Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] under the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Crossroads lived on under the Central banner , but there were many more changes in store and some viewers did n't like take to those either . |
| 2 | She thought of the dream she had sometimes in which she was leaning over a bridge and watching herself drown , watching herself slip down under the clear water and not giving a damn . |
| 3 | A court dealing with an offender who is already subject to a community service order may make a further consecutive order , so long as the total number of hours remaining to be performed does not exceed 240 ( as this is a matter of principle rather than statute , the court is prepared to contemplate minor departures , as where the offender has very few hours to work off under the original order . ) |
| 4 | Mr Thomas reported optimism , however , that the situation is opening up under the new coalition government that came into being a few months ago . |
| 5 | Eighteen months later , in March 1944 , at a second Chinese-sponsored conference at Liuchow , Ho had not only managed to slip back under the nationalist umbrella of the Dong Minh Hoi but , as one of its representatives , was named as a member of a Provisional Government which was expecting to enter Vietnam in the wake of the ‘ liberating ’ Chinese armies . |
| 6 | Susie Smallwood peered out under the festoon blind . |
| 7 | Observation of all steps is carried out under the dissecting microscope . |
| 8 | Compulsory admission in England and Wales is carried out under the Mental Health Act 1983 . |
| 9 | A fair number of final bids which came in under the reserve price were later accepted . |
| 10 | Ask just who legally owns the land in Israel — who owns the deeds to the houses and orchards and blocks of property parcelled out under the British mandate — and the irritation turns to open annoyance . |
| 11 | They had come back as a fleet , their sails bellying out under the south-westerly gale , the men shouting to each other across the water to compare catches , and their womenfolk waiting on the beach to help with the unloading and to make a start on the gutting and salting and packing . |
| 12 | Turning up under the new name of ABC Workstation Solutions Ltd , Harpenden , Hertfordshire , the checkered past of this UK start-up has taken some interesting turns . |
| 13 | I 'm not sure though of where he 'd fit in under the current team structure . |
| 14 | ‘ And where do I fit in under the new organisation ? ’ |
| 15 | By then Cameron 's mind was rousing itself from shock , there were many things he wanted to say to James , but the moment they stepped down under the massive archway of the prison they were hustled in opposite directions . |
| 16 | Human life has achieved such a high density of population , however , and has such domination , that the structure of our environment is in danger of breaking down under the relentless punishment we are giving our habitat . |
| 17 | At the time of weddings , a group of women and children came across the fields with baskets and scarves full of sweets and rice which they touched down under the holy tree to be blessed , before going back the same way they 'd come . |
| 18 | In poor physical condition they set off under the blazing sun , marching for fifty minutes and resting for ten . |
| 19 | There was a long silence and they lay absolutely still and grew cold together in the draught coming in under the closed door . |
| 20 | If the Church Commissioners subsequently agree to seal a Declaration of Redundancy , advice is sought on the future of the building from the Advisory Board for Redundant Churches , a national body which was set up under the Pastoral Measure . |
| 21 | A renewable environmental fund of 5 billion baht ( US$200 million ) has been set up under the new act . |
| 22 | No doubt , following the local government commission which will be set up under the new Bill , that system will continue , where appropriate — but only where clearly appropriate . |
| 23 | Lord Mayor , I 've only been brought up under the National Health Service for thirty two years and I feel sorry for that poor doctor . |
| 24 | Shoppers who were increasingly being scared off by the threat of town-centre misbehaviour and the fear of visiting football crowds , are flocking back under the watchful gaze of the cameras , which are monitored 24 hours a day by an Airdrie police team . |
| 25 | On the back , quite without superficial decoration , the artist has concentrated on revealing the forms of the body , not adapted to a linear pattern but swelling in majestic simplicity under the smooth cloak which originally veiled the hair and falls almost to the ankles , held in the right hand and brought round under the left elbow to be tucked into the belt in front . |
| 26 | There was a lot of dancing to the radio and , later , to John 's guitar ; a lot of Christmas cards were repeatedly sent toppling ; a lot of seasonal goings-on went on under the veritable forest of mistletoe that hung from the centre light . |
| 27 | He lay down under the single sheet and closed his eyes . |
| 28 | He scooped mud on to his forehead and cheeks and kept close in under the dripping leaf canopy cloaking the bank . |
| 29 | Ras Makonnen governed Harar until his death in 1906 and there his son Tafari was born and grew up under the enlightened administration of his eminent father ; he was thirteen when his father died . |
| 30 | So we will pay out eventually , but we will not pay out under the permanent disability clause . |