Example sentences of "leapt [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another leapt off the ironing-board where there was a warm blanket and both went with her into the sitting-room where they settled expectantly in front of the unlit fire . |
| 2 | Sammy leapt off the bed and started barking . |
| 3 | Not only did I have loops at the edge , but seven or eight stitches actually leapt off the needles . |
| 4 | I was once chuntering down a slope in the peaty Mount Keen country above the Angus glens and leapt off the top of an eroded peat hag . |
| 5 | My heart leapt off the bedroom |
| 6 | He leapt off the table . |
| 7 | The men fell back , or fell down in some cases , and Benny leapt off the edge of the dock just ahead of a swarm of angrily buzzing bullets . |
| 8 | Immediately before the recording she had an attack during which she appeared anguished and flushed , cried out in panic , and leapt off the bed . |
| 9 | Now that bull weighed nearly a ton , but he leapt off the ground like a bird ; hit Merry in the back and knelt down and got his horn between Merry 's legs . |
| 10 | Claudia leapt off the settee and darted to the door , only to stop as she heard him laugh . |
| 11 | The opening of the story leapt off the page with a vividness very different from that of The Factory Whistle . |
| 12 | The new material sold well , and Henry Miller 's Sexus , Plexus and Nexus leapt off the shelves — under the counter — at ten shillings a copy . |
| 13 | Benedict almost threw her from him , and leapt off the bed . |
| 14 | Taking advantage of Guy 's momentary stupefaction , she wriggled out from under him and leapt off the bed , everything forgotten but the need to escape from something she dared not put a name to . |
| 15 | Barnett leapt off the kerb , and then screamed as the lights of a bus swept across him . |
| 16 | He flicked his own eyes towards the rear seat , and his heart leapt as the black man 's eyes narrowed slightly then glanced at the figure in the back . |
| 17 | He leapt about the room shouting , ‘ Catch me , catch me . ' ’ |
| 18 | The Westons drew pistols , fired into the ceiling and , in the confusion , leapt through an open casement to the ground below . |
| 19 | But the figure leapt through the air onto the next shelf and Endill watched helpless as it disappeared into the darkness . |
| 20 | She nearly leapt through the ceiling when the door opened and Maud and Enid marched menacingly into the room . |
| 21 | Daak leapt through the flying shards and into the cockpit . |
| 22 | Lacuna almost leapt through the doorway , and disappeared into the interior . |
| 23 | She went up the stairs two Levels , dodged across a gangpath to another stair and went up that five Levels , and finally , across another gangpath and she leapt for a lift just leaving . |
| 24 | You leapt for the cleaner banks and I allowed myself to be carried on by the filth of deceit , of shame , and of a guilt that even now I can not put into public or private words . |
| 25 | They leapt for the platform and shoved up the stairs in front of the people waiting , leaving their adversaries jeering and circling below . |
| 26 | In desperation Fleury leapt for the chandelier , with the intention of swinging on it and kicking the sepoy in the face . |
| 27 | Sheldukher leapt for the computer linkage controls . |
| 28 | He leapt for the navigation panel before Jinkwa could stop him and began to manipulate the unfamiliar controls with ease and skill . |
| 29 | Sheldukher leapt for the control point attached to the carrying case . |
| 30 | They swarmed on board with the agility of rats and leapt for the defenders . |