Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he was a proper But it was in his back yard , he was killing it and hanging it up in the window there . |
| 2 | Jane had decreed bowls rather than plates for the curry and spooned it out in the kitchen whence it was ferried by Christopher , Francis and Martine ( Jane 's mind darted back involuntarily to Puchero and gauchos in Argentina ) . |
| 3 | and they go and drag somebody up in |
| 4 | Afraid that at any moment someone would shout ‘ Grab her ! ’ and drag her off to some unspecified yet ineluctable torment , she forced herself at least to look calm while she sat at the console on the dais . |
| 5 | If Kelly could see her now she 'd throw up her hands in horror and drag her off to the nearest restaurant to order the biggest meal on the menu . |
| 6 | At least now he 's surrounded by people who encourage and inspire him , who kick his arse , help him write songs and drag him out of the isolated , uncreative lethargy he easily slips into . |
| 7 | I was sweating , you could imagine thinking God we 're going to have to take the wheels off and drag it through with a tractor or something like that on skids , cos we needed the van for Monday and there was n't going to be a lot of t But then suddenly yes a again I suddenly th |
| 8 | To find out what sort of bottom exists in a swim just stick on a heavy leger and drag it back towards you . |
| 9 | They brought out large packs of cigarettes — then rationed — and shared them out among the men who were on the road watching . |
| 10 | Riven had lost his in the river , but he snatched up one of the long river poles and stabbed it down on the crowds of hairy heads which thronged the water , clicking against skulls . |
| 11 | ‘ Finally on the seventh day , I thought that , being Catholic , they 'd rest , but still unfed and unwatered , each pony was blindfolded and tacked up , and Raimundo got on each one 's back , and whipped it and whipped it out into the pampas , until the pony 's spirit was completely broken , and it 'll never argue with man again . |
| 12 | ‘ Come on , ’ he turned her neatly and propelled her back into the living room . |
| 13 | She rolled the two cloaks into a bundle and laid them down on the shore where the tide could come and take them . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | It was long since Adam had thought of him so , and he gathered the warmth of their recollection to him as gratefully as if he had salved one bleached and solitary bone of the beloved right hand out of the Severn , and laid it back in holy ground . |
| 16 | When it had been cut and bound into sheaves , Kalchu carried it back to the village and laid it out on racks inside the house until it was dry enough to thresh . |
| 17 | She fetched my rope and laid it out on a clear patch of ground . |
| 18 | We unpacked our kit and laid it out on the floor , and then started the lengthy and tiresome process of folding it ‘ à carré ’ so that it sat on our shelves in tidy , identical bricks . |
| 19 | Jake drained his coffee-cup and laid it down on the saucer . |
| 20 | Guido drained his champagne glass and laid it down on the wall beside him . |
| 21 | Guido drained his whisky glass and laid it down on a nearby table . |
| 22 | He folded his newspaper and laid it down on a seat beside him . |
| 23 | ‘ I gathered it up , ’ he was to say , ‘ I actually scooped up the evil hungering thing in my arms and carried it into the house and laid it down by the fire . ’ |
| 24 | Gary got up , took Paula by the arm and led her over to the low sofa . |
| 25 | Fred was delighted and led her up to his bedroom where a truly magnificent blue and yellow parrot sat in a tall cage . |
| 26 | He looked momentarily surprised and then , after throwing Luke a somewhat triumphant look , he smiled and took her by the hand , and led her through into the living-room . |
| 27 | Then , as she blushed again , he slipped an arm around her waist and led her back through the garden to the party . |
| 28 | Her heart touched on the instant by her friend 's distress , she put an arm through hers and led her back to the palace . |
| 29 | Jack finally got her and led her back to the seat , where she folded her anorak carefully , eyes still glued to the screen . |
| 30 | Smiling , Nicolo put his arm around her shoulders and led her back to where they 'd left the Ferrari . |