Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a fire-hole in the centre of the room , presumably for warmth in the winter . |
| 2 | Brin was issued with false documents to fool the Germans and he worked for 5 months with the resistance , helping allied servicemen to escape along the so called Comet line ; a 1,500 mile route across Europe from Holland through Belgium and France , on through Spain to the safety of Gibraltar . |
| 3 | Brin was issued with false documents to fool the Germans and he worked for 5 months with the resistance , helping allied servicemen to escape along the so called Comet line ; a 1,500 mile route across Europe from Holland through Belgium and France , on through Spain to the safety of Gibraltar . |
| 4 | Blood and urine were collected stimultaneously for assessments in the laboratory . |
| 5 | NOTHING went right for Quakers from the moment that skipper Kevan Smith lost the toss at Plainmoor . |
| 6 | Depressed moods are the most difficult moods for dieting , and such is the mood-lifting effect of exercise that it is even being used medically as part of the treatment for depression . |
| 7 | Academic subscribers included Edmund Halley , Astronomer Royal , the Professor of Modern History at Oxford , the Provost of Oriel , Professors of Botany at both Dublin and Edinburgh Universities and the Vice-Master of Trinity , expressly for use in the Library of that Cambridge College . |
| 8 | As the cyclist who organised the commuter challenge , I agree with Bernard Povey ( letters , 5 July ) that the route from Currie to the city centre is downhill for part of the way . |
| 9 | Vowels are recognized most effectively as part of the pattern and rhythm of the whole sentence . |
| 10 | A sterling crisis in 1976 brought in the IMF , effectively as overseers of the economy . |
| 11 | Some Anglophile girls in Adidas plead fruitlessly for admission to the bus in the hope of getting a piece of Clint . |
| 12 | Getting on for 50% of the money spent on advertising goes into television , and more like 70% in big agencies . |
| 13 | And this she did , holding on for support to the iron rail that rimmed the wooden edge of the cart and which helped to keep the rags in place . |
| 14 | — subs were Newsome , Whelan ( who came on for Sharpe towards the end ) and Lukic |
| 15 | Talks have been going on for weeks over the future of the Royal marriage , but despite repeated attempts to save it , the Queen finally decided it was all over on Tuesday afternoon . |
| 16 | Strandli came on for Rocky towards the end . |
| 17 | This improvement was substantial : from slightly worse than myopic on the first attempt , the average improved to getting on for 40% of the difference between the optimal and the myopic on the second . |
| 18 | and then they 'll just pick one out of that to go on as part of the calendar . |
| 19 | Work going on as part of the resource management initiative is designed to overcome this problem , and eventually it will produce the information that is lacking . |
| 20 | Summerill is staying on as chairman for the time being . |
| 21 | Detlev Rohwedder created the vacancy when he stayed on as head of the Treuhandanstalt , the state agency dealing with the privatisation of east German businesses . |
| 22 | Dr Cunningham said : ‘ The important thing is for Neil to stay on as leader of the party and build on the gains we have made in this election . ’ |
| 23 | While the Action Teams have a major role to play in implementing local initiatives , they are not working on their own , but rather as part of the overall Making Belfast Work strategy . |
| 24 | They finally put it on after pressure from the campaign . |
| 25 | Despite general neglect of the country 's heritage , restoration is a popular topic for debate , perhaps as compensation for the lack of action . |
| 26 | That was enough for magistrates in the city who imposed fines and costs of almost £900 . |
| 27 | If any Mercurian core separated from the mantle then it is likely that mantle temperatures became high enough for differentiation within the mantle to occur , the less dense substances moving upwards to form a crust . |
| 28 | It is a major procedure in these patients , and , unfortunately , not all patients are fit enough for surgery at the time of referral . |
| 29 | ( c ) Make sure the cards are large enough for students at the back of the class to see and understand . |
| 30 | A common tactic is first to brand the victims as ’ communists ’ this has provided justification enough for murder in the past . |