Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack and two others who had witnessed the performance , found me and piloted me back to the warmth and safety of the ski-cabin . |
| 2 | The crane then lowered me down towards the two men underneath me who shouted for me to put my arms out so that they could grab me . |
| 3 | It conveyed nothing out of the ordinary . |
| 4 | Next he led the spinnaker sheets aft to the cockpit and made them fast to the stern cleats with plenty of slack . |
| 5 | She had brought things to make their evening meal and she emptied them on to the work-counter : wine , cheese , spinach , onions , bread , the pink-white tines of a rack of lamb , as if all the promise of their future lay in the guarantee of such ordinariness being possible . |
| 6 | Counting out seven pound notes , he laid them carefully on the table . |
| 7 | Very slowly she took the headphones off and laid them carefully on the table , her eyes never leaving Luke 's for a moment . |
| 8 | One was the passage from the fifteenth chapter of Genesis in which Abraham cut up a heifer , a goat and a ram and laid them out at the Lord 's command , driving the vultures away , falling at last into a deep sleep with ‘ a horror of great darkness ’ . |
| 9 | He laid them out on the desk , got a plastic bag out of the bottom drawer of the filing cabinet and swept all the bits and pieces into it . |
| 10 | The man with the shears laid them down on the grass , took a handkerchief from his pocket , made a knot in each of its four corners and placed this improvised sun-hat on his head . |
| 11 | She rolled the two cloaks into a bundle and laid them down on the shore where the tide could come and take them . |
| 12 | Saturday , 13th : Arrived at Delhi airport over two hours late , at 06.30. met me personally at the barrier and eased me through the arrival formalities . |
| 13 | I met them leeward of the middle vehicle , where they lent a hand to tip the wheelbarrow into a stable position . |
| 14 | The captain of the guard led them on to the scaffold , a scrawny-faced clerk gabbled out the sentence of the court . |
| 15 | She led them slowly through the graveyard to the burial site . |
| 16 | The sentries had been primed to admit him without challenge , Alexei noted , and as soon as his escort had dismounted a trooper wearing the gorget of a provost came out of the gatehouse and led them away towards the stables . |
| 17 | She crossed to the doorway and led them away from the shed . |
| 18 | They were ready now , and he led them back to the Saloon . |
| 19 | She then rejoined the others outside , and the Doctor led them back to the TARDIS . |
| 20 | They had tried twice before , and on each occasion they had been pursued relentlessly through the forests by hostile Moi tribesmen who had stripped them naked , lashed their hands behind them and led them back to the plantation roped together at the neck with twisted creepers . |
| 21 | Gaveston led them back to the heart of the palace whence a servitor took them up to a chamber high in the building . |
| 22 | In disgust the guide led them back to the car park , where they overtipped to avoid a scene and got away without trouble . |
| 23 | He then led them back to the safety of the Allied trenches . |
| 24 | The small procession moved on towards a set of metal stairs that led them down to the second landing . |
| 25 | Then he led them down into the bloody cloud again . |
| 26 | They followed , Adam first , and Fand led them along by the stream . |
| 27 | He told them briefly what had happened and , satisfied that they had packed everything , led them out towards the Galilee Gate . |
| 28 | At last Cranston finished his further refreshment and , with Benedicta so close beside him his heart kept skipping for joy , Athelstan led them out into the great cleared area of Smithfield . |
| 29 | Stephen accepted the compliment and led them out onto the terrace , asking as he did so , ‘ What would you like to drink ? ’ |
| 30 | And then he led them out of the small room . |