Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I mean back in the early nineteen eighties when we sold our first er system abroad we were quite surprised to find out that the French did n't have a road called Edgeware Road and an organization called B A C S on it . |
| 2 | I push off into the bright sunshine , and across the playground . |
| 3 | I sit down in the grey plastic chair in the featureless room with McDunn and a man from the Welsh squad ; a big blond brindle guy in a tight grey suit ; he has a rugby player 's neck and steely eyes and huge hands that are clasped on the table , lying there like a mace of flesh and bone . |
| 4 | ‘ I warm up for the down strokes by doing fast alternate picking … ’ |
| 5 | I put up with the small pricking claws . |
| 6 | At this stage the fish were all a dull brown which I put down to the new environment — the photograph I has seen showed a tan coloured upper body smothered with black patches . |
| 7 | I walk up to the lefthand end of this street , where it emerges in Trafalgar Square , and check the name : Spring Gardens . |
| 8 | I walk up to the main building along a path of large brown stones with the shape and texture of unleavened bread . |
| 9 | Especially when I look around at the bug-eyed gawkers staring , almost hypnotised , at the images . |
| 10 | As I look around at the happy faces it is difficult to realise that the German Army is only a few miles away across the River Seine where they are defending Le Havre . |
| 11 | If I look up to the blue sky , as yet I must when it is blue and bright suddenly , it is in spite of the heavy limb and relaxing back that will drag me down or cause me to hasten home . |
| 12 | I look out across the twinkling expanse of ocean , and decide to go and see Teddy . |
| 13 | ‘ If I look out of the right window . ’ |
| 14 | I look back at the old woman , marvelling at Enid and Philip for finding her interesting enough to talk about . |
| 15 | When I look back on the long friendship , I realize that I need not have had certain misgivings about troubling Eliot or taking up his time — misgivings due to temperamental diffidence rather than to genuine modesty , I am afraid — because he was both generous of his time and solicitous about the welfare of those in whom lie took an interest . |
| 16 | Below , I look down on the differing surfaces , the differing states of ripeness from light green through to gold . |
| 17 | But as I read on about the growing disharmony between Mrs. Proudie and Mr. Slope , Trollope rose in my estimation and count him among my favourite authors . |
| 18 | Maha followed them but Hussa and I threw ourselves face down on the warm , white sand , both of us smiling at the success of the project . |
| 19 | At the top of the dry valley I scramble down to the green path , following the old hedge of thorns and elders , pointing the way , beckoning me onwards as I descend the gently curving path down the rolling hillside . |
| 20 | But once you have unfolded an ordnance survey map and made the cheese and pickle sandwiches , it 's hard to change your mind , and so on a hot June day I set off up the zig-zagging tourist path from Glen Nevis at ten o'clock in the morning . |
| 21 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
| 22 | ‘ My Cat ’ , it began , ‘ was in agony due to being hung upside down from our bedroom window by my brother , when I set off in the luxurious coach provided for us . |
| 23 | Then , once dressed , I set out on the great excursion : shopping , errands , and a treat in a cafe . |
| 24 | And so I set out on the long journey back to Thornfield . |
| 25 | I set out below the additional information which will be required for the week commencing [ date ] . |
| 26 | That was , that was the only thing I , I thought well if I get off to the wrong start , you 're off on the wrong start completely so yes I , I concede that I was nervous at the , at the beginning . |
| 27 | Gradually I get out of the unscientific habit of trying to read other people 's faces , and come to see the bodies from which personality has faded as the automata which for scientific explanation they already are . |
| 28 | as I pant up towards the breathless heights . |
| 29 | I point out to the hon. Gentleman that the 1981 Act is now steadily being made more effective , that more resources are being made available every year and that parents are becoming more and more aware of their rights under that Act . |
| 30 | I point out to the hon. Member for Ogmore that the Sunday trading laws could be suspended only by primary legislation . |