Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 But he was a proper But it was in his back yard , he was killing it and hanging it up in the window there .
2 Jane had decreed bowls rather than plates for the curry and spooned it out in the kitchen whence it was ferried by Christopher , Francis and Martine ( Jane 's mind darted back involuntarily to Puchero and gauchos in Argentina ) .
3 I had another cup and watched her take the rollers out of her hair and comb it carefully into a high , curly pompadour .
4 The zoo-man at the turnstile 'd come rushing out and Vern 'd get scared and drag me away to the place where he 'd hidden my …
5 If Kelly could see her now she 'd throw up her hands in horror and drag her off to the nearest restaurant to order the biggest meal on the menu .
6 At least now he 's surrounded by people who encourage and inspire him , who kick his arse , help him write songs and drag him out of the isolated , uncreative lethargy he easily slips into .
7 I was sweating , you could imagine thinking God we 're going to have to take the wheels off and drag it through with a tractor or something like that on skids , cos we needed the van for Monday and there was n't going to be a lot of t But then suddenly yes a again I suddenly th
8 The Eurythmics song finishes and you put a foot on the ghetto-blaster 's power cable and drag it smartly across the bathroom tiles , pulling the lead from the back of the machine .
9 They brought out large packs of cigarettes — then rationed — and shared them out among the men who were on the road watching .
10 Riven had lost his in the river , but he snatched up one of the long river poles and stabbed it down on the crowds of hairy heads which thronged the water , clicking against skulls .
11 ‘ Finally on the seventh day , I thought that , being Catholic , they 'd rest , but still unfed and unwatered , each pony was blindfolded and tacked up , and Raimundo got on each one 's back , and whipped it and whipped it out into the pampas , until the pony 's spirit was completely broken , and it 'll never argue with man again .
12 ‘ Come on , ’ he turned her neatly and propelled her back into the living room .
13 As a solitary horseman went by , he stepped in front of her , partially shielding her from view , then grasped her arm and propelled her swiftly across the drawbridge and into the castle in total silence .
14 A burst of fire cut the bald man in two at point-blank range and propelled him headlong into the ditch like a blow from a sledge-hammer .
15 She seized a passing shirt and propelled it vainly towards the bird .
16 They took him from his horse , and laid him tenderly on the ground ; Ranulf stood watch while they waited quietly for the man to die .
17 Very slowly she took the headphones off and laid them carefully on the table , her eyes never leaving Luke 's for a moment .
18 She rolled the two cloaks into a bundle and laid them down on the shore where the tide could come and take them .
19 One was the passage from the fifteenth chapter of Genesis in which Abraham cut up a heifer , a goat and a ram and laid them out at the Lord 's command , driving the vultures away , falling at last into a deep sleep with ‘ a horror of great darkness ’ .
20 It looked as if she had no life in her either , but she moaned as James carried her and laid her gently on the seat of his carriage .
21 He lifted the edge of the hood , and laid it gently over the shattered head , hiding the face .
22 She fetched my rope and laid it out on a clear patch of ground .
23 We unpacked our kit and laid it out on the floor , and then started the lengthy and tiresome process of folding it ‘ à carré ’ so that it sat on our shelves in tidy , identical bricks .
24 Guido drained his whisky glass and laid it down on a nearby table .
25 He folded his newspaper and laid it down on a seat beside him .
26 Jake drained his coffee-cup and laid it down on the saucer .
27 Guido drained his champagne glass and laid it down on the wall beside him .
28 ‘ I gathered it up , ’ he was to say , ‘ I actually scooped up the evil hungering thing in my arms and carried it into the house and laid it down by the fire . ’
29 He took her arm and led her away from the entrance .
30 Gary got up , took Paula by the arm and led her over to the low sofa .
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