Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A gust of wind throws rain against the window and shakes the frame ; it 's loud and surprising and I flinch but he just turns slowly and looks out into the darkness with what could almost be contempt before laughing and putting an arm round my shoulder and suggesting we have another drink . |
| 2 | Right , now this is steep hill so I 've got to go slowly and hang on to you tightly so th buggy does n't run away from me . |
| 3 | The Minchmoor Road turns right and drops down to Yarrowford . |
| 4 | We got out of the coach and walked through the gates to the stares of those gathered on the gravel , and over to a low metal hut in the corner of the compound where we were ordered to go inside and sit down in silence . |
| 5 | He straightened suddenly and looked down at her coldly . |
| 6 | The street was narrow , cobbled , full of old buildings which were joined together and went back to medieval times . |
| 7 | Guido was already heading down the corridor towards his own room , but he stopped suddenly and glanced back at her across his shoulder . |
| 8 | She is dying inside and crying out for love , just like me . |
| 9 | Finally he drew away and looked down at her . |
| 10 | The first US troops , heavily armed and with faces blackened , waded ashore and dug in on Mogadishu beaches early on Dec. 9 , to be met by media lights and scores of news reporters . |
| 11 | Just for a second longer she stayed in Luke 's arms , her whole body trembling , before abruptly she moved away and walked over to the rail . |
| 12 | Walterkin moved away and sat down with raised knees . |
| 13 | As they stepped out from behind the tree , a figure , walking rapidly and glancing back over his shoulder , stepped off the pavement a few yards up and came at them on a collision course . |
| 14 | The accountant realising he would not be fobbed off , tried harder and came up with some facts . |
| 15 | A woman moved quickly and caught up with Eloise . |
| 16 | Two ambulances whiz past and hurtle on towards the scene of the crisis . |
| 17 | We organise to meet later and listen in to Radio 5 . |
| 18 | He trains his people to identify customer needs clearly and to go out of their way to meet those needs . |
| 19 | Trim them back , dead-head regularly and bring in before the first frosts and you should have flowers for months to come |
| 20 | As the farmer poured the fluid into the wounds they would bellow loudly and kick out at him . |
| 21 | Yeah come , tell your Mum to come here and lay back like this and let her touch my cock . |
| 22 | The canoes had to be carried across and put in on the other side of the dam , then we were given , mini lesson on the art of canoeing in swift water . |
| 23 | I sneezed twice and got out of there pronto . |
| 24 | He rose unsteadily and turned back to the shattered windows , breath coming in sobs . |
| 25 | I 'm sorry to disappoint prospective galactic tourists , but this scenario does n't work : If you jump into a black hole , you will get torn apart and crushed out of existence . |
| 26 | The pity of it all , she mused sadly and lay back on the rug and blinked up at the darkening sky above her . |
| 27 | Shepherd moved closer and looked down into the viewer . |
| 28 | Flying through the sea breeze front without realising it is a common cause of inadvertently landing downwind and ending up in a hedge . |
| 29 | Restlessly , she rose again and continued on around the house , following a cool stone path that seemed to be sloping down through the lush growth of shrubs and trees . |
| 30 | He would give me a hearty slap on the back , comment on my expanding girth — ’ Twice the man you used to be , Andreas , eh ? ’ — say that we must meet again ’ for a jar , old man , but just this moment I have to rush , ’ look at his watch , sigh apologetically and shoot off to his next meeting or liquid lunch or whatever . |