Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Gary got up , took Paula by the arm and led her over to the low sofa . |
| 4 | Fred was delighted and led her up to his bedroom where a truly magnificent blue and yellow parrot sat in a tall cage . |
| 5 | Her heart touched on the instant by her friend 's distress , she put an arm through hers and led her back to the palace . |
| 6 | Jack finally got her and led her back to the seat , where she folded her anorak carefully , eyes still glued to the screen . |
| 7 | Smiling , Nicolo put his arm around her shoulders and led her back to where they 'd left the Ferrari . |
| 8 | He bowed , kissed her hand , and led her down to the courtyard where their carriage waited . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She took hold of his hand and led him over to the small bed . |
| 11 | McGowan took Jed by the arm and led him over to the cardboard box . |
| 12 | Two policemen forcibly took her arms from around her son , and led him out to the car to join his sister . |
| 13 | They beat him up in the alleyway , tied his hands and led him off to the Marshalsea . |
| 14 | Esther was saying , returning to the guest list , recalling scores not settled a quarter of a century ago : ‘ Yes , the very man , he 's a something or other in the DES , he 's a very important chap now , you ought to have a go at him , ’ Liz replied , and as she spoke the doorbell rang , and there was the first guest , on the dot of two minutes past nine o'clock , tall , thin , grey , anxious , clutching a bunch of yellow roses , ex-priest turned analyst Joseph O'Toole , standing stranded on the black and white marble tiles , not knowing where to turn , how to divest himself of his coat , to whom to deliver his roses , a lost man , gazing mildly at the unexpected butler , waiting for the arrival of familiar Liz Headleand , who advanced upon him , took the roses , embraced him , restored him , and led him in to Charles , Alix and Esther : a quarter of an hour earlier she had predicted the time of his arrival accurately , to the minute , and now smiled triumphantly as she effected the introductions , a smile of complicity in which Joseph O'Toole , who was acutely aware of his own punctuality problem , was able with a pleasant relief to share . |
| 15 | ‘ Are you all right , darling ? ’ he asked , and led me along to my son 's house ! |
| 16 | Jim became team captain in succession to Ian in October 1977 and led us up to Division One in 1978–79 as 2nd Division champions , then to the top of the Football League on 29 September 1979 , scoring as spectacular a goal in our 4–1 trouncing of Ipswich Town as any football follower could ever hope to witness . |
| 17 | Catesby took my point , smiled , and led us up to his own warm , spacious chamber in the Lion Tower . |
| 18 | She took the proffered tiny scrap of blotting paper and wiped it on to her tongue . |
| 19 | The hotel staff felt sorry for the Garda and asked them round to the back door , where they handed out tots of whiskey . |
| 20 | ‘ I cut a picture of a model in a swimsuit out of Vogue and posted it back to one man . |
| 21 | So this poor woman is er anaesthetized , intubated , which is when they put the tube down the throat and connect you up to the life-support machine , and then she 's supposed to be being maintained in her unconscious state with inhalation anaesthesia , in other words they give her er gas and air to breathe to keep her unconscious . |
| 22 | Once you 've chosen your lights and bought the transformer and cable , all you have to do is position the lights , run the cable to them , and connect it back to the transformer terminals . |
| 23 | Once you 're satisfied that your spur socket wo n't result in the circuit serving too large a floor area , and you 've identified the socket as one from which you can run a spur , all you have to do is install your new socket where it 's needed , run the spur cable back to the socket that will feed it , and connect it in to the socket terminals . |
| 24 | He clambered up and intercepted her at the kitchen door , enfolding her and drawing her in to his body so that his warmth flowed through to her , just as he had that day when he 'd found her on the beach , lost and afraid ; like him , a victim of the past . |
| 25 | The trust agreed to renovate the houses and sell them back to their former owners for the cost of the work and the trust 's expenses , less the value of grants obtained . |
| 26 | The trust agreed to renovate the houses and sell them back to their former owners for the cost of the work and the trust 's expenses , less the value of grants obtained . |
| 27 | So you can carve up the remains and sell them off to the highest bidders ? ’ |
| 28 | Although it is not mentioned in the Act , the Government intended to act as an agent of the Government of India , by using its compulsory powers to purchase the site of the India Office and sell it back to the Indian Government . |
| 29 | KRRS alleges that foreign seed companies buy seed from farmers , treat it and sell it back to them at a hefty profit . |
| 30 | I 'll come up tomorrow afternoon and make it up to you . ’ |