Example sentences of "and [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Repechages for the other places were rowed on Tuesday evening but yesterday 's final was cancelled when the wind blew up again and made racing out of the question . |
| 2 | BREAKFAST listeners were left in silence when two radio presenters nipped off for a coffee during the news — and got locked out of the studio . |
| 3 | ‘ We also played badly in two one-day games and got knocked out of the NatWest and B&H as a result . ’ |
| 4 | ' 'Lo , Olga , ’ she said mechanically and moved to pass out of the same door ; but Mrs Stych wanted to show off her outfit . |
| 5 | ‘ Why , so that you can ease your own frustration and put the blame on me ? ’ she managed to shoot back , and tried to wriggle out of the bag , unsuccessfully . |
| 6 | I kissed her and held her and tried to get out of the house without saying goodbye to anyone . |
| 7 | The pilots were drunk and half-naked ; they got no help from the French girls , who simply screamed and tried to get out of the window . |
| 8 | She fiddled with the strap of her small black leather shoulder-bag , and turned to stare out of the glass doors at the hot afternoon scene beyond . |
| 9 | They talked for a while longer before Coffin put down the receiver and returned to look out of the window . |
| 10 | Instead of turning left over the canal bridge which would have taken him into the village , he turned right and began walking out of the village on the Brookend road . |
| 11 | Eventually he asked her out , and , even though she knew her parents strongly disapproved of the flashy young man from London , she disobeyed them and started sneaking out of the house every night when they were asleep , to meet him . |
| 12 | Mrs Thwaites and I followed the path made in the snow by the animals and managed to get out of the dale all right . |
| 13 | Corbett rubbed the strap between his fingers and went to stare out of the window , half-listening to the sounds of the night outside . |
| 14 | She pushed it off , rose and went to look out of the window to see what the weather was like . |
| 15 | She stopped and went to look out of the window . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's fine , ’ Alison said , and crossed to look out of the windows . |
| 17 | He merely shifted position slightly , knotted his fingers more tightly together and continued gazing out of the window . |
| 18 | He cleared his throat and continued to stare out of the window for a couple of moments longer . |
| 19 | Because he knew he could n't speak of what was in his mind , he pretended he had n't heard her and continued to stare out of the window . |
| 20 | Coffin got up and stood looking out of the window . |