Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv prt] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The boy led them up one of the dark streets to a place where the houses were tall and thin and so closely packed together that door followed immediately upon door . |
| 2 | She got them out one of everything and showed them all the different fish . |
| 3 | ‘ I originally got them down first to 100 , then to 80 , but finance dictated that I select a smaller number . |
| 4 | ‘ Although when they first walked in and found you out cold on the floor , they thought you were one of the gang too ! |
| 5 | Rebecca 's Loud Blowsy Tart was the longest ‘ act ’ , so we dropped her off first at a wine bar near St Paul 's . |
| 6 | Felix threw himself down next to the nearest fire , and pulled his cloak tight about him . |
| 7 | I bought some pictures by avant-garde artists , took them home and hung them up next to some Dutch paintings . |
| 8 | Urquhart pulled himself up short with a laugh : a dry laugh , empty with insincerity . |
| 9 | Agnes pulled herself up straighter in the chair and , looking into the broad face , she said , ‘ Your son has been seeing my sister clandestinely . ’ |
| 10 | Along with a Chinese freelance photographer , Cavell had called for her that morning and whisked her round some of Taipei 's famous landmarks , the all-marble Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial , a colourful Buddhist temple , and the Grand Hotel with its magnificent Chinese architecture , pausing only long enough at each for the young man to take the photos that would help introduce Maria to the Taipei public , before escorting her back to the apartment and approving the outfit she planned to wear to the dinner the radio station was hosting for the rest of the local media that night . |
| 11 | Ace once more pulled her down next to him , and his lips found hers . |
| 12 | The ball come across and er I see Bedford had his back to the goal , and I could see he was going to swivel and hit it with his left foot , and I 've just come across the goal and er , he just hit it down low to my right hand side and luckily I 've come the right way and pushed it wide . |
| 13 | However , a six at the 14th brought him back level with Woosnam . |
| 14 | Gould 's determination to possess the lyre-bird took him over some of the roughest terrain around Yarrundi : into precipitous gullies and ravines , through dense woodland and tangled undergrowth , and through , as Gould put it , ‘ rugged , hot and suffocating brushes ’ . |
| 15 | took it all to pieces , cleaned it up all inside it 's great , I thought right I 'll take it outside and I 'll try it now |
| 16 | They thought it up all by themselves ! ’ |
| 17 | Each horse had his own harness ; and if it could n't be spared to be sent down to the shop for repair , the horseman brought it himself , got it seen to and took it back ready for work on the next day . |
| 18 | Some tests done in was n't there , in one of those prisons , and I think they tried with very violent , very aggressive er , prisoners there , and it , they eventually found that the colours that calmed them down most of all was pink . |
| 19 | Wishing hard to avoid the carved arches , I invited all manner of alternatives and shot them down one by one as unsuitable . |
| 20 | When this ended , he set himself up first as a portrait painter . |
| 21 | He sat her down next to the piano , and tinkled out an arpeggio to announce the performance . |