Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reader has to be led up the garden path . |
| 2 | The books were , deservedly , enormously successful and stories in the genre have continued to be written down the years and show no sign of drying up . |
| 3 | Even punk , once the rhetoric about dole queues , anarchy and Sten guns in Knightsbridge had been exhausted , had become just one more uniform to be hung on the clothesrail of British pop culture , to be dusted down nostalgically on anniversaries . |
| 4 | As far as the extent of this limited edition being only 200 is concerned , my only reservations are outlined above : namely that a guitar is designed to be used and not coveted wholly as an objet d'art to be hung on the wall , which I suspect is exactly where the bulk of these models are likely to end up . |
| 5 | The bodymaker passed the doors to the finishers , who in turn passed them on to the french polishers ; the doors then moved along to those whose work it was to hang them in position , the operations being so arranged that the polished door was completed just at the point where it was to be hung on the coach . |
| 6 | If paintings or prints are to be hung on the walls it is important to work out beforehand where they are going to go , and to make sure that battens are fixed in these particular areas . |
| 7 | Oxford 's Radcliffe Infirmary has developed new technology that could save lives : it 's called image link and it allows images from hospital scanners to be transmitted down the telephone line to a consultant at the Infirmary . |
| 8 | Only people with soft heads stick them in the sand and wait to be kicked up the arse by little cheats and liars . |
| 9 | ‘ I did not feel guilty about having to be kicked up the arse . |
| 10 | Having arranged for it to be put on the grave that afternoon , he returned to Weatherbury in the evening , with a basket of flowering plants . |
| 11 | Established to tackle thorny problems , it was hardly surprising that , in the words of Lord Shawcross , ‘ if you could n't find a solution which commanded general support , then at least you 'd find a way which would enable the whole matter to be put on the back shelf . ’ |
| 12 | He wants the matter to be put on the back burner until the Republic have taken another important step towards next year 's USA finals . |
| 13 | Well it used to be carried on the back and . |
| 14 | They are planning a 100 per cent digital phone system that will enable voice images and data to be carried on the line . |
| 15 | The station was filled with hissing steam engines ( well , it was some time back ) and one decided to belch , steam and whistle just as we passed , thus managing to blow the youngest daughter 's mind , who demanded to be carried on the spot — and at frequent intervals during the rest of the adventure . |
| 16 | Pottery materials continued to be carried on the canal until the 1960s . |
| 17 | As the wind begins to build , the boom should continue to be carried on the centreline and you should not attempt to sheet the main using the vang : because the boom is so long , the mainsheet is a more effective control . |
| 18 | Will he ensure that sufficient facilities are made available north of Manchester and Liverpool to allow people and freight to be carried on the trains ? |
| 19 | The noise thus created is thought to be passed up the animal 's windpipe and into the sinus cavities of the skull , where it resonates to produce the purring sound . |
| 20 | Playing the Little Sweep , his clothes were to be ripped off one by one by the Big Sweep and Assistant Sweep -played by the headmaster and French master — as they sang three verses , and then he was to be thrown up the chimney . |
| 21 | The 1976 Act allows charges of possession and handling of explosives to be brought in the Republic , but not charges of conspiracy to cause murder or explosions . |
| 22 | He said decisions were likely to be taken on the treaty in the New Year . |
| 23 | The action to be taken on the discovery of a fire or potential fire situation i.e. call for assistance , use of first aid , fire fighting extinguishers ( if reasonably safe to do so ) . |
| 24 | So the bill had to be taken on the floor of the House and all selected amendments had to be debated and voted on . |
| 25 | Whatever our misgivings about the story 's historicity ( and we make a grave and fundamental error if we think the value of a passage like this is measured by the extent of its historicity ) , and however confident we might be about its origins , it asks and surely deserves to be taken on the storyteller 's own terms . |
| 26 | Decisions have to be taken on the types of film technique to be used ; locations ; casting ; music ; sets ; and any special requirements . |
| 27 | But these signals did not reach AFHQ until the morning of the next day , 15 May , long after Robertson had sent his response to McCreery 's AC/189 which had only asked for " immediate steps " to be taken over the approach of Army Group E , and which had made no specific reference to Croats . |
| 28 | There are final decisions still to be taken over the introduction of the speed controls but it seems likely humps would be in place by September this year . |
| 29 | Great care therefore needs to be taken over the completion of documents . |
| 30 | He seemed almost disappointed to be handed back the wad of notes . |