Example sentences of "and drive [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once or twice a week Howard climbs into the station wagon and drives over to the little market town fifteen miles away . |
| 2 | He knows it , and drives off into the night licking his dollar lips . |
| 3 | I have done this myself , to ideal effect , getting into the car on a sunless July morning and driving up to the road tunnel of Bielsa , some dozen miles beyond Saint-Lary . |
| 4 | ‘ Especially when they see you getting into your Porsche , and driving off to the flat you own in Putney ? ’ |
| 5 | After she had washed and dressed in warm cord trousers , leather boots and a thick sweater , she this time took the precaution of collecting her anorak before going out to her car and driving off in the direction of Great Yarmouth . |
| 6 | Back on terra firma , fifteen others bundled into an assortment of cars and drove slowly towards the unsuspecting target . |
| 7 | With some difficulty he got the car to start and drove slowly along the middle of the road . |
| 8 | They got back into the car and drove slowly along the rutted , narrow turnoff , until finally Nicolo pointed to a low rise . |
| 9 | The driver of a Toyota LandCruiser changed gear and drove slowly across the bridge to halt at the roadblock . |
| 10 | I ran off and drove away in the car . |
| 11 | They got back in the car and drove away in the glittering traffic . |
| 12 | She kick-started the machine , and drove away from the fires . |
| 13 | He swung round and drove away from the gate . |
| 14 | He steered the ten-year-old Daimler under the Dersingham arch and drove straight into the cathedral close at the same speed he 'd used to cover the miles from Oldfield . |
| 15 | Doyle put his foot down and drove straight at the men . |
| 16 | She jumped into the jeep and drove furiously down the hill . |
| 17 | Jim must have felt like accelerating to the point of wheelspin but restrained himself and drove sedately to the Hungarian post . |
| 18 | Instead , not wanting to risk a scene without more evidence of his suspicions , he went back to his car and drove back to the Club , stopping briefly at a couple of pubs on the way to see if Gwen was in either . |
| 19 | They swam and lazed on the beach , having a light lunch from one of the huts along the beach that served food , and drove back to the house towards the end of the evening in silence , Alyssia preoccupied with her thoughts . |
| 20 | She returned to her car , and drove back to the Red House . |
| 21 | He then grabbed the reins and drove back along the road , leaving the wounded post-boy to stagger to the nearest village . |
| 22 | Feeling one step from death , Branson dragged himself out to the car and drove quickly through the early morning traffic to the hospital in Wimbledon . |
| 23 | So Doyle got the ferry back to the mainland and drove quickly to the attractive , still-recognisably medieval city of Winchester . |
| 24 | They got into the truck and drove gingerly through the town . |
| 25 | Lesley turned smartly left as the lights changed , and wound her way by back-streets to the parking-ground on the edge of the shopping centre , a multi-storey monstrosity of raw concrete , at which she gazed with resigned distaste as she crept slowly up to the barrier and drove in to the second tier . |
| 26 | Mrs Wright reversed out into the road again and drove off past the church . |
| 27 | Luckily for us he was too overcome to offer us refreshment , so we said our farewells and got back into the jeep and drove off along the road leading to the village of Breville . |
| 28 | Then she turned the car and drove off down the lane . |
| 29 | When the daylight drained from the winter sky , like steel growing cold , some of the humans got into their vehicles and drove off down the lane . |
| 30 | He produced a knife , ordered the taxi driver to stop , forced all but one of the prison officers out of the car , and drove off down the M40 towards London . |