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

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1 At the girls ' establishment where she had been sent at huge expense to learn music and French and to carry out the ornate disciplines conceived by the headmistress — including communal teeth-washing in the gardens , winter and summer , and then communal gargling into the rosebeds , which the headmistress regarded as a form of manure-spreading — the pain was put down to growing too fast .
2 Despite warnings of impenetrable ice , the crew of Knox-Johnston 's boat , the Suhaili , found the fjord clear and continued up the more problematic Watkins Fjord , dodging icebergs to reach the starting point for the climbing section of the expedition .
3 Next time , stay calm and pick up the pace when you can .
4 I know they can be affected by wind and frost and it turns the leaves brown and kills off the buds , but why is only one affected ?
5 There was nothing left now , but to grow old , but to grow old and take on the burden of her mother growing even older .
6 On the pavement , Jo shook herself free and smoothed down the front of her leather mini-skirt .
7 During the countless terrifying minutes before she managed to wriggle free and scramble off the bench , Isabel neither knew nor cared whether it was she or his fever that had caused fitzAlan 's loss of consciousness .
8 The insect jerks itself free and hangs on the empty pupa case , its body trembling .
9 In a thousand remote little farmhouses and cottages , islanded beneath wind-shriven willows or leaning poplars , the racing floods covered the black fields , overflowed the straight dykes … and leaping upon those lonely homes with all the relentless force of wind and gales , burst open the doors , shattered the ground floor windows … and rushed gurgling and swirling up the narrow staircase .
10 He must have been crouched behind a bank of snow watching him all the time as he came struggling and panting up the long slope .
11 Stephen Galway grabbed a superbly crafted winner with 11 minutes on the clock after a bizarre own-goal and cancelled out the Scot 's opener .
12 I went out into the fresh damp morning , walking quickly to keep warm and get round the island before any rain started .
13 Kidnapping the whole cage was impossible and knocking out the Headmaster and all the teachers would be difficult .
14 He walked all over Lyne picking up blocks of red sandstone ashlar and pointing out the old grooves and cramp-holes .
15 And it must be appropriate and sum up the style of the development and its location . ’
16 I roll a joint and turn off the bright neon , leaving us with the sultry lilac glow of a smaller and older lamp , the first I ever bought .
17 Do n't buy silver-top and skim off the cream yourself , because this does n't provide an equivalent calorie saving .
18 But Mrs Porter 's back was turned as she unplugged and packed up the vacuum cleaner , and the very private smile Tom telegraphed across the room to Belinda told her more than the most sweetly worded compliment could have done .
19 ‘ Be a dear and put out the cat ’ , ‘ This train timetable may help you ’ and so on .
20 From the start , pick up a crate and kill the policeman , continue right , dodging the dog on the way , climb the ladder to where the mugger prowls , dodge him and grab the ‘ ? ’ ( 50 points ) and the records , climb upwards , collecting records on the way , kill the workman with the crate and thus gain access to the roof of the building , avoid climbing the crane ( there 's nothing of interest there ) , climb up the ladder and kill the policeman , run right and jump off the edge to the end of the building .
21 No more being shy and going up the high one .
22 His attitude was childlike and brought out the full force of her anger against the vultures waiting beyond the door .
23 I 'd better let her take you home or she 'll eat me alive and spit out the bones . ’
24 Bouncing and bucking down the rough , uneven scrubland of the sloping ground beyond , it finally fetched up hard when it smashed head-on into a rocky outcrop .
25 Clubs attempting to sack the professional and take over the shop to earn revenue can expect no support from those in the business .
26 It will inevitably take some time before the full benefits of our strategy are realised and , whilst we expect our production and cash flow to remain strong and rise over the next few years , profitability in the short term is likely to remain depressed , even with contributions from disposals .
27 ‘ You know , ’ Ash was saying , breathing hard and looking down the stair-well as I opened the door .
28 She never moved as I nipped hard and winkled out the offending obstruction .
29 During the summer of 1985 there was evidence of increasing tension , and a prominent member of the Hornsey Police Federation was quoted as saying that rank and file officers ‘ desperately wanted to go in hard and sort out the criminals ’ .
30 She claims her alleged victim was confused and made up the whole story .
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