Put your hands above your head, and if you value your life don't move them." Tuppence obeyed passively.
Tuppence raised her hands above her head.
Tuppence refused to raise her hands above her head, despite being ordered to do so, and was promptly shot and killed.
swimmers swimming in a pool
I consider Wilkins to be a great fool.
"Before I became an adult I wasn't involved in finances."
In 1587, the statue of St. Peter was taken down and subsequently replaced with a sculpture of the emperor.
That is definitely correct.
A man purchases a vase at a store.