Example sentences of "the car [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I eased the car over to the side of the road and switched off . |
| 2 | Scott pulled the car over to the kerb , his right hand slipping inside his jacket . |
| 3 | Rory Collins pulled the car over to the left , putting two wheels up on the pale grass verge . |
| 4 | He pulled the car over to the kerb and let the engine idle while he turned to face her . |
| 5 | Ivo drew the car up at the front door , she pinned her hopes , rather desperately , she owned , on one very big , important fact . |
| 6 | Everybody knew the tram drivers and used to hop on the front of the car up to the nearest point of the station and then jump off , and the superintendent was on the car and saw him getting on . |
| 7 | Will I be able to move the car up outside the house a bit later on ? |
| 8 | ‘ Oh my God ! ’ she screeched , and spun the wheel , running the car up onto the pavement , twisting the wheel to try and avoid a shopkeeper , and plunging head-on into the wide , plate-glass window of an antique shop . |
| 9 | I 'll walk home and pick the car up in the morning . ’ |
| 10 | They were amber as she swung the car round to the right and through them , heading down a side street , taking another right then another until they were back on the street where they 'd started . |
| 11 | There was a navigable track that circled the perimeter , and brought the car round to the other side of the curator 's house and garden by inconspicuous ways . |
| 12 | She had put her key in the front door and he had engaged a gear to take the car round to the garage when his instinct reasserted itself . |
| 13 | He saw Celia sitting under a large cedar tree in the garden when he drove up the long drive and swung the car round into the forecourt . |
| 14 | She felt , rather than heard , how he turned smartly and loped back across the panelled hall towards the door , no doubt to drive the car round into the garage . |
| 15 | Doyle swerved , running the car on to the right hand verge , and braked hard . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's OK after 6.30 pm , ’ I confidently reassured Jack as he eased the side wheels of the car on to the pavement . |
| 17 | While the circuit is being cleared to give us a free run , Brundle takes the car out on the public roads . |
| 18 | At present I am only interested in the extra amount it costs to take the car out on the road . |
| 19 | She 'd got the car out of the space . |
| 20 | She was about to reach for her drink when she caught sight of the car out of the corner of her eye as it pulled up on the opposite side of the road — a white BMW , identical to the one her uncle had . |
| 21 | After pushing the car out of the flood we attempted to bump start it but it was too waterlogged . |
| 22 | He swung the car out of the yard while Fran stared at him in confusion . |
| 23 | He shrugged , backing the car out of the parking space to turn it deftly up the narrow unpaved path leading up from the river . |
| 24 | Mike has to inform the company obviously if he 's taking the car out of the country , you know . |
| 25 | And it was as Doyle swung the car out into the traffic again that he glimpsed the girl from the oriental-art shop . |
| 26 | Dawson nosed the car out into the traffic and came to a halt almost immediately . |
| 27 | I suppose being realistic we could clean the car out in the evening because you only got to have the door open you 've got the interior light on |
| 28 | But if ever you are in real difficulties , send the car down to the jail about midnight and I will come and show you how to get out of them . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Where are we going now ? ’ she asked as he swung the car back into the main street . |
| 30 | He laughed deeply , edging the car back into the traffic . |