Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] [prep] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I must admit … ’ he paused to slow the car down before turning off the road to come to a halt outside an attractive inn , thatched , gabled and wooden-beamed , its façade ablaze with baskets of flowers , its forecourt furnished with long trestle-tables and carved wooden chairs . |
| 2 | He had n't had to tell them to take their shoes off before boarding at the Co-op quay and in three days of cruising they had washed the sand off their feet after each shore trip . |
| 3 | I booked the conference not realising it was gon na be the control room by this time , and then this morning I turned up to find out we ca n't put the lights on without getting behind the bar , and we ca n't get behind the bar so that 's why this er |
| 4 | But I remember having a day off from teaching at the time , probably because of the various strikes , and watching the lunchtime television . |
| 5 | If Inchbad married Flame , it would be a very special occasion indeed ; it might be just the occasion when they would want a dish or two of roast Gnome and , more to the point , it would get the Gruagach out of paying for the new Crown Jewels . |
| 6 | Now , however a new layout has been agreed by the course bookmakers association and the racecourse executive which could take much of the hassle out of betting at the track . |
| 7 | But equally you can create suspense out of going to the very edge . |
| 8 | Erm who was able to hold er the Russians back from intervening on the grounds that it would be er seen as intervention in a er in in in a revolt . |
| 9 | Taking the worry out of caring for the departed . |
| 10 | Do you slow other people down by driving in the rush hour ? |
| 11 | Keep interest rates low ( at r 1 ) in order , say , to keep down the costs of investment , but also reduce money supply to a level of Q 2 The trouble here is that the government can not both control the money supply and keep interest rates down without running into the problem of disequilibrium . |
| 12 | Buy a metal bulb planting tool while you 're at it to help take the frustration out of planting into the grass . |
| 13 | ‘ Somewhere , ’ he replied and switched the kettle on before rummaging through the drawers . |
| 14 | Player Manager , Glenn Hoddle , pushed his men on by joining in the attack . |
| 15 | Wirral Association for Disability starts the scheme to take the strain out of shopping for the disabled next March . |
| 16 | I 'll leave that to those who seem to get their kicks out of harping on the negative side of this great game . |
| 17 | In addition to doubts about the contracting process , we also take issue with Ham on his singling out of underfunding as the major problem for the future of the NHS . |
| 18 | Shirley , 54 , took a year off before returning to the stage . |
| 19 | She wondered what they were saying about her , up at the top of the house , as she undressed and laid her clothes out before sliding under the duvet in her underwear . |
| 20 | Last year 's holiday was great , last year , and I might get a bit of enjoyment out of looking at the photographs , but I 'm still paying for one again this year ! |
| 21 | Staying so close to the palace will enhance your enjoyment , enabling you to make many mini-trips in between reading about the extraordinary life of its court . |
| 22 | Skilled negotiators avoid using irritators such as these and keep the emotional temperature down by sticking to the facts . |
| 23 | And why had n't the attendant come and told the foreign autocrat off for coming in the wrong way ? |
| 24 | In Oz David Widgery took time off from musing on the revolution to provide an obituary for Jack Kerouac , one of the people with whom the entire movement had started . |
| 25 | Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman recorded for Shrapnel Records from 1981 to 1989 and has recently taken time out from working with the band to record a new solo album , ‘ Scenes ’ , for Shrapnel/Roadrunner Records . |