Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] and [verb] they [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cabs , you used to jump in and drive them up the road cos there were no motor cars . |
| 2 | Was there another car ahead , waiting to pull out and sandwich them with the Peugeot coming up behind ? |
| 3 | Then she 'd jump out and scare them to death ! |
| 4 | The afternoon and evening seemed to pass with agonizing slowness , yet , when the time came for Maurice 's departure , it felt to Charlotte as if it had crept up and taken them by surprise . |
| 5 | When the press of grey on either side became too much the motorway fizzled out and abandoned them to the early-evening commuter jam of the North Circular Road . |
| 6 | The Athenians came out and fought them at Tanagra ( 457 ) ; the Spartans first won but then Athens retrieved this defeat under Myronides at Oinophyta two months later . |
| 7 | Ross , the steward , appeared , commiserated that they were all soaked through and took them into the lounge . |
| 8 | There they would line Hollins Hill as the walkers toiled up and cheer them on their way . |
| 9 | Small world then , life 's I mean erm , child seat , there was one child seat in that was strapped to the and erm there was erm the , the other car seats in the front of the not strapped in I had to hurry up and put them in the back , cos I was running a bit late I was running a bit late anyway . |
| 10 | Hazel turned back and joined them among the big , rosy-veined , magenta flower-spikes . |
| 11 | Mr Wilbraham , together with one of the Tace managers Don Hammond ( managing director , components ) , and James Carr ( now finance director ) stepped in and acquired them for a consideration of £4m . |
| 12 | Today , when I see people on marvellous new motorbikes , just flying about and knocking them to bits , it makes me feel so sad . |
| 13 | Then Howard sits back and tells them about the terrible balls-up he made of his arrival in the city . |
| 14 | To me , sexuality is romance and love and poetry and beauty , not picking somebody up on the street and using each other then telling them to fuck off and burning them with a cigarette . |
| 15 | So I rang up and told them in the office . |
| 16 | It 's just a matter of hoarding the tokens as you go along and exchanging them for a discount on your Enterprise 89/90 holiday . |
| 17 | He went in and fed them for us sometimes , to give us a break , and would phone us up if he thought there were any difficulties . |
| 18 | Just first time you get a chance , you go over and get them to X-ray it , and they 'll see if there 's any damage at the back there . |
| 19 | Thunder rolled over and round them from every direction so that Trent had the sense of being in the interior of an enormous drum on which giants beat from all sides . |
| 20 | One could put all these postulated differences down on paper and , taking samples of the two groups , go off and interview them with all sorts of yes/no questions . |
| 21 | We ca n't stand up and lecture them on self-reliance and personal responsibility and then wade in and take over as soon as they show signs of doing what we want . |
| 22 | How many times shall I stand up and lecture them about Highfield , I do n't know . |
| 23 | It should be drawn to the attention of the guest that it is desirable that they hand in the keys if they go out and collect them from the enquiry or reception desk on their return . |
| 24 | Her fingers plucked at the air until Thérèse reached out and held them in her own . |
| 25 | She reached out and pulled them to her in a protective motherly gesture . |
| 26 | You can get vitamins by eating a healthy home diet of fruit and vegetables , or you can go out and get them in a bottle . ’ |
| 27 | There are those who claim that canvassing the votes of the electorate is a waste of time : that they are at least as likely to vote for you if you leave them alone as they are if you go round and bother them at night . |
| 28 | Why did n't Charles come down and join them at Mother Bunch 's ? |
| 29 | Shall I shall I just write off and send them like pound or donation and a few leaflets could |
| 30 | If anyone puts a verse like that on my headstone , I 'm warning them right now that I 'll get up and haunt them for ever . |