Example sentences of "[adv] and [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | just pushing it in and hope for the best |
| 2 | He posed as a successful businessman and South London haulage boss , but it was believed Noye schemed the melting down and sale of the three tons of stolen gold . |
| 3 | To form the channels above bottom pelmet , bring the pairs of stitching lines together and pin with the wrong sides facing ; this will form the channels on the right side of the lining ( fig. 52 ) . |
| 4 | The Solemn Passion at 3 p.m. and Veneration of the Holy Cross at 7 p.m . |
| 5 | A strictly impartial sub-committee , composed of two committee members and four non-committee members , is to be appointed when the winter is over to examine carefully and report on the entire difficulty . |
| 6 | It was getting dark and the wind had freshened , the rain gusting through the length of the shed so I decided that it was time to pack up and head for the nearest hospitable pub where I had been told I would be able to get a good meal of hot pie and peas . |
| 7 | No hard and fast rules governed the setting up and running of the joint authorities , which could simply go for post-sharing and joint-buying or could opt for combined contracting . |
| 8 | In the far more competitive world of private education there is a great deal of collaborative effort including the setting up and running of the Independent Schools Information Service which produces publicity pamphlets and booklets . |
| 9 | The main objectives of the programme are concerned with the working out and testing of the new theories for actual cities — both for individual sectors and for a comprehensive urban ‘ model ’ , this latter being important because structural change in one sector can trigger such change in another . |
| 10 | It 's 7.15 a.m. and time for the first break of the day . |
| 11 | attract candidates of the right calibre by wording job specifications correctly and advertising in the right places ; |
| 12 | ‘ One-play competitively as much as possible … two — learn from your matches … three — go back and practice for the long term future of your game . |
| 13 | ‘ Instruct the freighters to make revolutions immediately and head for the open seas as fast as possible , ’ he said . |
| 14 | I was turned around and frog-marched to the last flight of stairs leading to the foyer , then thrown down the last six steps . |
| 15 | The only partial exception is Peru : after Morales Bermúdez took over from Velasco in 1975 the military regime drifted rightwards and trade with the Soviet Union sharply diminished . |
| 16 | I was made head girl there and captain of the senior hockey team . |
| 17 | Or if suddenly you have to halt then the whole lot does n't come forward and squash into the next piece in front into the ne That 's why it 's edge on longways down so that the the wardrobe is that way edgeways on you see so that if you suddenly stop the weight of something there wo n't squash the the wardrobe . |
| 18 | This may be contrasted with the markets for cigarettes and spirits , where overall consumer demand is unlikely to expand significantly and collaboration between the few major suppliers is likely to have a direct effect on competition and on the flow of inter-state trade . |