Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [adv] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible to take a difficult route back to the line almost immediately , or go on to the next farm and follow a track there . |
| 2 | They are boring , grey-coloured , hamster-like devices that scurry away at the first sound of our Michelin Interroutes ; I suppose I would leg it too if some mad giant was riding his bike over my roof . |
| 3 | These figures include only the spontaneous abortions that occur late in the first trimester , so that an even higher proportion of conceptuses are probably at risk but die soon after the egg is implanted and are therefore difficult to detect . |
| 4 | Trim them back , dead-head regularly and bring in before the first frosts and you should have flowers for months to come |
| 5 | The dawg will diverge from the node at the end of the head string , and converge again at the first node of the tail string . |
| 6 | But the scent was so fresh , it was obvious the beasts would be unwilling to leave for a while , so Grant decided to ignore them and push on with the next stage of their operation . |
| 7 | The story of some of these presses is a fascinating one to follow , as the printers surreptitiously pull off their pamphlets and broadsides in some kitchen or remote country house , load up and press on to the next location , with an eye ever over their shoulder for the pursuers . |
| 8 | Minutes later we are heading for a small island group north of Vengsøya , to round that and head on for the next . |
| 9 | The Welshman sent Critchley over within three minutes of the second half and was in support to take Tait 's pass and touch down in the 56th minute , with Holliday 's goal setting up an aborbing final quarter . |
| 10 | If you find this difficult to understand , take any of your punchcards , and count up from the first pattern row to the number 1 in the margin . |
| 11 | The eggs remain in the damp sand , safe from marine predators , until they hatch out fifteen days later and swim off on the next high spring tide . |
| 12 | Make a note of these in your garden diary , and watch carefully for the first sign of bud swelling , for they will need pruning first . |
| 13 | Those who attended valued the experience that the two days gave them , and look forward to the next such occasion . |
| 14 | And look out for the first Birthday File coming up soon ! |
| 15 | America wants the Bank to change its ways , and lend less to the third world 's governments and more to its private businesses . |
| 16 | If we 're having a training session and they feel something 's not going right , I want them to say so , to get it sorted out and get on to the next thing . |
| 17 | and get on with the next one |
| 18 | If she could fit in a few days ' break in order to attend the wedding in Andorra she would , she promised , and Peter returned to Rocamar the next day , leaving Sarella to close one chapter of her life and get on with the next . |
| 19 | Get on the train and get off at the third [ or fourth or fifth ] stop . |
| 20 | I 'm not going to lose my head and try and rush out at the first chance . |
| 21 | Darlington choir the Carol Andrews Singers have won the adult section of the BBC Sainsbury Choir of the Year Contest at the Tyne Theatre , in Newcastle and go through to the next stage in Manchester this October . |
| 22 | In fact I 'm sure they 'll beat them at the Manor and go through to the next round where hopefully we can probably play one of the big teams like — Oh , Manchester United , Newcastle or probably — Oh , I do n't know |
| 23 | Better to look at the written key word , get your practice partner to repeat the descriptive sentences ( which will then be easy ) and go on to the next on the list . |
| 24 | Gregor Townsend later managed to pass to the referee — clad in near identical colours to the Scots — for the Samoans to plunder ball and scuttle in for the first of their three tries , though it might have been more had we not seen defensive heroics typified by a timely tackle on Leilane Une by Derek Turnbull . |
| 25 | If you are one of these people , I suggest that you stop reading this and move on to the next chapter . |
| 26 | As a result , you keep wishing they 'd wind up this particular gag and move on to the next item , a frustration which makes the film seem drawn out and sluggish . |
| 27 | Only when that topic is fully discussed can you sit back and think " what next ? " and move on to the next paragraph . |
| 28 | We eat , we enjoy it or not as the case may be , and move on to the next thing . |
| 29 | In the examination itself , divide up the time on the basis of how the marks are likely to be distributed ; if you run out of time for your first answer , quickly sketch a conclusion and move on to the next question , so that you have provided at least a general indication of work in all the questions . |
| 30 | There , it seemed , commentary was powerless and pointless ; he would simply read the text aloud and move on to the next poem . |