Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The journey to Calcutta took some hours , and when we arrived the Army met us and wanted to put us all in to some barracks , but I protested and rang up the Bishop , Foss Westcott , and asked if he could advise me what to do as Margaret by this time was very ill . |
| 2 | I undressed and turned out the lamp , then stood a moment by the open window . |
| 3 | I jumped and slid down the slope of the dune into its shadow , then turned at the bottom to look back up at those small heads and bodies as they watched over the northern approaches to the island . |
| 4 | She stooped and scooped up the little dog on to her lap . |
| 5 | She stooped and picked up the post . |
| 6 | ‘ A , ’ she repeated and handed back the chalk . |
| 7 | She swallowed and fought back the tears , dashing her hand over her eyes . |
| 8 | " Oh , Sir Dermot , you know I 'm Lally , " she laughed and helped out the moment with sly ease , loosening the way through Nicandra 's formal how-do-you-do 's . |
| 9 | She went and fetched out the folded garments for him , and went about her business at the clay oven outside while he stripped and dressed himself again in the good Welsh clothes that had been made for him . |
| 10 | I 'll come , ’ she said and put down the receiver to meet two pairs of eyes that looked so astonished that she burst out laughing . |
| 11 | ‘ Thank you again , ’ she said and handed back the now empty can , ‘ but I 've got to find my friend , the weirdo in the hat . |
| 12 | She glared and banged down the iron pan she had taken from the fire , then lifting the lid allowed a huge cloud of steam to escape into the air . |
| 13 | And then she dived and rattled down the dirt-track which seemed to go on for ever across an empty hillside . |
| 14 | They dug and blasted out the ores from thin , but rich , mineral veins . |
| 15 | They turned and went up the flight of stairs , a frieze of well-behaved actors . |
| 16 | Apparently they either found me dad down the cellar or he recovered and come up the cellar like , you know . |
| 17 | He bent and scooped up the bike , wheeling it along with them , and Jenna became aware of other eyes besides the dark ones that had looked into her own . |
| 18 | He bent and scooped up the tin with the barrel of the revolver , and held it high . |
| 19 | ’ I 'll be needin' mair shag and all , ’ he bent and picked up the clay stump and peered into the empty bowl sadly . |
| 20 | His face was very close to hers as he bent and picked up the airline ticket from her desk . |
| 21 | He bent and picked up the bag , then eyed her curiously . |
| 22 | She saw the dawn when it came and pulled up the blind . |
| 23 | He stooped and picked up the torn halves himself . |
| 24 | He stooped and picked up the cruel dagger which had nearly split his throat . |
| 25 | He turned and went down the four steps that led into the long , dark , low-ceilinged dining room , returning a moment later with a book from the shelves . |
| 26 | He just stood looking down at her for a moment , his eyes still pleading , and then abruptly he turned and picked up the tray and carried it into the kitchen for her . |
| 27 | He leapt and took out the window to the President 's bedroom with his left shoulder . |
| 28 | Mr Cyril Stayley was the initial foreman of this shop and he established and laid out the system of repair . |
| 29 | He made his press speech this morning saying that she could n't even cos he thought that go down the hospital . |
| 30 | He chuckled and picked up the phone . |