Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pron] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SUPPOSE you have a print by Picasso , Dali , Miro or Chagall , or sold one in the past few years : you have a special interest in a Brooklyn courtroom this week . |
| 2 | Prior to laying the information Mrs Bujok had not served an abatement notice upon the council or informed them of the alleged defects in the premises . |
| 3 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
| 4 | Erm I I I must say I have n't read or heard anything about the British Gas thing . |
| 5 | I refer , of course , to unsupported mothers , women who have neither shirked their obligation to have children , nor left them to seek jobs , nor abandoned them to the tender mercies of the social services — , |
| 6 | Salt shook her shoulder and when that made no difference , dragged her to her feet and propelled her to the small book-lined room known as the study . |
| 7 | When the boy gave no answer , the old man took him by the arm and propelled him to the far end of the room , down the narrow stairway , through the tiny door and back to the safety of his own bedroom . |
| 8 | Then the door of the Earl 's hall slowly yielded , and his father carried him in and laid him on the same bales . |
| 9 | Alexandra took the long pins out of her hat and laid them in the red glass tray on her dressing-table . |
| 10 | Nathan closed the folder and laid it on the starched tablecloth . |
| 11 | He dropped a long , searching kiss on her mouth , then took her shaking hand and laid it against the powerful , overpowering size of his arousal . |
| 12 | When he had begun to eat , I'tibar Khan entered with the box and laid it before the unhappy father , saying : ‘ King Aurangzeb , your son sends this plat to your majesty to let you see that he does not forget you . ’ |
| 13 | It became known as the Pleven Plan , named after the French premier , René Pleven , who took an outline drafted by his earlier mentor , Jean Monnet , and laid it before the French Parliament on 24 October 1950 . |
| 14 | He placed the beings , pictured as animals , in a belt embracing the known universe , and divided it into the twelve equal houses of the zodiac ( Aries , Taurus , Gemini , Cancer , Leo , Virgo , Libra , Sagittarius , Scorpio , Capricorn , Aquarius and Pisces ) . |
| 15 | I took Montaine by the hand and led her through the empty rooms … there were very many . |
| 16 | He saw her state at once and without another word took her arm and led her into the little sitting room . |
| 17 | Then he took Victoria 's hand and led her towards the strange woman . |
| 18 | Allen took her by the arm and led her to the nearest stone shelter . |
| 19 | He took her hand and led her to the open-air dance-floor just as the band slipped into the first of their slow numbers . |
| 20 | At the top of the staircase various Chamberlains , dressed in gold embroidered jackets , welcomed the guests and led them to the Grand Master of Ceremonies . |
| 21 | The flight was successfully undertaken to the area of Kerkenah Island , where two 22X Squadron Sunderlands met the Hurricanes and led them on the last leg to the island . |
| 22 | Corbett stared at him and looked away , the tension between them broken by the Pictish leader who took Thomas by the hand , like a child with a parent , and led him into the largest house , beckoning Corbett to follow them . |
| 23 | And her white Reeboks screeched at the marble as she turned and led me to the waiting forms . |
| 24 | Finally , still silent , she turned and led us into the main room . |
| 25 | Harry Carpenter came up to interview him and asked him about the last putt . |
| 26 | In short , the consumer called the tune and the operators who prospered were those who best identified the needs of the consumers and met them at the right price . |
| 27 | He suddenly swung her into his arms , his tortured breathing the only sound in the darkened barn , and instead of carrying her down the stairs he turned and lowered her to the soft hay that was spread thickly on the floor behind them . |
| 28 | He sighed and lowered himself to the other end of the settee . |
| 29 | He took the ladder and slung it into the snow-covered bushes . |
| 30 | They seem to have bullied him and made him er , make concessions , and the question that Freud and Bullett constantly ask is , why did Wilson make these concessions , especially since his position was already defined before he came to Europe , you know he already laid down the fourteen points , and sold it to the American people . |