Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb pp] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reportedly it wanted a leg up on the business to reduce its development time and eventually aimed to take over the whole project . |
| 2 | But according to several Washington commentators and analysts , in sending senior aides to China , Mr Bush may have signalled that the Administration gave priority to continuity in relations over moral outrage , and thus helped to shore up the repressive Beijing regime . |
| 3 | Mrs Frizzell fumbled with handbag , parcel and gloves , and finally managed to pick up the teacup as well , and to serve herself with sugar . |
| 4 | Harrison had arrived for the Sports on the previous evening , taken a couple of glasses of beer in the Fish — complimented the landlord on his brew — and then gone to sleep out the night in a barn . |
| 5 | After a while she became more accustomed to the extreme dark and quite enjoyed blowing out the light and being swallowed up by the billowing darkness . |