Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was also chairman of the Newspaper Publishers Association and pointed out to the proprietor of the Daily Mail the danger of damaging democracy through a last minute election stunt story . |
| 2 | Luckily for us he was too overcome to offer us refreshment , so we said our farewells and got back into the jeep and drove off along the road leading to the village of Breville . |
| 3 | They climbed back into the jeep and went on along the rutted lane , lurching and splashing through deep puddles , the Brigadier worrying audibly all the way because ‘ things were n't as they should be . ’ |
| 4 | He waited ‘ till the tram drew abreast of the silent jeep and leaped on to the running board beside the driver . |
| 5 | Another bullet fired from the same revolver had entered the outside of the driver 's ( that is , the left-hand ) door of the jeep and passed through to the edge of the driver 's seat without striking Paulette . |
| 6 | It was a slow , infuriating process , and as A roads gave way to B and Robyn neared her destination already two hours late , the slowly darkening skies became as black and as desperate as Robyn 's frame of mind , until the heavens opened and it started to pour — not reasonable , perfectly acceptable drops of rain from a warm July sky , but pounding , penetrating torrents that battered and bounced off the roof of the jeep and seeped in through the ill-fitting windows . |
| 7 | He let the jib sheet loose and heaved in on the main . |
| 8 | It had once been the master bedroom and looked out on the woods to the east . |
| 9 | She sat in the dishevelled shabby glamour of her bedroom and stared out of the window for hours at a time . |
| 10 | When he had gone , Jessamy wandered into the small bedroom and sat down on the bed , because her legs felt as if they just would n't hold her up any longer . |
| 11 | The car picked up speed and shot off into the distance . |
| 12 | It lost speed and pulled up outside the kiosk with a squeal of brakes . |
| 13 | LOOSE ALICE , also known affectionately as Slack , shot out of the trap in a blur of speed and bore down on the man who was running in front of her squeezing a squeaky toy . |
| 14 | The class struggle between bourgeoisie and proletariat became ever more intense ; mounting economic crises followed in rapid succession and spilled over into the catastrophe of world war . |
| 15 | The Mechelen striker , who is owned by his club president and leased out to the Belgian team , was on his way home last night after less than a week on Tyneside . |
| 16 | It was unfair to the defendant and came about by the calculated action of the police to lull Newall into a false sense of security , he added . |
| 17 | Then he lost his nerve and rushed out of the flat and came back to the house to find me . ’ |
| 18 | Then Handlebar 's cock suddenly jumped into the air , flew the distance that separated it from its rival and came down on the darker bird with its neck arched and talons open . |
| 19 | I remember years ago being amused when a young man given to very few words came to our vicarage and burst in with the news : ‘ Jane had a baby boy this morning ! ’ still with his bedroom slippers on . |
| 20 | Charles rose from his seat and walked out of the dressing room . |
| 21 | Magee leapt into the driver 's seat and pressed down on the accelerator , heading away from the scene of carnage , his own brow furrowed . |
| 22 | The very sight of the sign at the head of the platform , shabby and tourist and third class though it was compared with that of the Golden Arrow at the other end of the station , was enough to raise her to a state she had never reached before , and as the train moved south , she sat in her seat and stared out of the window as though in a trance . |
| 23 | Slowly he rose from his seat and went over to the headmaster who stood twisting the piece of white chalk between his fingers . |
| 24 | As was proved when , without replying to her question about the interview , he left the driver 's seat and came round to the passenger 's door . |
| 25 | Instead , she rose smartly from her seat and stepped out through the doors as they opened . |
| 26 | Calmly and methodically , Kirov climbed from the driving seat and skirted round to the back of the van , opening the rear door . |
| 27 | They travelled up the goods line from Blackburn waited for a clear road at Hellifield Junction , got onto the long drag and worked up to the summit . |
| 28 | She put the scarf back round her neck and went through to the shop . |
| 29 | ‘ So he had a few puffs before he grabbed her round the neck and got on with the job … ’ |
| 30 | His hand moved from her neck and wandered down to the soft fullness of her body . |