Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] a [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the emergency meeting Hamish Deans read out a statement saying they denied the charges , which related to payments amounting to £838 on club credit cards . |
| 2 | The most moving moment came during a trip to Universal Studios when an orang-utan leapt off a stage to hug him . |
| 3 | The hillside was riddled with the burrows of Audubon 's shearwaters and the warden pulled out a youngster to show us . |
| 4 | He were a remarkable man in his way : he went down a well to clean it out on the day he died . |
| 5 | FitzAlan and de Villiers were glaring at each other across her , but as she made a move to sit up Isabel saw the scowl fade from Simon 's face and he reached down a hand to steady her . |
| 6 | In these sessions they practised their kicking and wheeling ; John brought in a sergeant-major to train them in military marching . |
| 7 | She made herself a pump organ , and Dreamed up a man to play it . |
| 8 | So I , I rang the Power Station people at Norwich and they sent up a team to open it . |
| 9 | She nodded , reached out a hand to usher him inside . |
| 10 | He bashed me over the head and took out a knife to threaten me . |
| 11 | By lunchtime the department was manic and the pace relentless but it still did not stop the old man who brought back a kettle complaining it did not work . |
| 12 | Manescu put out a hand to halt him . |
| 13 | She swayed on her feet and the doctor put out a hand to steady her . |
| 14 | Culley half-rose , but Cattini put out a hand to stop him , and glanced back at the barman who lifted a bottle and dug a highball glass into an ice-container . |
| 15 | She was at the wicket before him , and because the yard was dark , put out a hand to guide him within . |
| 16 | She looked up at him , her face so blotched and swollen that despite himself he put out a hand to comfort her , only for her to let out a frightened cry , trying frantically to burrow into the sofa to avoid any contact with him . |
| 17 | Stock was changing hands for as little as 14½p before the company put out a statement saying it knew of no reason , ‘ other than the general economic climate ’ , for the fall . |
| 18 | He smuggled out a message saying he 'd discovered who in London had betrayed him and that he was going underground to escape . |
| 19 | Instinctively , she shot out a hand to retrieve them , but he was tall , and he was standing , and , while she was an inch or two above average height herself , she was sitting . |
| 20 | The Council received the memorandum , and set up a sub-committee to consider it , with Lord Kings Norton in the chair . |
| 21 | ‘ Frank , for Christ 's sake … ’ he began , but Gregson held up a hand to silence him . |
| 22 | Turner made to speak , but Curtis held up a hand to stop him . |
| 23 | She started as though to make for the front door , but Mr Hunter held up a hand to stop her . |
| 24 | McIllvanney shrugged acceptance of my refusal , then held up a hand to stop me leaving . |
| 25 | But — ’ he held up a hand to stop me interrupting — ‘ let's take it slowly . |
| 26 | Steve held up a hand interrupting her . |
| 27 | Niall held out a hand to steady her as she stepped off the gangway on to the dockside . |