Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The water was thick and brown and went down through the top end of Spaladale at a fearful rate .
2 The Woman loomed over the group , tall and brown and smiling down at the two mops of black hair — one over a quizzical smile and the other over a scowl .
3 Did you know it 's a replica of one of the charms said to be over a thousand years old and dug up on the island of Bornholm ? ’
4 He decided to be generous and went in to the shop .
5 Carson ran up the brick steps to the courtyard 's wooden side-door , rattling the bolt free and stepping out into the narrow alley that ran down the side of the house .
6 And in a second he was under the Man 's arm and out through the cage door , free and gliding over towards the fence by the benches .
7 She tucked in her brown silk blouse , tossed her red hair free and strode off towards the editor 's office , Mitch behind her admiring her slender figure and keeping his thoughts strictly to himself .
8 As soon as his hold slackened a shade she pulled free and set off down the stairs .
9 Nail clippers might also be required to prevent dew-claws from becoming overgrown and curling round into the dog 's flesh .
10 The carriageway was empty and sealed off from the world by chipped grey railings down the centre and either side .
11 He went over to a flowerbed and felt around in the mud .
12 Although at first it may prove excitable and run off around the garden , the puppy should soon return to you .
13 Gabby , who , with her husband , was preparing to run a guest house and had quite enough to do at home , cooked and brought down to the new house a hearty and beautifully cooked meal each evening , and filthy and exhausted the three of us would wolf it down .
14 Under the old community the harvest was the climax of the rural year , not merely an incident in the more mechanical and depersonalized round on the farm as it has become today .
15 The data can then be analysed or altered and placed back in the database .
16 Sweden is the latest country to suffer from criminals fiddling with mobile phones to re-direct bills — thousands of phones were stolen , altered and sold back to the market as ‘ no charge phones ’ : 10 people have been arrested so far for the crime , which came to light when some subscribers reported bills of $70,000 more than they were expecting ; police said that some of the men arrested were associated with the the Swedish state phone company Televerket and L M Ericsson Telefon AB , Reuter reports from Stockholm .
17 ‘ And if one man did just what you say is impossible and slipped in on the darkside ? ’
18 The school librarian can produce a library bulletin or newspaper in an attractive format and pupils can be encouraged to use the library as an information base in the truest sense — where information about the school is gathered , classified and presented back to the school in a readable and attractive form .
19 If we were to construct a ‘ ladder ’ of non-fatal offences , starting with the most serious and moving down to the least serious , the offence of attempted murder should be placed at the top .
20 We rose early and sailed back among the flying fish to Kalkan .
21 Standing stork-like and hanging on to the various bathroom fittings , she cleaned her teeth and made a reasonable toilet .
22 Sean ( Being really sad and coming in to the library on a sunday to do some work )
23 The nice young man could n't argue with that ; I paid the £25 extra and hurried out of the shop before he found a cheap white one .
24 ‘ If you are feeling bored and fed up with the daily routine , give the WI a try .
25 I became bored and wandered back to the library .
26 Conference , could you be upstanding and welcome on to the platform , Catherine and , delegates from the Lancashire region where last year 's congress was held , to unveil the G M B banner .
27 The times of retiring and getting up on the next morning were noted on the diary sheet and marked electronically by pushing the appropriate buttons on the recording unit .
28 Finally , the lead pickup alone is placed as usual at the end of the track , so you can still clobber the switch hard right and get back to the classic , hard-edged Telecaster tone .
29 After he stabbed the girl Cook told her he was sorry and ran out of the shop .
30 But no , I wind as fast as possible and catch up with the fish which is swimming toward me .
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