Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ That 's him , then , all gone , ’ Gloria said , before a nurse came scurrying out through the doors , took her by the arm and led her back into the ward . |
| 32 | He bowed , kissed her hand , and led her down to the courtyard where their carriage waited . |
| 33 | He took her hand and led her out of the café . |
| 34 | Her eyes were only very slightly glazed as Fernando Serra tightened his grip on her hand and led her out of the Guadalquivir suite . |
| 35 | ‘ We ca n't talk here , ’ he said , and led her out of the room and into the hall . |
| 36 | He signalled to the waiter that he had put two twenty-peseta notes on the table , and led her out into the afternoon sun . |
| 37 | Snorting at the friar 's apparent stupidity , Cranston turned his horse and led them out of the main alleyways of Southwark . |
| 38 | Stephen accepted the compliment and led them out onto the terrace , asking as he did so , ‘ What would you like to drink ? ’ |
| 39 | They had tried twice before , and on each occasion they had been pursued relentlessly through the forests by hostile Moi tribesmen who had stripped them naked , lashed their hands behind them and led them back to the plantation roped together at the neck with twisted creepers . |
| 40 | He beckoned and led them off between the Standing Stones . |
| 41 | She took hold of his hand and led him over to the small bed . |
| 42 | McGowan took Jed by the arm and led him over to the cardboard box . |
| 43 | The guy let him carry his own case and led him through into the concourse where the English driver from the Embassy pool was waiting . |
| 44 | Senga took her brother 's hand and led him out into the hall . |
| 45 | Two policemen forcibly took her arms from around her son , and led him out to the car to join his sister . |
| 46 | They beat him up in the alleyway , tied his hands and led him off to the Marshalsea . |
| 47 | Esther was saying , returning to the guest list , recalling scores not settled a quarter of a century ago : ‘ Yes , the very man , he 's a something or other in the DES , he 's a very important chap now , you ought to have a go at him , ’ Liz replied , and as she spoke the doorbell rang , and there was the first guest , on the dot of two minutes past nine o'clock , tall , thin , grey , anxious , clutching a bunch of yellow roses , ex-priest turned analyst Joseph O'Toole , standing stranded on the black and white marble tiles , not knowing where to turn , how to divest himself of his coat , to whom to deliver his roses , a lost man , gazing mildly at the unexpected butler , waiting for the arrival of familiar Liz Headleand , who advanced upon him , took the roses , embraced him , restored him , and led him in to Charles , Alix and Esther : a quarter of an hour earlier she had predicted the time of his arrival accurately , to the minute , and now smiled triumphantly as she effected the introductions , a smile of complicity in which Joseph O'Toole , who was acutely aware of his own punctuality problem , was able with a pleasant relief to share . |
| 48 | He put my felonious body in the stocks of his arm and led me off in the direction of what passed for a garden at Sussex , a series of brick-edged parallelograms that could n't have looked more artificial if they had been planted with cathode-ray tubes , instead of hardy perennials . |
| 49 | ‘ Are you all right , darling ? ’ he asked , and led me along to my son 's house ! |
| 50 | Jim became team captain in succession to Ian in October 1977 and led us up to Division One in 1978–79 as 2nd Division champions , then to the top of the Football League on 29 September 1979 , scoring as spectacular a goal in our 4–1 trouncing of Ipswich Town as any football follower could ever hope to witness . |
| 51 | Catesby took my point , smiled , and led us up to his own warm , spacious chamber in the Lion Tower . |
| 52 | He then gave the order to move off and led us out of the abbey gate . |
| 53 | She took the proffered tiny scrap of blotting paper and wiped it on to her tongue . |
| 54 | I 've seen my mam take sheets off a bed and tear them up in squares . |
| 55 | Nigel rallied round and asked her out for a drink . |
| 56 | And she was all right because when I got back here , she drove up and asked me over for coffee . |
| 57 | ‘ He rang me up that same evening and asked me out for a drink . ’ |
| 58 | The hotel staff felt sorry for the Garda and asked them round to the back door , where they handed out tots of whiskey . |
| 59 | ‘ I cut a picture of a model in a swimsuit out of Vogue and posted it back to one man . |
| 60 | So this poor woman is er anaesthetized , intubated , which is when they put the tube down the throat and connect you up to the life-support machine , and then she 's supposed to be being maintained in her unconscious state with inhalation anaesthesia , in other words they give her er gas and air to breathe to keep her unconscious . |