Example sentences of "and was [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll say , ’ Ven snarled , and was over by the door , blocking out the light from the sitting-room when , ‘ I never did like my women that clinging ! ’ he barked brutally . |
| 2 | Wallace looked menacing and was through at one point when Burrows hacked him down ( the scouser should have been sent off for that and a clear ‘ professional foul ’ in the second half against Deane ) . |
| 3 | He was the youngest driver in the field , qualified on the fifth row and was up to sixth place with 10 laps to go as leading British driver in a British car when he crashed at Copse , escaping unhurt . |
| 4 | ‘ Then we heard she 'd lost her job and was up to her old tricks , going out to dances and things . ’ |
| 5 | Methil was only developing between 1875 and 1900 but still shipped 400,000 tons in 1888 and was up to 1.7m by 1900 . |
| 6 | At quarter to nine I came down and was up to my knees in water |
| 7 | Looking round for Blackberry , he saw that he had left them and was up at the top of the pool , where the narrow beach tailed away into a gravel spit . |
| 8 | The shock wave threw her backwards , but she rolled and was up at once , facing the direction of the explosion , seeing at a glance that Siang was dead , huge splinters jutting from his back . |
| 9 | I had not slept much and was up before dawn . |
| 10 | She was aware that her mother had already had her first drink , and was on to her second , if not third glass of wine , if the bottle was anything to go by . |
| 11 | And was on to us , he only had four thousand five hundred that 's all the money he had , that 's all I 've got four thousand five hundred . |
| 12 | And with that he reined the mare 's head about and was off down the lane , brandishing the crop , significantly , above his shoulder . |
| 13 | He did a sprightly two-step , twirled , and was off across the lawn , shouting , ‘ Come on , Darken . |
| 14 | The first time he sang the poem Bilbo had just handed over the Ring and was off to Rivendell ; the words accordingly express a sense of abdication , of having been left behind , along with determination to accept this and make a new life somewhere as yet unknown . |
| 15 | At which moment , the Editor , a young man from Glasgow , who seemed to bear on his narrow shoulders guilt for all the sins of the Western world , emerged from his office and was off to lunch with a left-wing Labour M.P . |
| 16 | Anyway , he disappeared soon after you left — told Stella he 'd had a heavy day and was off to bed with a book . |
| 17 | By the time he told her he must go , and was off to the Republic for a day or two , she was placated . |
| 18 | He smiled back at them , shifting his weight smoothly from foot to foot as he reversed , turned again and was off at an ever accelerating pace round the bend of the lake and swiftly out of sight . |
| 19 | He was determined to let the clan see they 'd made no mistake in choosing him , and was off on a round of visits to all the main families , to impress them with his strength and intelligence , good sense and good humour . |
| 20 | I had a Festive Cichlid which jumped out of my tank and was out for some time . |
| 21 | ‘ She got a mountain bike in her favourite colours — purple and pink — and was out on it all the time , ’ says Sandra . |
| 22 | Not at all : King went too far and was out on his ear in an overnight boardroom coup in 1968 . |
| 23 | It was originally the site of a furnace powered by the Aylesmore Stream ( near St Annes Spring ) and was out of use by 1680 . |
| 24 | I kept control until the car had overtaken and was out of sight . |
| 25 | But he had survived and was out of hospital , the attempt to push his weight up . |
| 26 | When she dislocated a shoulder while chasing a burglar , and was out of action for another four months , she could n't wait to get back on the beat again . |
| 27 | Top turret gunner , Bill Sartor , injured his arm in the turret mechanism and was out of action until March 22 . |
| 28 | But when I needed a breath of air , or wished to explore Reine , and was out of the attic for an hour or so , leaving him alone there , he became depressed and even a little disagreeable . |
| 29 | She would n't speak to him and was out of the door in an instant . |
| 30 | Gus halted the Aston Martin at the doorway instead of driving straight on to the garage , and was out of the driving-seat like a greyhound out of a trap , to dart round to the passenger side and hand Charlotte out . |