Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two square escutcheon plates , each incised with a cross , have been riveted on to the surface above and below the keyhole . |
| 2 | But I 've fallen on to the floor often enough to know how to get up . |
| 3 | it just goes on to the edge here . |
| 4 | Andrus just pops in to see Sesostris and they have a bit of a chat , not a long one , they do n't even have a cup of coffee , mean bastards , both of them , and then Andrus goes on to the Cashier presumably with Sesostris 's authorization and the Cashier takes the money out of the safe and gives it to him . |
| 5 | ‘ One of her lines … as the king … goes on about the Gods not suffering the unpiety of his sister to go unpunished . |
| 6 | What goes on in the US today has a habit of repeating itself in the UK tomorrow . |
| 7 | Few of the million or so visitors who take advantage of the Garden as a public amenity each year are aware of the scientific heritage behind the Garden , or indeed of the high level of scientific work which goes on behind the scenes today . |
| 8 | In all the tanks where my fish are housed a small terracotta saucer is placed on to the bottom where the food is placed , this does help when it comes to cleaning the uneaten food off the aquarium bottom . |
| 9 | Yes and did you stay on at the hospital then ? |
| 10 | It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about . |
| 11 | ‘ We should get six top international players and a number of international referees and sit down with the law-makers so that all points of view are aired . ’ |
| 12 | He stopped , mouth agape , gazing down across the Sound where Luch up on the roof was pointing . |
| 13 | But when he got down to the streets where we live he said , ‘ If people want a cleaner Britain , they can start with their own street and their own neighbourhood ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ And we all converge down in the meadow where the skirmishing will take place . |
| 15 | Slowly , inch by inch , the three men advanced the half mile across no-man's-land , towards the Allied front line , pressing their faces back down into the mud whenever the moon reappeared from behind its unreliable screen . |
| 16 | Failure to observe the requirements laid down in the byelaws usually leads to a fine whether or not prejudice to health or a nuisance occurs . |
| 17 | Clinging to the hillside amid scenic splendour , these houses sternly defy gravity by not tumbling down to the sea below . |
| 18 | Keep tucked in behind the side always said to you , the bloke in the front , mate , he does all the donkey work , picking up drags you round do n't it ? |
| 19 | And it 's being pencilled in for the weekend after Wigan are due to defend their world sevens title in Sydney on February 5-7 . |
| 20 | So often the right tool for the job is hanging in the tool shed at home when you are helping a friend in his house , or have broken down in the car away from home . |
| 21 | A wall goes down from the road straight as a die to Ease Gill and a walk alongside leads in a few minutes to a small hole in the ground that opens into lengthy passages below : this is Short Drop Cave . |
| 22 | So this is how it 's going to be , thinks Howard , as he rides down in the lift again . |
| 23 | And some of these were found in Bristol harbour er and the pattern of the cloths was pressed in to the lead so we were able to put a microscope to that and see how it should be woven . |
| 24 | From the square in front of the hotel , an avenue led down to the Corniche where people strolled arm iii arm along the Nile . |
| 25 | I were just so psyched up on Wednesday and then I had to go in on the Friday before so I did n't |
| 26 | You 've got ta get the stu the smell goes in to the liquid then you chuck the liquid away . |
| 27 | She gazed down at the floor despondently . |
| 28 | Gina gazed down at the map unseeingly , her mind preoccupied with the unhappy little scene in her own living-room . |
| 29 | They must have been filled in at the bank either by Mr Hatton himself or else by the cashier who was attending to him . ’ |
| 30 | When we finally spill outside , Rachel says she wants to go down to the beach again . |