Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Father Devlin got in alongside him . |
| 2 | Throughout the Depression the NUAW clung on to its existence by retaining the rump of its membership — no more than 25000 — in its East Anglian stronghold . |
| 3 | East Grinstead got off to a great start with an 11th minute goal , but in spite of their pressure — they won ten penalty corners to Holywood 's none — they seldom troubled goalkeeper Kyle Thompson . |
| 4 | It is high time that Wolverhampton got round to proposing some reorganisations . |
| 5 | Suddenly Mr Crick got up from his stool . |
| 6 | as if frightened by more unwanted exposure Marinello crept back into his shell . |
| 7 | With a groan Wattling got out of bed , and then danced cheekily into the bathroom . |
| 8 | By nine that morning they were parked on a side-street off Tottenham Court Road , Bodie at the wheel of the Capri , Doyle slouched down in the passenger seat , idly , almost cursorily , watching the heavy flow of traffic up towards Warren Street . |
| 9 | Pathfinders in Space obeyed all the ground rules Sydney Newman laid down for doing drama on Television . |
| 10 | Averting her eyes , and mentally swatting the butterflies her own erotic thoughts had set fluttering , Luce gazed around with interest while Michele named some of the more important buildings lining the canal 's banks . |
| 11 | One after the other , Nat , Aldo , Jimmy and Ben got on to their bikes and rode off . |
| 12 | Rain confessed as much when Shildon checked up on her progress . |
| 13 | ‘ He thinks I 'm his mother ’ she said blissfully , as Patrick gazed up at her from her lap — dolls will never be quite the same again . |
| 14 | William gazed out of the window as they drove through what used to be called The Village and was now just another suburban shopping centre . |
| 15 | When Sarah got back to the attic bedroom in Newcastle Place the first thing she did was open the window , letting in damp , wintry air . |
| 16 | She loved the hot stews that Minton produced out of the oven when they returned from the pub . |
| 17 | Blair crept down to the bank whilst I rehearsed various reasons to explain why he had not caught the trout : lack of experience , bad casting technique . |
| 18 | Maggie was about to protest that talking to Roger and Luke did not qualify as lurking , but Roger made off with a bottle in each hand and Luke had vanished again . |
| 19 | It was nearly five o'clock and dark before Detective-Inspector Doyle got back to his home in the village four miles to the north of Cambridge . |
| 20 | Renaissance , baroque , rococo and Biedermeier swirled around in our minds as we grew to understand the history of the Habsburg Empire in a tour that was , as far as possible , chronologically arranged . |
| 21 | Dan got up from the breakfast bar . |
| 22 | Operating from one room above Bishopsgate Fire Station from 1968 , by the time Silverman sold out in 1976 it occupied five floors in High Holborn , employed nearly 100 staff and was earning nearly £1m. annually . |
| 23 | Dr Mortimer got up from his chair . |
| 24 | Cecilia got on to the platform . |
| 25 | David Plange added another try for the home side but Widnes fought back with further scores from Bobby Goulding and Stuart Spruce but the Eagles managed to hold on for victory . |
| 26 | Earlier she had listened intently as a statement by Cheshires commanding officer Lt Col Bob Stewart read out at the hearing told how L/Cpl Edwards ' killer had not been traced . |
| 27 | Kolchinsky was waiting in the foyer when Whitlock got back to the hotel . |
| 28 | William got up from his chair at the workbench and went over to open up with a puzzled frown . |
| 29 | gut Mr Lu got back into it down the last . |
| 30 | TRAINER John Gosden made up for Brier Creek 's narrow Ebor defeat when Badawi took the Andy Capp Handicap at York yesterday , writes Carles Fawcus . |