Example sentences of "and ran [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 When he heard someone opening the bedroom door , he jumped out of the window and ran on to the roof .
2 She breathed a sigh of relief , and ran through to the living-room where she could hear Stephen 's voice .
3 She stood up and ran over to the bush where she had left her clothes .
4 The referee was also the Quartermaster in the school 's Combined Cadet Force , who paraded on Wednesday afternoons and ran around in the woods with Lee Enfield .303s practising ambushes in the rhododendrons .
5 I dashed the remainder of the wine in his face to revive him , and ran up to the laboratory again .
6 At the last moment she twisted away from him and ran back towards the orderlies .
7 Suddenly , the dogs who were sniffing this exciting new country stopped ; ears raised , hair rising on their necks , they backed slowly towards John and Mary , then they howled and turned and ran back through the cutting , leaving John and Mary puzzled and a bit frightened .
8 Bursting into tears , she turned and ran back through the wood , pushing blindly through the ferns , stumbling , hot and panting , determined to get away from Nicky so that she could try to think straight .
9 She rushed down the corridor , through the kitchen , out of the back door to the shed and ran back with the barrow and the spade clattering on top .
10 When they were out of sight Allen came out of hiding and ran back down the track to the tree where they had been surprised .
11 Sandy Lyle was slightly unlucky that that second shot ran off the green into a depression called Duncan 's Hollow , and definitely unlucky that his third shot , which he attempted to finesse , failed by a fraction and ran back to the edge of the green .
12 Lee got up and ran back to the toilet , picking up the helmet that was on the floor .
13 The boat 's gone down and she 's in the river ! ’ they screamed , and ran back to the village for help .
14 During the night Ben suddenly woke up and remembering her , he hurriedly dressed and ran back to the wharf and opened the hatch .
15 She turned and ran back to the house before he could say anything else .
16 Kelly jumped out and ran back into the massage parlour .
17 With that , she turned round and ran back into the house .
18 The little one made a shrill noise and ran back into the desiccated bush .
19 Morthen made a sound like a wild animal , turned and ran down through the blackthorn .
20 They stopped only to pick up Cheryl , who saw them coming a long way off and ran down to the road to meet them .
21 Jessica got to her knees , holding herself and snorting , then staggered to her feet and ran down to the water .
22 And he took off his glasses , tucking them into the pile of clothes , and ran down to the edge of the water .
23 'Bye for now ! ’ she called , and ran in through the imposing front door .
24 One doctor was being driven home when he suddenly said : ‘ Stop the car and let me out ’ , at which he leapt out and ran off down the road into the dark .
25 He laughed , tucked the charango under his arm and ran off down the track .
26 I screamed and ran off down the street .
27 It was hardly likely to be repeated in 1977 , when Niki returned to form with a vengeance and ran off with the championship by a huge margin , leaving Master James stranded in fifth place .
28 Then he became Treasurer of the fund to save St Erks church — and ran off with the £1000 in the appeal fund .
29 He eventually panicked and ran off as the boy screamed for help .
30 In terror , she lifted her skirts and ran off into the village , proclaiming loudly that ‘ the diel ’ was in Alloway kirk .
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