Example sentences of "[pron] knelt [adv prt] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I still could n't see anything , of course , but I knelt down and groped about with my hands . |
| 2 | I knelt down and joined my hands . |
| 3 | I knelt down and went through the dead man 's clothing . |
| 4 | She knelt up and peered through the tiny porthole . |
| 5 | She knelt down and rolled them up Bella 's legs and over her swollen knees . |
| 6 | She knelt down and put her eye to the keyhole , to see what she could see . |
| 7 | She knelt down and took his hands . |
| 8 | She knelt down and wept and noticed that where the tears fell on the ground , flowers sprang up . |
| 9 | Then she knelt down and ran her finger over a bullet hole . |
| 10 | She knelt down and stared at the smaller words below it . |
| 11 | He knelt up and leaned towards Lucien . |
| 12 | He knelt down and got his fingers into a crack in the floorboards . |
| 13 | He would be deeply moved and encouraged , in his dreams , even by the smallest and most ordinary bud ; his nostrils got raw and caked with fine dirt as he knelt down and sniffed and sniffed to try and catch the first smell of green life . |
| 14 | ‘ 'E 's a spry ole thing , but he 's as soft as butter , ent you , ole boy ? ’ and he knelt down and ruffled his fur . |
| 15 | Instead of bending over her , he knelt down and looked at her face through the bars . |
| 16 | … commanded his armie to halt , and himselfe went alone to the toppe where , having sighted the Mar del Sur , he knelt down and raising his hands to Heaven , pouring forth mighty praises to God for His great grace in having made him the first man to discover and sight it . |
| 17 | He knelt down and held it in front of Sung 's face a moment . |
| 18 | Now he knelt down and looked at the dead girl curiously . |
| 19 | At one point he knelt down and parted the heather with his hands , so sure was he that he had found it , but there was nothing but the scree and the tiny plants which grew amongst it . |
| 20 | But when he knelt down and tested the earth with his hands , some of the tracks seemed fresh . |
| 21 | He knelt down and re-piled them . |
| 22 | He knelt down and , so as to avoid leaving fingerprints , felt the barrel with the back of his hand . |
| 23 | The radio was on in the living-room , he entered and saw her lying on the floor , When he knelt down and touched her face it was warm , and she moved a little . |
| 24 | He knelt down and held her hand . |