Example sentences of "[vb past] aside the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She drew aside the curtain of a small window and stood back for me to see the picture thus revealed . |
| 2 | Pulling himself wearily to his feet , he walked to the window , drew aside the curtain and gazed out at the blackness . |
| 3 | The gate handle clicked sharply and she drew aside the lace curtain . |
| 4 | Then the briefest pause before he drew aside the curtain to enter with dignity and calm . |
| 5 | She might have to , Isabel decided , as he laughed again and his hand drew aside the neck of her shift , exposing the delicate lines of her throat and shoulders . |
| 6 | He cast aside the shackles of statesmanship imposed by his minders throughout the campaign to denounce the arrogance of the Press and political establishment who had condemned him as cocky and inadequate to be prime minister . |
| 7 | He moved aside the folded tephillim and uncovered five neatly-bound books . |
| 8 | It moved aside the earth and found the petrified wood that was the heart in the forest . |
| 9 | He stopped short of understanding Christianity because when he thought about that , he laid aside the receptive imagination with which he allowed himself to appreciate myth and became rigidly narrow and empiricist . |
| 10 | He flung aside the door he was suddenly lying beneath , stared up bitterly and ran a black shirt-cuff across his bloodied nose . |
| 11 | With an angry , violent gesture he flung aside the broken piece of door . |
| 12 | ‘ That 's enough of that , ’ Ross told them firmly as he threw aside the sheets , revealing the fact that he was wearing a pair of boxer shorts . |
| 13 | Adimov shuffled aside the moment of their first meeting . |
| 14 | Harper thrust aside the beggars who shuffled and reached towards Lucille . |
| 15 | The proprietor thrust aside the plastic tassels that filled the doorway through to the back of the dry cleaner 's and dumped his shopping bag on the floor next to an ironing board . |
| 16 | Moreover , Mr Kinnock brushed aside the suggestion that he needed a big idea or unique selling point to challenge the appeal of Thatcherism . |
| 17 | On the evidence available from their thorough training sessions and the way they brushed aside the challenge from a truly competitive outfit here , it is hard to see these All Blacks returning home as ‘ failures ’ . |
| 18 | Mr Patten brushed aside the disappointment of the loss of his own seat . |
| 19 | But Dr Danie Craven , the executive president of the SARU , brushed aside the threat last night . |
| 20 | And furthermore — ’ he brushed aside the other 's indignant protests — ‘ the body of a French officer lies under the tricolour , not these flea-bitten rags . |
| 21 | She brushed aside the accusations and told the viewers : ‘ Heck , if you do n't like it , do n't vote for him . ’ |
| 22 | Manzini , who acts as interpreter for the England star on the training ground , brushed aside the discussion between Zoff and Gazza as a typical tactical discussion . |
| 23 | Magellan , overjoyed and believing that his ultimate goal was within his grasp , brushed aside the doubters ' view that he should , despite the discovery , turn back eastwards for the Moluccas . |
| 24 | He brushed aside the views of the joint chiefs of staff , ascribing their opposition to ignorance of the Far East . |
| 25 | Lorton brushed aside the interruption . |
| 26 | Penrose brushed aside the suggestion with an emphatic movement of his hand . |
| 27 | A new New Left , drawing from Dialectics of Liberation , brushed aside the tentative offerings of the old New Left , gathered in its May Day Manifesto group and comprising such stalwarts of post-1956 as Raymond Williams , E.P . |
| 28 | His hand brushed aside the long , thick hair , his lips beginning to move over her tender nape , and Maggie gave a small whimper of desire , melting against him . |
| 29 | Iris brushed aside the interruption with a wave of a hand . |
| 30 | Sara brushed aside the question . |