Example sentences of "pushed [adj] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a rapid increase in the number of primary school children , with very overcrowded primary classes , and governments pushed all the available teachers and capital into primary education , limiting local authorities ' right to provide nursery education even when they wished to . |
| 2 | Ian moved cautiously into the shadow of the Cathedral and pushed open the small door . |
| 3 | Kate Miskin pushed open the first door on the left and stood aside for Dalgliesh and Massingham to enter . |
| 4 | On the landing he pushed open the first bedroom door , and there in front of him was Sarah Ryan . |
| 5 | She pushed open the front door , which he had left unlocked . |
| 6 | She pushed open the only door , and found herself in a spacious but gloomy office . |
| 7 | One evening in December I gently pushed open the old kitchen door , and there , sitting by the fire next to Joe , in my old place , was — Pip ! |
| 8 | She climbed up the ladder , the rungs cold under her bare feet , pushed open the unbolted doors and stepped out into the cockpit . |
| 9 | Horowitz then walked the last hundred yards to the decrepit villa standing back from the airport highway , pushed open the left-hand iron grille gate . |
| 10 | Meredith pushed open the five-barred gate and refastened it carefully behind her . |
| 11 | I pushed open the little gate and walked to the desk . |
| 12 | Now , as he pushed open the wooden gate leading to Branson 's houseboat , and threaded his way down the overgrown towpath , Birbeck surmised that something big must be on the agenda . |
| 13 | It happened to be a goods ' entrance , and as she pushed open the heavy doors and slipped inside the deafening noise hit her — of hammering and drilling and the drone of the hydraulic pumps that operated the floor levels together with the shouts of the men operating the overhead cranes . |
| 14 | Taking a deep breath and straightening her slumping shoulders , she pushed open the back door of the colonel 's house , and as she saw the dim light from the lounge spilling out into the hall she walked in that direction . |
| 15 | Getting no reply , she hesitantly pushed open the back door . |
| 16 | And as she pushed open the forest-green doors of Woodline Design she realised with surprise that she had n't given a thought to Max for some considerable time . |
| 17 | Forgetting Raffaella 's story , almost forgetting her headache and her cold , Julia pushed open the double doors to see the two men standing around the stove , glasses in their hands , laughing . |
| 18 | All three of us nodded in unison and we stood in line as he pushed open the double doors for us . |
| 19 | There was a bedroom to their left , at the front of the house , and Carson pushed open the opposite door and led the way through into the sitting-room , switching on the light as he went . |