Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb -s] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Crilly hugs my brother back warmly and introduces him to the languid one . |
2 | Its secondary antennae have become adapted , forming claws with which it digs in and fastens itself to the delicate gill lamellae . |
3 | She runs away but it bears down and casts her to the ground . |
4 | It 's gravity that pulls you down and presses you to the floor . |
5 | This encodes the audio and video signals together and puts them onto the tape via the high-speed rotation of the head-drum ; it is this ‘ high writing speed ’ recording method which greatly improves the audio quality compared with VHS mono . |
6 | Its official name is atheroma , and its three main ingredients are platelets , the tiny blood cells that are the raw material for any blood clot ; fibrin , a stringy protein that forms a three-dimensional mesh to entrap the platelets ; and cholesterol , which binds the whole lot together and sticks it to the sides of blood vessels . |
7 | She tells me the ambulance is on its way , then she fetches Ma downstairs and sits her by the Rayburn . |
8 | But we had to choose , early on , which side we belonged to , and children have to come down on the side that brings the food home and gets it on the table . |
9 | So takes it up and knits it on the back . |
10 | A drive that is ‘ unaware ’ of how it is set up and knows nothing of the way it 's data is stored . |
11 | We then see the goal , hopeful chip into the box , Rush attempts to take it to one side on the half volley with Fairclough bearing down , misses it completely , flies up and hits him in the shoulder . |
12 | She then sorts all the vests and folds them up and puts them in the box , then the pants , then dresses and lastly cardigans . |
13 | he takes them out and puts them on the sideboard . |
14 | Then Howard sits back and tells them about the terrible balls-up he made of his arrival in the city . |
15 | I feel pressure on my back as Frank leans forward and pushes me against the window with his paunch . |
16 | ‘ It 's not every day that someone wanders on to my property and , when charged at by a Dobermann who 'd shot off as I closed the door after us , goes blithely forward and greets it with the words , ‘ Hello , darling ’ , ’ he replied , reminding her , had she forgotten , that , the dog never far from his control outside of the house , he had soon been on the spot to witness events . |