Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the white " in BNC.
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1 | Not since Harold Wilson prattled on about the white heat of the technological revolution — or some similar meaningless platitude — and launched Concorde , has there been so much talk about innovation and our intellectual heritage . |
2 | They went in through the white painted door , down a passage into a kitchen . |
3 | It had been wounded , and was struggling to stay afloat with its snout jutting horizontally above the water , its dark mane of bristle bobbing up and down amid the white rise of the current . |
4 | ‘ Matilda is the late King 's daughter , Hugh , and we all took that oath to recognise her as the future queen after her brother went down with the White Ship , ’ protested the Prior . |
5 | The large room , a deluxe double , was decorated in pale-pink fabrics that blended in with the white rattan furniture . |
6 | Thus the conspicuous colours of the Heteroptera Dysdercus , Pyrrhocoris , Oncopeltus and Phonoctonus are due to the red and yellow pterines erythropterin and xanthopterin , along with the white leucopterin . |
7 | It went round and round , down under the white water , and up again … under the water , and up . |
8 | Rocks rained down from the White Spider above as he belayed Kartoffel across the ice . |
9 | ‘ I had a very interesting chat with Nightingale , ’ Rachel said softly as they shot along in the white Mercedes . |
10 | All the trainees dealing with leads obtained from Dun and Bradstreet put their initials down on the white cards they sent out . |
11 | Valerie shuddered and set the coffee-pot down on the white wrought-iron table . |
12 | He snarled with fear and pointed the revolver down at the white blur of the face and fired — |
13 | He raised his wings and pulled them back a little , bent his head forward , slightly opened his beak , and lunged forward and down at the white flesh of the hand that was pushing itself with a piece of sandwich through the front bars of his cage . |
14 | She looked down at the white plastic loop that now bound her wrist to the brass rail on the table . |
15 | I stared down at the white face of the ratman . |
16 | He stared down at the white damask tablecloth ; I sipped my wine and studied the faces of the others . |
17 | He looked thoughtfully down at the white box , Mo 's coffin . |
18 | He pops them in at the white |
19 | Thérèse flew at the washing-up while Léonie clattered coffee and tisane on to the silver tray and took it through into the white salon . |
20 | Despite his background , Henry switched codes and his talent shone through in the white SACU , which was fighting right wing politicians in a move towards multi-racial cricket . |
21 | Thankfully we peeled off opposite the White Horse Farm Hotel , just before our muscles gave up on us . |
22 | Although the old colours ranged widely and included deep or light red , blue , ‘ grizzle ’ and all-white , nearly all had white finching and white on the belly and face and early selection was made for the famous white face in contrast to a deep , rich red body colour set off by the white brisket , belly , legs , shoulder stripe and tail switch . |
23 | ‘ My nickname was ‘ Rabbit ’ because of my prominent front teeth — so when we decided to get married , I instantly thought of dressing up as the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland . |
24 | Within moments of setting off , she was lost from view , swallowed up in the white mist . |
25 | And finally you can look out from the balcony , high up in the White Cliffs , from which Winston Churchill viewed the Battle of Britain . |
26 | Servants came , and wrapped them in soft new sheets together , and carried them to the bed which they had set up in the white room . |
27 | Under the stairs as leads up inside the White Tower , Black Will told us . |
28 | He looked up at the white tower . |
29 | Then he looked peacefully up at the white ceiling again . |
30 | A consultative document in 1986 was followed up by the White Paper Promoting Better Health ( DHSS 1987 ) . |