw the barrels begin to spin and that 's when I snatched up Barry and whipped out the trusty Smith and West Wittering . |
| 3 | The big moment came : she opened her hand and laid down the burdened flower by Maman 's plate . |
| 4 | They came instead upon another of Whipple 's scouting parties , under Lieutenant S.M. Rains , and wiped out the entire twelve-man detachment . |
| 5 | We reached the much photographed Nape 's Needle and skimmed up the short , yet difficult , chimney of boot-worn rock . |
| 6 | Lacking axes or crampons we 'd kicked steps up the snowy approach gully the afternoon before and checked out the devious ladders and chains forming the descent from the summit . |
| 7 | She claims her alleged victim was confused and made up the whole story . |
| 8 | She claims her alleged victim was confused and made up the whole story . |
| 9 | If I was n't an actor I 'd be covered in tattoos and pierced up the fucking ying-yang . |
| 10 | There , I crossed the ancient Monnow Bridge and rode up the broad main street to Agincourt Square , where colourful umbrellas set before the inns give the place a continental air . |
| 11 | Taken by surprise and fear of the other the boy lost his balance and tumbled down the grassy bank towards the stranger but to the boy 's incredulous gaze the figure melted into thin air . |
| 12 | She balled her fists and fought down the growing desolation inside her . |
| 13 | He opened his coat and got out the ten-shilling note from his wallet and the coins from his trouser pocket . |
| 14 | Complying with her appeal , Dada abandoned his kedgeree and , sucking his moustache inwards always with him a sign of annoyance he picked up the viburnum , still with its precious burden , opened the bottom sash of a long window , and flung out the double butterfly as viciously as if it had been a slug in the salad . |
| 15 | The two Senussi soldiers were sent off on a recce and reported back the following day that there was no checkpoint on the road leading into the town . |
| 16 | Only 16·5 per cent of the inhabitants of Pimhill Hundred were exempted from payment of the hearth tax in 1672 , and though many cottagers remained near the poverty line all their lives others prospered a little and moved up the social scale . |
| 17 | The clerk stretched and sucked in the clear morning air . |
| 18 | Snipe do n't sing , they only drum their wings , she remembered , as she cut through the thread-like neck , and holding the bird 's head by its absurdly long beak , crunched through the white skull and sucked out the strange delicious brains within it . |
| 19 | He came across and dabbed up the spilt coffee with a dirty dishcloth and a flourish . |
| 20 | Quickly he went down the ladder , crossed the kitchen and snatched up the top one of a pile of washed sacks from behind the kitchen door . |
| 21 | At Burford , they left the main road and headed down the sloping High Street . |
| 22 | A Shrewsbury architect , Thomas Farnolls Pritchard , had the idea and drew up the original plan , but the design was modified in the process of building the bridge . |
| 23 | By the way — ’ She opened her bag and drew out the incriminating tape , which she put down on the round antique table which stood at the centre of the hall . |
| 24 | He reached under the saddle a second time and drew out the steel-tipped phallus that was attached by a chain to the pommel . |
| 25 | He reached into the drawer beneath the table and drew out the transparent template , then laid it down over the shaded area . |
| 26 | She would rally the creatures of this Castle , and the Cruithin , and drive out Medoc and beat back the Dark Ireland . |
| 27 | For my second slide I chose a bullet chart and filled in the appropriate data form . |
| 28 | So much for security , Ruth mused as she leapt back into the jeep and drove up the long gravelly drive ; I could be a burglar for all he knew . |
| 29 | The air carried a reviving chill which Forester reinforced with a couple of splashing handfuls of cold stream water which made the skin of his face sing and drove out the dull ache behind his eyes . |
| 30 | Both country 's leaders were from the same generation Clinton is 46 , Major 49 and came up the hard way , she added . |