Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He nodded eagerly and left with his dog . |
| 2 | Hugh would get up purposefully and drive into Mondano , returning with a large number of bread rolls and a few croissants over which the children quarrelled . |
| 3 | We have not yet been sufficiently educated to realize that the risk of dying from the greatest killer disease in the Western world could be drastically reduced if only we took preventative measures by eating sensibly and looking after our bodies . |
| 4 | Rescuers , working in stifling temperatures in a space no bigger than three feet wide and two feet high , reached through a small hole they had dug to the men at 9.30pm and passed through drinks and sandwiches . |
| 5 | ‘ Bring a horse , ’ said Hotspur , rearing up fiercely and looking about him for the nearest serviceable squire , ‘ and get him on to it . |
| 6 | He found them quickly enough and returned to the pub . |
| 7 | After an inauspicious début as part of a band , Amos went solo and relocated to London . |
| 8 | The procession , which takes place on the Saturday before the first Monday in August , leaves the town hall at 2pm and arrives at the cathedral some two hours later . |
| 9 | Fishing is from 10am to 2pm and open to any junior up to the age of 15 . |
| 10 | The fair starts at 2pm and finishes at 10pm . |
| 11 | He greeted her very warmly and blushed in the sweetest way when she gave him a sisterly kiss . |
| 12 | Svend thanked her warmly and talked about next year ; she would see the exhibit then , and he would welcome any suggestions she had for its display . |
| 13 | Leading on from that , we fixed a meeting for this year aimed at getting to know each other better and looking at how to prepare together the ecumenical service . |
| 14 | Harry folded his arms , smiled as if he knew better and strolled about the room . |
| 15 | They also tended to know their middle-class patients better and communicated with them better than with their working-class patients . |
| 16 | Others claim that projects will be handled better and result in a net saving . |
| 17 | However , since I was very keen , I decided to go even better and invest in a macro lens . |
| 18 | More copper in the wire means it holds the core better and makes for a more ductile string , but while it 's a great sounding string , it 's the one with the shortest life . |
| 19 | ( And as Lucy was shuffling tensely and waiting for someone to respond , Joe Lucas was in his hotel room and trying to prise the cap off a fresh bottle of painkillers that he 'd picked up , along with some disposable razors and a few other essentials , from a late-opening pharmacy on Piccadilly . |
| 20 | I jumped up suddenly and ran into the crowds of people in the dark . |
| 21 | He lets go suddenly and takes off Andrew 's shirt , throwing it quickly into the corner where his own shirt was thrown . |
| 22 | I got out of bed suddenly and fumbled for some money . |
| 23 | ’ ‘ Shame on ye , ye plump English trollope , ’ he giggled suddenly and rolled onto her again . |
| 24 | She stopped suddenly and gazed at him . |
| 25 | ‘ Pech gehabt , ’ he said suddenly and broke into a grin . |
| 26 | Just then , a customer got up suddenly and hurried to the door . |
| 27 | For centuries civilised man thought poetry was the pinnacle he must reach for — ’ He caught himself suddenly and smiled for the first time Blanche had known him to , the embarrassed smile of a passionate devotee who suddenly discovers that everyone around him , whom he thought entranced by his obsession , was in fact sniggering behind his back . |
| 28 | Joseph tugged at his brother 's sleeve suddenly and nodded across the room . |
| 29 | We were grabbed suddenly and hustled into the dancing light . |
| 30 | A copy of Return Safe from the Wilderness lay on a workbench , and I picked it up idly and looked through it . |