Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pron] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harvey helped me up and pointed to a concrete runway just below us . |
| 2 | Jim phoned me up and told me , he was like upset . |
| 3 | I must have kept my end up successfully , though , for just before he left Dennis sought me out and invited me to dinner the following Friday . |
| 4 | Neil followed them in and shut the door . |
| 5 | When he had eaten , Selkirk returned and tossed his possessions at him ; Corbett gathered them up and followed Selkirk up rows of steps and into a small , darkened chamber . |
| 6 | Eventually Linda gave it up and admitted that Marilyn Duxbody was not present but added , with overtones of hysteria , that she expected her any minute . |
| 7 | Molly gave it up and drove into Mondano . |
| 8 | Grimma propped it up and tried to concentrate above the noise . |
| 9 | Bernice propped herself up and took a bite . |
| 10 | Rex plucked it up and made to throw . |
| 11 | Lila picked them up and examined the contents . |
| 12 | Edward picked them up and brought them over to where we were . |
| 13 | Angrily , Bernice picked herself up and went off down the winding path . |
| 14 | Raffaella lifted him out and turned him to face Julia . |
| 15 | But Karen lapped it up and came back for more . |
| 16 | Cornelius lifted him down and set him upon the copper map . |
| 17 | Mrs Bennet showed him out and returned with a pint glass full of milk . |
| 18 | Having lifted Hector into the vehicle , where he sat on the floorboards , panting with his tongue lolling out , and wagging a satisfied tail , Benedict swung himself up and grinned down at her as he took the reins into his hand . |
| 19 | Quickly , Lissa gathered them up and dropped them in a heap on her opened briefcase . |
| 20 | Nell thought it over and delivered her judgement , which was much like my own . |
| 21 | Rincewind put them down and nodded grimly . |
| 22 | Tip calmed him down and told him his son , also named Tip , would caddie for him . |
| 23 | Cornelius sat himself down and regarded the envelopes with suspicion . |
| 24 | Anabelle picked herself up and dusted herself off . |
| 25 | Patrick turned her around and looked down into her dark brown eyes . |
| 26 | Ed snatched it up and tried vainly to stick it back on . |
| 27 | Aelis snatched it back and blew the ashes from it for him , blinking back tears . |
| 28 | The steak was ready and Matthew dished it up and took it to the dining table . |
| 29 | After Arthur read that paralysing codswallop , the piece of business became impossible and it was only after Fred rang him up and ribbed him about it that he could manage to get the thing off his head again . |
| 30 | ‘ Chris Patten called me in and said , ‘ I want someone to run it so he does n't have to think anything about it . |