Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] [noun] [conj] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She switched on the engine and headed back on to the road . |
| 2 | I also switched on the echo-sounder and adjusted it to ‘ bleep ’ if we passed over any fish — such are the benefits of modern technology ! |
| 3 | He returned to his coffee and drank , switched on the TV and flicked through soundless channels of familiar images , crouching to watch the dull face of a man in a suit . |
| 4 | The table did for working and eating ; the mattress ( put straight on the floor and covered in black tweed ) did for sleeping and lounging ; and the steps made extra seating areas as well with the help of large flat black or white cushions which stacked like striped playbricks when not in use . |
| 5 | and we put a little sex appeal into it and turn it into what I thought was a very contemporary , viable and graphic arts piece that would be very broadly hung on the wall and used . |
| 6 | Then he switched on the torch and splashed through the puddle in the concrete to the shed . |
| 7 | Yevgeny Svetlanov took on the programme as advertised but , in the first half , those who failed to occupy seats missed little . |
| 8 | Ratagan set himself to starting a fire whilst the rest rubbed down the horses and searched for firewood . |
| 9 | My mother went down the yard and seen the boss and asked him if he could get and the fact that my mother went down the yard I suppose er he must have felt sorry for us . |
| 10 | Tim falling down the Kud and brought in by a kind Indian , unconscious for a day , and in hospital for a week . |
| 11 | ‘ We are three-quarters of a mile in the depths of the earth , and the great river shrinks into insignificance as it dashes its angry waves against the walls and cliffs that rise to the world above ; the waves are but puny ripples , and we but pygmies , running up and down the sands or lost among the boulders . |
| 12 | The white blanket rolled down the hillside and lapped over the roofs of the dwelling and outbuildings of the little farm . |
| 13 | Time and again we have put down the markers and placed on record that we would regard it as a perfectly reasonable alternative to what exists now if there were a series of companies throughout Scotland which represented the ownership of those at present employed by the Scottish Bus Group under the same conditions as at present and with the same commitment to the current level of services . |
| 14 | He pulled down the blankets and fumbled for his matches . |
| 15 | Dawson came down the scale and finished with a bass boom , index finger down heavily , thumb extended . |
| 16 | He walked down the hall and stopped by a door . |
| 17 | I gathered from Doone 's face that it was n't the type of answer he 'd expected , but he pulled out a notebook and wrote down the reply as given , checking that he 'd got it right . |
| 18 | ‘ My hosts have driven me down the avenue and given me the figures . |
| 19 | I put down the shafts and waved with my straw hat . |
| 20 | They scrambled down the bank and set to nibbling beside the water . |
| 21 | Even the fishing fleet came down the harbour as expected from intelligence reports , and might have choked the narrow 100 yards wide entrance if a burst of tracer from a destroyer had not turned them aside as they grasped the situation . |
| 22 | I fled down the cellar and returned with the chopper . |
| 23 | Nine days after the first spillage the government 's Marine Pollution Control Unit declared : " The stormy weather has broken down the oil and driven it out to sea . |
| 24 | She watched him through her fingers as he went down the garden and bent over the hole . |
| 25 | Every now and then I blew desperately down the throat or probed between the ribs for that almost imperceptible beat . |
| 26 | Sara shivered a little in her thin American suit as she walked down the gangway and got into the bus which was to take her and the other passengers to the arrival building . |
| 27 | Gradually stir in the milk until thickened and smooth . |
| 28 | She recalled now that this was the one who had explained to his mother what clandestinely meant , and he , too , was the one who brought in the law when confronted by the policeman . |
| 29 | Fill in the details as required on the order form , and send it , with a deposit of £10 to the address shown . |
| 30 | The retailer selects the items he wants and fills in the form as outlined above . |