Example sentences of "push [pron] [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A series of brilliant intelligence coups had pushed him up the ladder rapidly .
2 ‘ Like that , ’ said Lee pushing it up a bit .
3 She turned right into the High Street then jumped from the cycle and began pushing it up an alleyway on her left which led into the stables cum car park at the rear of the Berkeley Chase Hotel .
4 Only two and a half hours more to go , I told myself , and fixed the old lady with a hard stare that I hoped somehow conveyed to her what pleasure , what deep and lasting pleasure , it would give me to haul her off her seat and push her out the window .
5 Should he , perhaps , push her off a cliff ?
6 Just push it up the bum .
7 ‘ You can get a man inside it , and they 'll tie a heavy stone to the King 's body and push it down the pipe .
8 Rolling over , he assumed a sitting position and used his heels to push himself up the slates on his backside until he was seated astride the apex of the roof .
9 When at last Hazel had got him back to the ditch , he refused at first to go underground and Hazel had almost to push him down the hole .
10 To push her down the cliff ?
11 So , in other words , you can push them down a bit .
12 Another mountain of water came , pushed me up the beach , and I fell on the wet sand .
13 hold it quite so mu so much it 'll push you down a bit .
14 My mother and I helped push him up the ladder into the attic ( not easy — he was no lightweight ) , and then passed up the bucket for him to quench the flames .
15 you pushed it back a bit hard I expect .
16 Do n't push it down the downpipe
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