Example sentences of "the girl [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having reached the most distant onlookers , a young couple pushing up-and-down a baby in a pram , the girl drew tight the neck of the bag and strolled with it to the stage . |
| 2 | The girl held out the bill for him . |
| 3 | I announced his name at Reception , and the girl rang up the guy and said , ‘ Your taxi 's here … . ’ |
| 4 | The girl described how the men would wear Freddy Kruger masks when they touched her . |
| 5 | The girl picked up the receiver , soap suds streaming on to its cover . |
| 6 | They went into the school as the girls brought out the ponies , a docile , shiny lot compared with the animals at home , Hoomey decided . |
| 7 | The boyfriends of the girls made up the numbers . |
| 8 | The girls bringing in the parcel could dress up like the bridegroom-to-be , taking his work or hobby as the theme , or like any male characters such as footballers , policemen or policewomen wearing sunglasses , gorillas with cigars , city gents in bowler hats , or a spoof pop group of boys in short trousers and caps singing , ‘ Will you still need me when I 'm sixty-four ? ’ . |
| 9 | Bowled over … the girls taking on the boys at their own game . |
| 10 | the girls have n't the time to go through them ! |
| 11 | The girls rose late the following morning . |