Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [conj] [vb past] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They came before the tent and prostrated themselves on the ground before following their chief to prison . |
| 2 | I could n't understand what was wrong with him until Frankie pulled out the other two from behind the boiler and found them in a similar state . |
| 3 | There was something about the wizard that irked Him beyond measure . |
| 4 | ‘ Then , late in the game , Ray Wilkins grabbed me by the shirt and threw me to the ground with a judo throw . |
| 5 | Lee took hold of the bike and pulled it over the fence . |
| 6 | She dressed hurriedly , made herself a snack , took the bike and wheeled it round the corner of the cottage into the front garden . |
| 7 | He broke free of the lieutenant and threw himself on top of me . |
| 8 | Artur Greisser , a Nazi and the Danzig nominee on the Harbour Board , went to the office of one of the Polish engineers on the Board and threatened him with a revolver . |
| 9 | I took the collar off , removed the stones , put the rest in the sack and took it to the gibbet . |
| 10 | ‘ Hello , Margaret , ’ said Juliet , a little disconcerted when the woman lifted the colander and held it before her . |
| 11 | It was the folds of the banner , lying thick and cold in the shelter below , that saved his life , but not his skull from the blow that deprived him of consciousness . |
| 12 | The gaoler opened it , took a cresset torch from the passageway and pushed it into a small crevice in the cell wall . |
| 13 | Macnaghten J. dealt with the question whether the action is maintainable on the ground of the principle of Foakes v. Beer ( above , p.240 ) , to which I have referred , and he says : ‘ In the present case the jury , by their verdict , have found that on July 6 Mr. Kennard made an offer that if , on the following day , the plaintiff obtained the money and paid it into a bank at Eastbourne with instructions to remit it to the account of Stanley Evans & Co. at the Law Courts branch of the Bank of England , he would not serve the bankruptcy notice . |
| 14 | Mum was crying as she picked up the money and slipped it into her purse which she kept down her bosom . |
| 15 | I crept along the riverside until I reached the culvert and hid myself among the banks of sweet cicely to read my book . |
| 16 | I thought about that scent ; there was something about it , something extra besides the smell that reminded me of Marcus 's bathroom . |
| 17 | It would also leave Lewis as possibly a minor player in the world heavyweight scene which could be returning to the chaos that surrounded it before Mike Tyson brutally united sports richest prize . |
| 18 | He went up to the Palestinian and shot him at close range , the army said . |
| 19 | He reached for the case and took it in both hands . |
| 20 | After hearing the evidence the justices announced that they found him guilty , but on hearing of his previous convictions they decided that they would not deal with the case and committed him for trial to quarter sessions . |
| 21 | Scrambling to his feet , he took the case and hung it by its handle on to a support-post of the fence , then quickly climbed back over , lifted down the case , and hurried back across the glade and down the path by which he had come , finally disappearing into the trees . |
| 22 | Typically , teen magazines like Smash Hits , were soon on the case and presented them as a ‘ new ’ band , although none went as far as dubbing them the customary , overnight success . |
| 23 | A fortnight later Edward sealed the text and issued it to all sheriffs . |
| 24 | and about the snake that ate itself to death . |
| 25 | Very , very carefully , Holmes took the snake and threw it into the metal box . |
| 26 | Edward was given the contract and threw himself into it with vigour , aided no doubt by his life-long abhorrence of the building which he was now about to replace . |
| 27 | He proposed to create an additional fund to increase the endowment and started it off himself with a donation of £1,000 . |
| 28 | I picked it up after the election and modified it in the light of the amendments that we had tabled when we were in opposition . |
| 29 | Miles crossed decisively to the starpod , unsealed the hatch and swung himself into the cabin , smiling as it snuggled shut behind him with a soft pneumatic wheeze . |
| 30 | When the horn was robed she threaded back the leather of the necklace and gave it to Dreamer , who put it round his neck and tucked this frail memory of the broken boy into his furs . |