Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb past] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was so much untidy milling about , however , that in the confines of the tiny space they found it hard to organize themselves and eventually seemed to abandon the attempt . |
| 2 | The extension of the franchise to all adults created a situation in which political parties had to compete for the mass vote and so had to organise the electorate to support their candidates at the polls . |
| 3 | He should have told Cottee to go and do his talking on the park and perhaps tried to change the team plan to assist his strike-force ( if that 's the right word ) . |
| 4 | The Court of Appeal held that whether the officer had taken possession was a question for the jury , and that the answer depended on whether he had made his mind up to take possession so that they would not be removed , or whether he had an open mind and merely wanted to stop the driver getting away without being questioned . |
| 5 | Anne crouched , and gently tried to pull the pillow away . |
| 6 | BNFL press officer who was at Dover for the arrival of a NTL flask of spent fuel on its way to Sellafield , said : ‘ Greenpeace were at Dover for two days and finally had to admit the sand was harmless . |
| 7 | Bernice straightened from her crouch with the five bolts buzzing like bees in her hand , pulled the access plate open and furtively tried to check the space inside the dispenser . |
| 8 | Doddie Weir still has a lot to learn about No 8 play when it comes to back-row moves , witness the occasion against England when he picked up against the wheel and still tried to complete the move . |
| 9 | Even Xanthe herself looked shocked at what she 'd let out , and feebly tried to weaken the impact . |
| 10 | ‘ By then , all my romantic ideas about marriage being special and forever had bitten the dust . ’ |
| 11 | Miss Fergusson got to her feet and briskly began to continue the ascent . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , this morning I did the accounts , and later went to take the air . ’ |
| 13 | I was called to the administration block of the hospital and later went to register the death , and to make an appointment with an undertaker — this was for ten o'clock the next morning . |
| 14 | The teacher scanned the information available and later asked to use the library for the class . |
| 15 | This deviation from Beveridge 's plan made the scheme expensive to general taxation , and probably tended to prevent the adoption of benefit levels sufficient to provide subsistence incomes to those with no other resources and to inhibit subsequent increases to keep up with the cost of living . |
| 16 | One of the crew pulled out a Colt .45 and shot the beast through the head to put it out of its misery and a group of local Indians gleefully pulled out their knives and instantly began butchering the stallion for its meat . |
| 17 | 1–3–1859 The Convener read the following letter from Claud McFie Esquire with reference to a donation of £400 which he had given to the Aged and Infirm Ministers ' Fund and a like sum to the Supplementary Sustentation Fund and in reference to which he reserved power to demand the interest during his life ; that he was anxious to promote the prosperity of the new Church of Bowmore in Islay , and now desired to appropriate the interest of the latter sum for five years , for that charge , and on this being complied with he gave up for that period his claim for the interest of the former sum , viz £400 , to the Aged and Infirm Ministers ' Fund . |
| 18 | Mike had finished his Coke in three large gulps and now sat turning the glass around in his hands . |
| 19 | The sun had shone so that , after their lemon meringue pie , they had come out here , where the long-haired cat danced about the lawn , and Gaily had noticed the back-gate swinging off its hinges . |
| 20 | I took off my cloak and immediately began to thread the fabric through the hole . |
| 21 | The beadle came quickly , heard the dreadful news , and immediately ran to tell the board . |
| 22 | They 're dyed also naturally in the medieval way with red for the madder and then welled to give the yellow as the basis of digris and then a woad an indigo from woad erm slightly cheating there because we could n't have enough woad , we have to use import the actual substance . |
| 23 | Filming stopped the entire unit decamped for lunch , and then had to abandon the scene as the tide had gone out and the puffer dropped from its previous position at the pier . |
| 24 | The eunuch had made a cursory search and then had reported the matter to Prince Narouz . |
| 25 | It had spread over the jungle and then had devoured the marshland . |
| 26 | She had fought him off like a veritable wildcat when he 'd slung a few well-deserved insults at her , and then had had the gall to deny she had turned traitor , although her brother held his castle for Matilda , and God only knew what she , herself , had done for the Empress . |
| 27 | The pupil had been at Magdalen for a year , and then left to join the Army . |
| 28 | Crown counsel said Alan Murray also denied everything at first and then admitted joining the UVF , while Craig said he was put under pressure to keep various items but denied he was a member of any illegal organisation . |
| 29 | Extraction with alcohol is a third method , when the solvent trickles over the plant material , is collected and then distilled to leave the oil as a solid material . |
| 30 | Slowly , he shook his head once or twice , and then began to make the descent . |