Example sentences of "[adv] and [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Surprise does n't register , instead , Devito plunges an eight-inch carving knife purposefully and repeatedly into the victim 's stomach .
2 Surprise does n't register , instead , Devito plunges an eight-inch carving knife purposefully and repeatedly into the victim 's stomach .
3 So the man was happy enough and even at the time , he realized that er it was n't this lad 's ch er mm fault entirely , because the reason he tripped was cos the carpet was loose on top of the stairs .
4 ‘ Oh Christ ! ’ screamed Frye , his upper arm sliding inexorably and impossibly into the wall .
5 In merry companionship both men braved the hardship of the landlord 's sleeping arrangements and settled for the night , chatting idly and humorously across the partition like schoolboys in a dormitory .
6 ‘ Work was done to improve the station 's appearance both inside and out for the benefit of customers , ’ said Mr Speke .
7 What is essential is to identify a ‘ critical mass ’ of people inside and directly outside the organization who must be committed to the change in order for it to succeed .
8 Place your thumbs on the chin and pull them slowly and firmly outwards and upwards along the jaw bone to the ear .
9 Can this expense be offset against the director 's Schedule E assessment on the grounds that the guarantee had been given wholly , necessarily and exclusively for the purpose of the business ?
10 I 've held his hand gently and tactfully from the start . "
11 There are theme parks and water slides which the children love , horse riding and tennis , plus a beach which shelves gently and safely into the azure sea .
12 They watched the girl for a moment , walked softly behind the row of men at the bar , then slid gently and silently into the street .
13 Surely such a sensible little bird , a bantam so civilized as to sit gently and happily on the head of a human child , should have known that her removal from an ill-chosen resting place , in the wilds of hazel and rhododendron , was for her own good and safety ?
14 This flux can not change instantaneously and therefore at the instant after switch-on , and substituting this condition into Eqn .
15 Below and just to the right of the balcony are several one pitch climbs : Delirium très mince ( 6a ) is probably the hardest .
16 Ardamal manoeuvred himself to a position below and slightly behind the woman , hidden by her legs .
17 Section 10 establishes the Register of Land Charges consisting of five classes to which has been added a sixth , Class F. They are described below and apart from the bankruptcy entries , relate to unregistered land .
18 The environs of the waterfall are pleasant enough and there is no suspicion of the Peril 's dark secret unless a small opening under the overhang of the cliff alongside is noticed : this insignificant hole admits to the largest cave system in the valley , underground passages extending for more than half a mile below and far beyond the road in a succession of tight crawls and large caverns .
19 When I came home the sun was shining brilliantly and warmly into the front of the house so I first of all had a read about the similar groups and then had a quick and short snooze till the phone rang and I began work on the laptop in the sunshine , as the battery capacity lasts about an hour or so .
20 arrested six of them all they found all bits and bobs off hundreds and hundreds and thousands of pounds worth of cars , and four wheel drives they specialise in and off to the continent with it .
21 Holmes 's aide Dick Lovell said : ‘ We whisked him in and out under the cover of darkness . ’
22 Moreover , the Dutch visit to Cagliari on June 16 will be fleeting ; a lot of their fans will travel in and out on the day .
23 The landlord was glad to leave preparing the room to Auntie Hetty and Philippa , and it meant they could pop in and out during the week bringing now the cake stand , now extra vases for flowers .
24 Where there are to be music fades in and out at the transfer , leave plenty of overlap at the beginnings and endings of the pre-recorded sections to give yourself ample working margins at the mixing stage .
25 I Jordan de Blossevilla give in free alms to God and St Pancras and the monks … for the welfare of my soul and of my ancestors and successors a portion of my land in Bevenden lying by my well on the south side containing 4 perches in length and 2 in breadth ; to hold in tree alms , with a tree way of going in and out with the easement of drawing water in any well .
26 Anyway , talking about changing tempers , yours has been in and out with the tide these last few months .
27 Jess was in and out with the speed and turn of a ferret .
28 The network will study how to manage a large collection of computers , which are constantly being switched in and out of the Universe network .
29 In quite a short time these simple exercises , though they may seem ineffective to Western minds , will reward the individual with a tremendously increased performance , both in and out of the kwoon .
30 Climbers under the proposed system will be required to sign disclaimers and check in and out of the gate at Castlemartin each time they wish to visit .
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