Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb past] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , as she skewered him with a look of pure detestation , he reached out suddenly and caught her by the wrists . |
| 2 | She ushered the girl inside and sent her to the bathroom . |
| 3 | She drew him inside and led him towards the candle-light . |
| 4 | They stuffed a sock into her mouth , pushed her inside and kicked her to the floor breaking her ankle and wrist . |
| 5 | They were hauled alongside and manoeuvred one at a time to a position where they could be hauled aboard , encumbered by their diving equipment . |
| 6 | P.S. I think we left some skeletons in water , if so , tell James to take them out merely and lay them on the table to dry . |
| 7 | With help from a tutor I finally put them together and fitted them into the cubic box I was given . |
| 8 | Ronni pulled herself together and looked him in the eye . |
| 9 | I got my part of the control lines together and carried them in a loop round to the kite . |
| 10 | Lorton swept the coins together and crammed them into the box . |
| 11 | Then he clipped the pages together and slipped them into a file . |
| 12 | He looked as though a cannonball had hit him amidships and left him with a hollow chest and a permanent arch in his back . |
| 13 | This bomb came through and whacked this barrel and it took the side of his head away and dragged him to the end of the ship . ’ |
| 14 | He turned away and swung himself into the saddle of the horse that Bravd was holding . |
| 15 | She took his beaker away and placed it on the balcony wall . |
| 16 | Alex attended a similar establishment for boys ten miles away and visited her at every weekend exeat . |
| 17 | He did what any timorous man in a panic would do , ran away and hid himself within the community , where he was known and respected , and no one would ever guess he had attempted such a deed . ’ |
| 18 | She thought again of the clever pastry-cook who baked her man to her liking , and of La Carmellina , who lost her true love when he climbed a cherry tree into the clouds and found himself in the lair of the sorceress Zenaida — Zenaida , who had been robbed of sleep by the curse of another fairy , and had stolen Carmellina 's love away and changed him into a songbird . |
| 19 | Still trembling , she got out finally and wrapped herself in a huge towel and padded into the kitchen to put the kettle on . |
| 20 | By the time I had come downstairs and made it over the mali 's trenchworks , Balvinder had polished the bonnet so bright he could curl his moustache in the reflection . |
| 21 | It appeared to be feeding normally and showed none of the obvious signs of illness . |
| 22 | Ronni carried them indoors and laid them on the kitchen table , scarcely able to bear the mouth-watering aromas that were escaping from beneath the tin foil . |
| 23 | He returned shortly and ushered them into an airy office , overlooking the Grand Union Canal . |
| 24 | Her question was answered a few minutes later when Matthew himself came outside and saw her at the window . |
| 25 | Then they ran outside and carried everything into the kitchen — their chickens , their fishing things . |
| 26 | Gently , he carried him outside and put him in the basket . |
| 27 | It was too big to conceal in the shed so she wheeled it outside and hid it in the freight car containing the metal beer kegs . |
| 28 | A man pulled him backwards and pushed him against a wall . |
| 29 | She stood up slowly and showed it to the bearded man . |
| 30 | So I smiled nervously and slammed him in the mouth with the metal box , trying to kick him in the groin as he sagged , but his heavy overcoat protected him well . |