Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] [noun] [conj] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I bent my knees a little to put on the shoulder-strap and left him watching me move back onto the road . |
| 2 | She switched on the radio and switched it off again . |
| 3 | She put down the candle and left it burning there . |
| 4 | The boys ' mother , Tracey Gardiner , 29 , and her five-month-old son , escaped unharmed after a neighbour and a passing mini-cab driver broke down the door and woke them up . |
| 5 | The woman beckoned imperiously , and , sighing , Theda turned down the gallery and followed her downstairs . |
| 6 | I wound down the window and asked him if he knew where the dolmen was . |
| 7 | At the last moment , when the engine blew steam , she let down the window and handed him an envelope addressed to St Ives ; she looked at him with the eyes of one waking from a dangerous dream . |
| 8 | He thought he saw her hand move towards her machine gun , but then one of the soldiers in white ran down the aisle and shot her again through the head . |
| 9 | Tammuz put down the drinks and poked it with a cautious finger . |
| 10 | Tuppe put down the rucksack and kicked it under the bed . |
| 11 | He finished painting in a silence so icy she could almost feel its frosty fingers on her skin , then climbed down the ladder and handed her the paintbrush . |
| 12 | And erm so he reluctantly went down the bank and got me a tenner . |
| 13 | Or maybe they had closed down the Project and abandoned him . |
| 14 | A man had brought in the suitcases and stood them in the middle of the floor . |
| 15 | The Admiral reached for the pipe that lay on the table beside him , took out a tobacco pouch , filled the pipe carefully , lit it , sucked in the smoke and blew it out luxuriously . |
| 16 | He went inside and the kitchen scents hit him then , laying down a trail that drew him across the creaking boards and down the hall . |
| 17 | It was Yom Kippur , and in one of the breaks in the day-long service , I spied a young dark-haired lad shinning up and down a pillar and asked him if he liked acting . |
| 18 | I had some material and they said they would make it up into a Kamiz for me , so next time I went there I took along a garment that fitted me . |
| 19 | Vietnam was left to decide its own fate , and in 1975 , North Vietnam took over the South and declared it a Communist state , causing thousands to flee from the South as boat people refugees . |
| 20 | An ’ we now know he wuz the Triad connection , the one who took over the sect an' corrupted it . ’ |
| 21 | On a visit to Scarborough with Janet Rigby , they walked over a bridge and said they would meet up again on it one day . |
| 22 | I cooked it over a fire or dried it in the sun . |
| 23 | ‘ Correct ! ’ she squealed , leaned over a millimetre and kissed me quickly . |
| 24 | I pulled off the wires that joined her to my machine . |
| 25 | At a certain point , evidently prearranged , for he did n't consult Nenna and hardly glanced at the banks , Richard put about , switched off the engine and hauled it on board . |
| 26 | What if he had n't left yet — she could ring him and tell him she 'd chickened out , and he could flap his wings and tease her but at least she would n't have to — oh , hell , here he is , she thought , and watched as the huge bike rolled to a halt and he switched off the engine and hauled it up on the stand . |
| 27 | Dip this end into hormone rooting powder while it is still moist from the cut so that some powder adheres , shake or tap off the surplus and lay it aside for a few minutes while the others are being prepared . |
| 28 | He has not yet come off the fence and told us whether he supports the barrage project . |
| 29 | I prised off a scab and gave it the tongue test . |
| 30 | A motorway workman was killed when a wheel flew off a lorry and hit him . |