Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv prt] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adhesive and grout are both sold in a range of pack sizes , sometimes labelled by weight ( in kilograms ) , sometimes by volume ( in litres ) ; always check the coverage given by the manufacturer when buying , so you do n't over-buy or run out half-way through the job . |
| 2 | ‘ I know , ’ he said tersely , then , slowing down , he asked , ‘ Which would you rather do — go back to the party or drive up on to the Downs overlooking the sea and take a little stroll ? ’ |
| 3 | She could then either wait for the ferry , which was sporadic , or go back up to the head of the estuary and up to where the river was narrow enough for a bridge . |
| 4 | … the black and red patterned blanket folded over with the top sheet to form two parallel white borders from which the planes move slowly off , rise suddenly and vanish or come in out of the low grey cloud … . ( 10–11/404–5 ) |
| 5 | So we set out across the open grassy slope that led on up towards the forest . |
| 6 | She went to the window , that window , ’ and he pointed to the french windows that led out on to the terrace . |
| 7 | Alexander took her hand and led her to the door that led out on to the path that wound down towards the beach . |
| 8 | The weight is the one that goes up there in the Y direction . |
| 9 | Er I mean that goes back again to the articles which you might have about the way that parents talk to their children , and you quite often find that then very very quickly the children grow up speaking in a same way as the parent of that sex talked to the them . |
| 10 | The first is usually ignored and forgotten : it consists of farmers and peasants who live miles from anywhere in the largely inaccessible tangle of mountain and forest that make up much of the land area of the eastern end of the Central American isthmus . |
| 11 | He addressed his students as ‘ Gentlemen ’ , and drew them into his subject by the use of ‘ we ’ and ‘ you ’ ( a contrast with McFadyean 's ‘ one ’ that fits in well with the relationships between these two different teachers and their classes . ) |
| 12 | It could equally be phrased in a way that fits in more with the way of eminence . |
| 13 | This is a relatively small garden measuring 33ft by 36ft ( 10m by 11m ) and our main task is to provide a real feeling of space and movement as well as rationalising the steep slope that drops down away from the house . |
| 14 | This attractive hardwood conservatory has a steep pitched roof that blends in well with the gabled Elizabethan building behind . |
| 15 | Such round , smooth shapes are the perfect foil to the railway sleepers that are used as informal steps down to the lowest level of all , a curved brick paved sitting area that looks back up towards the house . |
| 16 | Now the soaring trunks had raised this source of food high in the sky , creating a dense canopy that cut out much of the light . |
| 17 | Illuminate flowers and foliage that show up well in the dark . |
| 18 | There was something else that came up out of the minutes . |
| 19 | I have n't seen the draft guidelines that came out yesterday for the registration of nursing homes but I understand that they do n't actually address these issues . |
| 20 | Yeah , yeah six minutes past the hour so there , yeah , so they kept giving you doubts , now if you 're getting on this train make sure you get out at Lemington , so at about twenty past twelve , the twelve six went out from platform eleven , why , cos that will upset everything then , by , few of the trains kept coming round , then they said were very sorry but the Shrewsbury train will come in at platform ten that 's where we 're all waiting , so the ready train be outside somewhere , so , that came in just as the , the twelve , six went out about twenty past twelve these in and this girl got up so we said do n't get on this , you 'll never get to Birmingham you get on here , wait until we get on we said , cos they changed the train , oh she was getting all worked up , she come from Middlesborough , well I said well , well , anyway , we said no , there , there 's no trains for university no , nobody will be going at the right time will they ? |
| 21 | Unfortunately , the discovery that young , vivacious , Tania Sheppey was about to enter motherhood , courtesy of centre-half Brian Rawlings , brought about a family rivalry that spilled over on to the football pitch , notably during a League game against Thornham Bridge . |
| 22 | But it is not necessary to share Herbert Casson 's breathless enthusiasms , or to reach point-by-point agreement with his educational philosophy , to recognise the quite different moral emphasis that shows through repeatedly in the writings of pre-war youth workers and educationalists : an emphasis which saw youthful energy and also youthful misconduct as the spark of life , rather than the death-knell of the old traditions . |
| 23 | Stop that sniggering down there in the typing pool — what do you suppose the spellchecker in Microsoft Corp 's Word word processor suggests when it comes to Pentium and does n't recognise it ? |
| 24 | Ferrets are reluctant to enter a vertical shaft — which explains why ferrets very rarely enter bolt-holes that drop down vertically from the surface . |
| 25 | The eighteen twenties and thirties saw fashion moving from the Empire line , which was , had a very small bodice and a skirt that flowed down straight to the ground to a lower waisted dress with big sleeves and a shorter skirt , and the impression of a little girl , a little sort of bouncy girl who was all skippy and everything , which reflected really the feeling of optimism at the beginning of the nineteenth century . |
| 26 | Although going back well into the nineteenth century , in the past two decades this idea has generated a vast amount of research by psychologists , physiologists , neuroanatomists and other scientists . |
| 27 | The sun was a great cauldron of red , painting the edges of clouds that swung round ponderously in the sky like a child 's mobile . |
| 28 | But the myriad electronic images and printed words that pour in daily from the Balkan war zone can not convey the whole truth about what is going on there . |
| 29 | She shrugged , than scurried off back to the office , showing a lot of thigh . |
| 30 | New five series , I think … about to pass us ; should have lights that slant in slightly at the bottom . ’ |