Example sentences of "ran [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An open balcony and a low sago-thatch balus-trade ran right the way round the single room and at night , when the resilient bamboo-strip flooring became everybody 's mattress , the family groups , in a transparent gesture towards privacy , divided themselves from one another with colourful cotton sarongs suspended on a fragile network of strings . |
| 2 | Michael Smith was driving the quad bike which ran down a hunt saboteur . |
| 3 | She moved away , uncertain where to go , then ran down an alleyway and across the Place Nationale . |
| 4 | Richard O'Flynn , a training partner of John Treacy 's with a personal best of 28:20 , made an early surge as we ran down an avenue of skyscraping cabbage palms . |
| 5 | On the east , an open stream ran down the Steine to the sea , an area where the fishermen dried their nets and the inhabitants dumped their refuse ; it was near the outlet that Russell built his house , now the site of the Albion Hotel . |
| 6 | Moments after an address by a Church Army officer , Taylor ran down the aisle and , seizing a microphone from the prison chaplain , began haranguing inmates about the system . |
| 7 | He thought he saw her hand move towards her machine gun , but then one of the soldiers in white ran down the aisle and shot her again through the head . |
| 8 | He almost ran down the hall , through the kitchen and into the little utility room that had once been a scullery . |
| 9 | Kathleen grumbled , and climbed out of the tub , grabbed a towel and ran down the hall . |
| 10 | As she ran down the driveway of the semi-detached house , a shot was fired from an upstairs front bedroom and she fell to the ground . |
| 11 | And she slipped like a ghost into the shadows and ran down the gallery . |
| 12 | Normally a solemn and serious part of the Catholic liturgy of the Mass , on this occasion its solemnity and seriousness were somewhat dented by the sudden arrival of a very pretty little girl of about four or five , who ran down the centre aisle towards the priest , her pig-tails flying , calling , ‘ Zio Padee ! |
| 13 | She saw sacks of meal and gleaming dates , boxes of over-ripe figs with the seeds oozing out , and she stepped carefully over a stream of something unthinkable that ran down the centre of the street . |
| 14 | Philip ran down the bracken bank to the gate and watched him run down the field to Mrs Wright who was walking slowly down the field . |
| 15 | When all was silent , except for the distant buzz of conversation from the tea , she crept out and almost ran down the back passage , as fast as her high-heeled shoes would permit . |
| 16 | Terry sat looking anxious while Ellie carefully unpicked , altered , moved all the tiny buttons that ran down the back , rearranged the small bustle , put little tucks into the bustline to make it fit more snugly . |
| 17 | If anything the sound seemed to become louder as I ran down the deck . |
| 18 | At last she straightened up , rubbing at the soreness in her back , aware of her hot , dishevelled appearance , of the small rivulets of sweat that ran down the valley between her breasts . |
| 19 | Trails of yellowish fluid dribbled from the pockets , and ran down the waistcoat . |
| 20 | Leaving this area of the house behind her , she ran down the passage as far as the open pantry door . |
| 21 | He ran down the field and over the brook to the cattle-wade . |
| 22 | The blood ran down the inside of his arm , where the skin was pale , and collected in the palm of his hand as he held the wound out for Dad to look at . |
| 23 | Marler collected his suitcase and executive case from his room and ran down the staircase in search of Leonora Buckmaster to pay his respects . |
| 24 | Then she ran down the post to the ground below . |
| 25 | Miranda ran down the post . |
| 26 | He ran down the room , jinking around the desks . |
| 27 | Philip ran down the slope . |
| 28 | When the men had gone back to the Inn Allen dropped out of the tree and ran down the slope to her . |
| 29 | He ran down the slope and over the brook . |
| 30 | His eyes ran down the list , looking for a suitable saint 's name . |