Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not , in fact , a problem , since LIFESPAN provides the tools for creating other DCs as the need arises and attaching them to the same package . |
| 2 | The price of this combo is excellent for a twin channel amp , but its shortcomings in the lead department may keep it from playing in the World Series and confine it to the Junior League . |
| 3 | He took her chin between finger and thumb , turning her face and drowning her in the warm amber light of his eyes . |
| 4 | ‘ The native habit of tethering horses and hobbling them in the full glare of a torrid sun ( with a temperature of perhaps 120 degrees F. in the shade ) destroys the strongest constitution and often kills them out-right … |
| 5 | He had it all worked out : the hand over her mouth , the knife under her eyes , and drag her into the dark shed . |
| 6 | The cause of British nurses and nursing itself in the 1980s has been championed most consistently by Trevor Clay . |
| 7 | Salt shook her shoulder and when that made no difference , dragged her to her feet and propelled her to the small book-lined room known as the study . |
| 8 | When the boy gave no answer , the old man took him by the arm and propelled him to the far end of the room , down the narrow stairway , through the tiny door and back to the safety of his own bedroom . |
| 9 | Then the door of the Earl 's hall slowly yielded , and his father carried him in and laid him on the same bales . |
| 10 | Alexandra took the long pins out of her hat and laid them in the red glass tray on her dressing-table . |
| 11 | Nathan closed the folder and laid it on the starched tablecloth . |
| 12 | He dropped a long , searching kiss on her mouth , then took her shaking hand and laid it against the powerful , overpowering size of his arousal . |
| 13 | When he had begun to eat , I'tibar Khan entered with the box and laid it before the unhappy father , saying : ‘ King Aurangzeb , your son sends this plat to your majesty to let you see that he does not forget you . ’ |
| 14 | It became known as the Pleven Plan , named after the French premier , René Pleven , who took an outline drafted by his earlier mentor , Jean Monnet , and laid it before the French Parliament on 24 October 1950 . |
| 15 | He placed the beings , pictured as animals , in a belt embracing the known universe , and divided it into the twelve equal houses of the zodiac ( Aries , Taurus , Gemini , Cancer , Leo , Virgo , Libra , Sagittarius , Scorpio , Capricorn , Aquarius and Pisces ) . |
| 16 | And Glenn Close 's stubborn and pain-ridden performance as Sunny makes you sad for her and hate her at the same time . |
| 17 | The public are respectfully informed , that the Committee appointed by the Odiham Agriculture Society to consider the best method of improving the Art commonly called Farriery , have , in pursuance of that design , and feeling themselves unable to act with due energy and effect in the capacity of a Committee , found it expedient to detach themselves from that respectable Society , and to erect themselves into the present form . |
| 18 | I took Montaine by the hand and led her through the empty rooms … there were very many . |
| 19 | He saw her state at once and without another word took her arm and led her into the little sitting room . |
| 20 | Then he took Victoria 's hand and led her towards the strange woman . |
| 21 | Allen took her by the arm and led her to the nearest stone shelter . |
| 22 | He took her hand and led her to the open-air dance-floor just as the band slipped into the first of their slow numbers . |
| 23 | At the top of the staircase various Chamberlains , dressed in gold embroidered jackets , welcomed the guests and led them to the Grand Master of Ceremonies . |
| 24 | The flight was successfully undertaken to the area of Kerkenah Island , where two 22X Squadron Sunderlands met the Hurricanes and led them on the last leg to the island . |
| 25 | Corbett stared at him and looked away , the tension between them broken by the Pictish leader who took Thomas by the hand , like a child with a parent , and led him into the largest house , beckoning Corbett to follow them . |
| 26 | And her white Reeboks screeched at the marble as she turned and led me to the waiting forms . |
| 27 | Finally , still silent , she turned and led us into the main room . |
| 28 | Harry Carpenter came up to interview him and asked him about the last putt . |
| 29 | For now , the Strongs wil just have to wait and prepare themselves for the next weekend that Purcell comes home . |
| 30 | The change-over day from one occupancy to the next was on a Saturday , when our admirable Jane Jones arrived to clean and prepare it for the next lot . |