Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1072 William led a large army up to Stirling , forded the river there , and rode on to join up with his fleet entering the Tay . |
| 2 | Perkin tried to pull them apart and got smartly knocked down by Nolan , quick and tough with his fists as with his riding . |
| 3 | I saw a whole host of caterpillar tracks near the entrance of the Channel Tunnel , started to follow one on my hands and knees — and got promptly knocked down by a bulldozer … ! |
| 4 | The Venice Soprintendenza certainly does not intend to miss out on such an opportunity and has already come up with a proposal , ‘ Dal Museo alla città ’ ( From Museum to City ) , which it estimates would cost L3.8 billion ( £1.76 million ; $3 million ) . |
| 5 | Flight Lieutenant Gareth Williams MHCIMA , formerly training officer at the RAF School of Catering , Aldershot , has been promoted to Squadron Leader and has just taken over as Officer Commanding Catering Squadron , at RAF St Athan , Barry , Wales . |
| 6 | He is very well in on a 7lb higher mark than when hacking up at Ascot in October , and has since bolted up in a conditions race at Newbury . |
| 7 | BILL CLINTON calls himself the Comeback Kid and has again lived up to the name . |
| 8 | On this basis , inflation stands at more than 7% ( at an annual rate ) and has actually crept up since January ( see chart ) . |
| 9 | The re-establishment of the Irish language as the first official language of the state became the national policy of the Irish government under de Valera and has only toned down in recent years . |
| 10 | At this point she showed enormous courage by re-assessing her life , and has now struggled through to what she describes as a liberating philosophy of autonomy and self-determination . |
| 11 | He has just finished his GCSE 's and has now moved on to ‘ A ’ levels at sixth form . |
| 12 | The sales build-up reached Denmark and the UK in March and has now taken off in Spain , Portugal and Iceland . |
| 13 | A Parliamentary Commission , presided over by Christian Democrat Giorgio Santz has been investigating how the preceding laws have worked and has now come up with its report which shows that in the last eight years , of the L1,500 billion allocated to Venice only L853 billion ( £394.3 million ; $686 million ) have actually been spent . |
| 14 | Since she has done the unthinkable in LA and has never got round to buying herself a car , bus rides are the only way of getting around and the 6am commute to work brings her daily inspiration . |
| 15 | Why was it that his sympathy and understanding always went out to other women ? |
| 16 | She threw an agonised , reproachful look at Ruth and seemed about to run out of the room , but with three words Ernest stopped her . |
| 17 | All three pupils are now following A-level course work at Aquinas College , Stockport and hope eventually to go on to university . |
| 18 | The largest slice of our cash comes from the ‘ Charity Shop ’ and so we wish to express our thanks to all those involved with it — those who give goods to sell — those who staff it — those why buy and keep on coming back for more . |
| 19 | The salesperson who shows great interest in you , for instance , and probes gently to find out about you : who listens receptively , with a lot of head nodding , so that you start nodding too , and continue to nod when the sales contract and pen are put in your hand . |
| 20 | She falls in love , but soon realises that her political role is more important , and ends up riding off into the sunset with her troops to join Zapata . |
| 21 | Nicholson sucked in an angry breath and turned back to look out of his office window . |
| 22 | Jasper sensed some of this and vowed not to go along with it in the sheeplike fashion of the others . |
| 23 | Money and security can be a temptation , but you 've got to be firm and know when to turn off from what could be a blind alley . ’ |
| 24 | While some associated with it tend to pose in sunglasses or growl into walkie-talkies and get totally caught up in the three-day whirl that has nothing to do with the real world , the contest , over the years , has given joy , drama and emotion . |
| 25 | Corbett smiled and walked back to sit down on the stool while Father John bowed to Wishart and silently left the room . |
| 26 | The patient may be placed on his stomach on the floor , and taught how to come up onto all fours , and then to kneel up , so that he can walk on his knees to a chair . |
| 27 | Despite the arduous conditions , the men are committed to getting the job done ; they will clean up sites at the end of each shift to give the incoming team a flying start , and shifts often work on into changeover and maintenance time . |
| 28 | Standing up to straighten his back , he would take as many as half a dozen buds , popping them all into his mouth , then down he 'd go , snick , snick , bud in , and on to the next — he went so fast that it took two assistants following behind and tying in to keep up with him ! |
| 29 | As soon as it 's over the phone rings ( they 've had a phone put in so that they can get bread and groceries delivered , and feel less cut off from doctors and fire services ) . |
| 30 | He also filled in the usual trader 's form offering to sell the car to the finance company and sent both forms off to the finance company . |