Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the tarn , I followed my nose down to a cairn that stands on the shoulder above Deepdale Side where the view down Deepdale into Dentdale was so good that I sat and looked at it for a good half-hour until the thought that I needed to be home by late afternoon pushed me on down to the green lane of the old Craven Way . |
| 2 | ’ He tossed them down on to the small saucer on the table . |
| 3 | Gaily heaved and hitched himself up on to the high stool , shoving the bag of laundry between his feet once more . |
| 4 | ’ Li Shai Tung nodded and eased himself back on to the great saddle of a turtle shell that was placed beside the pool . |
| 5 | For a moment it seemed as though it had tapped some hidden reserve of strength and would ease itself up on to the opposite bank , and escape into the forest . |
| 6 | I can not remember just what purpose had taken me up on to the top floor of the house to where the row of guest bedrooms line the corridor . |
| 7 | We buy two pints of Taylor Walker and take them out on to the rear balcony . |
| 8 | The porter threw one venomous look at Ranulf , slammed the jack of ale down on the bench , grumblingly unlocked the postern door and led them out on to the white , dusty forest track which snaked between the trees down to Godstowe village . |
| 9 | Corbett just grinned over his shoulder and led them out on to the beaten track down to the village of Woodstock . |
| 10 | She shut herself in out of the drizzling rain , and expressed her delight with everything . |
| 11 | Her small hand grasped his , and he drew her up on to the low walkway . |
| 12 | Hands tugged at the German and helped him up on to the narrow ledge . |
| 13 | He did lose the lines on more than one occasion and threshed around helplessly through pauses that seemed eternal , until the A.S.M. 's quiet voice in his ear managed to get him back on to the right track . |
| 14 | Driving with difficulty through torrential rain while thunder and lightning crashed overhead , Jack found himself in a narrow West Country lane , realising that he had missed the turning that would have brought him back on to the main road . |
| 15 | Carrie sighed in resignation as he carried her out on to the small landing and leaned his shoulder against the bedroom door . |
| 16 | We presumed this to be a regular ford and drove across with the water slopping in over the floor of the Land rover , but we eventually made it up on to the high inland plateau . |
| 17 | Making herself a cup of hot chocolate , Laura carried it out on to the small balcony overlooking the dark green water of the River Thames . |
| 18 | Carefully he began to follow it out on to the main road . |
| 19 | By then the working class had made it back on to the front page , if only in a supporting role . |
| 20 | So , at least your in out of the damp cold , it 's so damp out there . |