Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He heard a gasp from the crowd of people gathered below , he seemed to hang forever in mid-air and then , miraculously , he was crashing down on to the opposite roof . |
| 2 | Huy 's job was to tamp this second layer down on to the first . |
| 3 | To date it is a subtle but important change of mood that , with luck , will grow stronger over the winter — allowing spring to bring those green shoots of recovery that the Treasury and the Chancellor have been banging on about for the last two years . |
| 4 | She watched as Simon wandered on through into the all-white kitchen , the door swinging shut behind him . |
| 5 | Ominously , she could n't even see the road when she peered down out of the high window . |
| 6 | I revived as I felt myself go hurtling through the air and crashed down on to the wooden planks of the scaffold . |
| 7 | A man was actually charged with the crime at a Glasgow police station after walking in out of the blue and making a confession . |
| 8 | Then , lurching to his feet , he moved over on to the only empty seat in the shrine — a patch of floor covered with a sheepskin rug . |
| 9 | Heart attack victim Jeff , 72 , planned his send off down to the last detail . |
| 10 | Yeah , well before sh he was born , she stopped doing them and er she phoned up out of the blue and so said to her , no they live at Bognor I think or something . |
| 11 | Other scullions were running in with ladders and lengths of rope , climbing up on to the big stove and scrambling up to the messy lip of the vat in which , judging by the amount of splashing and screaming , the small attendant still survived . |
| 12 | There seemed nothing at all , no way of climbing back on to the free wheel of conversation they had somehow set going the other night . |
| 13 | The Olympic 800 metres finalist moved back up to the 1500 metres where he first made his name as a junior and led from gun to tape to win in 3 mins 39.58 secs . |
| 14 | The Borderers , coached by Jim Telfer , beat Glasgow High/Kelvinside 27–16 at the Greenyards in their final game to win the major championship and hold off Edinburgh Academicals ' challenge , Kelso , relegated last season , moved back up to the first division . |
| 15 | In winter some continued ashore , reinforcing their tents and huts for extra warmth , while others moved out on to the inshore sea ice , living in snow houses and feeding mostly on fish and seals . |
| 16 | The thinning veil of cloud eddied in a gust of wind , and suddenly we were below it , looking down on to the flat roofs of a town spread out in a broad valley of rain-washed green . |
| 17 | The wind , I thought , was shaking the door , but no , it was St John , who came in out of the frozen darkness , his coat covered in snow . |
| 18 | I picked up my cup and saucer and flopped down on to the half-moon hearthrug , curious as to what the desired effect of the substance was supposed to be , and wondering why it had n't worked , when I noticed the saucer felt thicker . |
| 19 | She flopped down on to the padded driver 's seat , planning to catch up on her sleep . |
| 20 | We reached the edge of the cliff and flopped down on to the soft turf . |
| 21 | Fountains how could you convey the sense of waters , swirl , surging up out of the deep or something . |
| 22 | Wedges of oceanic crust are thrust up on to the overlying sediments of the subduction zone and uplift ensues ( Fig. 3.16 ) . |
| 23 | ‘ How dare you come barging into my room without knocking ? ’ she gasped , scrambling up on to the rumpled counterpane , two hands going up to her blonde hair as she felt his gaze take a rapid inventory of her voluptuous disarray . |
| 24 | After we came up out of the dank womb of the pit , we went for a drink in the welfare club . |
| 25 | But as the shaking continued she came up out of the bad dream , trembling and drenched once more with perspiration , her cheeks damp with tears . |
| 26 | These are the things that we have both missed out on over the last few years , both of us working at all times . ’ |
| 27 | Reporter asks : What have you missed out on in the last forty years ? |
| 28 | I walk back up to the top gate . |
| 29 | As your personal tour ends and you walk back out into the invigorating mountain air , you will be left with that unmistakable impression of sheer opulence … and the feeling of being very much at home . |
| 30 | On a raised dais in front of large windows looking out on to the agricultural college gardens sat the Inspector . |