Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lapsed into a sullen silence as the cab left the confines of the airport terminal and cruised up the turnpike onto the freeway . |
| 2 | Organised in regular gangs or teams on the model of seasonal harvesters , led by an elected captain who negotiated terms and shared out the proceeds of the contract , poor peasants from Italy , Croatia or Ireland would criss-cross continents or even oceans to provide labour for the builders of towns , factories or railways . |
| 3 | As silence fell , he snatched up the green telephone and stabbed out the number of the Internal Security department . |
| 4 | At last the cabby climbed up to his seat and whipped up the horse . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I saw the barrels begin to spin and that 's when I snatched up Barry and whipped out the trusty Smith and West Wittering . |
| 7 | Nicholas looked at what he had been doing , which was nothing very much , and laid down the stone and the knife and , clasping his knees , looked at Diniz . |
| 8 | By experiment and observation , Hahnemann worked out the drug pictures of many remedies and laid down the principles whereby they were to be used — remedies and principles which are still as valid today as they were when Hahnemann first discovered them . |
| 9 | The big moment came : she opened her hand and laid down the burdened flower by Maman 's plate . |
| 10 | A few notable articles discussed in the following chapters have taken this further and laid out the implications of successful conservation . |
| 11 | Mr Cyril Stayley was the initial foreman of this shop and he established and laid out the system of repair . |
| 12 | Bramham Park has been in the Lane Fox family for eight generations , since Robert Benson and the first Lord Bingley built the House and laid out the grounds in the manner of Versailles in 1698 and George Fox married his daughter . |
| 13 | Azmaveth did not argue but knelt down on the floor by the bed and laid out the silk square in front of her . |
| 14 | Where Mother fried the fish , lit the Friday night candles and laid out the clothes in the order my brother and I would put them on . |
| 15 | A little way along , Vern stopped and sat on the very same wall and gazed up the gorge , like I 'd done , at the high flying bridge . |
| 16 | He returned their wave and gazed down the sun dappled ribbon of bright water as it meandered its way towards Sharpness docks a couple of miles distant . |
| 17 | Eric spat and choked down the line , and there followed the noise of the phone-box handset being smashed around the inside of the booth . |
| 18 | This first violent incident in over three months of continued demonstrations raised political tensions and led both the CDU and LDPD to threaten leaving the government . |
| 19 | At the next trick , I continued my strategy of playing Clubs and led out the 9 . |
| 20 | Each girlfriend is blindfolded and led down the line , burying her nose in the chest of each man — who must keep quiet — and taking a sniff . |
| 21 | The librarian fetched a checked duster , and wiped away the dust , a black , thick , tenacious Victorian dust , a dust composed of smoke and fog particles accumulated before the Clean Air Acts . |
| 22 | Willie peered in the window and wiped away the mist his breath was making on the glass . |
| 23 | As he took his handkerchief out and wiped away the water that was still dripping from the front of his hair , a voice said , ‘ I would n't drink that if I were you ; the cows wash in it just round the corner . ’ |
| 24 | They came instead upon another of Whipple 's scouting parties , under Lieutenant S.M. Rains , and wiped out the entire twelve-man detachment . |
| 25 | The eternal westerly swell rolled lazily across our wake and wiped out the last trace of our intrusion . |
| 26 | She took a cloth and wiped down the counter . |
| 27 | Polly finished drying the dishes and wiped down the cooker and the work surfaces , vaguely aware of the engine 's deep rumble and the sensation of movement . |
| 28 | However , the Government 's approach , conditioned by the sole objective of reducing expenditure , was far too narrow and attacked only the soft underbelly without reaching the heart of the problem . |
| 29 | I had woken up as the ferry was docking , feeling bad-breathed and half drunk , and had walked off the ramp , shown my passport at customs and asked where the police station was . |
| 30 | Shildon said he believed that , too , and asked how the police inquiry was going . |