Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] [prep] [art] floor " in BNC.
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| 31 | He squeezed with all his strength , pushing her down onto the floor , while a raucous parody of the nocturne played fortissimo in his head . |
| 32 | Through the Lousadas Minton was to an extent drawn into a Hammersmith circle of artists which included Victor Pasmore , Julian Trevelyan and Mary Fedden who once danced with Minton at a New Year 's Eve party until she literally dropped , whereupon he gently laid her down on the floor . |
| 33 | Then he grabbed at her gown , got her down on the floor |
| 34 | Ellen screamed and was instantly seized by the other man , who , laughing at her wild struggles , began to force her down to the floor . |
| 35 | As she screamed , she felt arms grab hold of her and pick her up off the floor . |
| 36 | And I said the thing is , she 'll pick him up off the floor or she 'll pick him up out the basket and say if you do n't give me some money for some drugs I 'll chuck him on the floor ! |
| 37 | When I had stretched him out on the floor , I stood over him . |
| 38 | When he was n't looking I poured mine on to the floor . |
| 39 | Spitting it on to the floor , he raised the half-empty bottle to his lips and drank down the fiery vodka in great gulps , as if to drown the useless curses which rose in his throat . |
| 40 | He pulled the brassiere from her body and dropped it on to the floor . |
| 41 | He wanted to pick up something from the breakfast table and throw it on to the floor , the plate from which Mr Blakey had eaten his fry , the apricot jam , the tea-pot , the bundle of knives and forks that Kate had collected and put on top of the pile of green cereal bowls . |
| 42 | She shivered suddenly , and her arm caught the folder of photographs , knocking it on to the floor . |
| 43 | See I could , I could just take it round the edge of your carpet , you know , just , if er , if you want me to , if you want me to I 'll , I can lift the edge of your carpet and put it down onto the floor |
| 44 | She took hold of it and put it down on the floor . |
| 45 | Quietly , humbly , Cameron took off his headset and set it down on the floor . |
| 46 | They set it down on the floor in the middle of the room , as the T'ang had instructed them earlier , then backed away , heads lowered . |
| 47 | She put it down on the floor beside her guitar . |
| 48 | so , anyway , I just , we 've got it down on the floor and I says if we had a brown suite |
| 49 | For a moment Henry thought she was going to hit him , and then , instead , she seized the receiver from him and , sweeping it down to the floor with her she poured love , support , tenderness and quietness down the line . |
| 50 | I picked it up off the floor , and it looked perfectly new . ’ |
| 51 | An essential piece of equipment is a long spirit level which you use to ensure that your frame is horizontal — do not rely on lining it up with the floor or ceiling of the room . |
| 52 | We laid it out on the floor and they measured it up . |
| 53 | At the end of each day my pillow was so soaked in saliva that I had to wring it out on the floor . ’ |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | I put it back on the floor . |
| 56 | When the dancing had reached its climax , the whole crowd flung themselves on to the floor and further worked themselves up into what looked like a communal epileptic fit . |
| 57 | I had got myself down on the floor of the Superdome Convention Hall to make a video . |
| 58 | I howl , and I throw myself down on the floor . |
| 59 | I put weight on my hands and tried to push myself up off the floor . |
| 60 | I got out of bed gah ! — and then picked myself up off the floor . |