Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the states " in BNC.
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| 1 | They planned to visit the Rockies and fly on to Vancouver and then down into the States . |
| 2 | Ian had been travelling down from the States and through Mexico . |
| 3 | Many of the stories were based on rumour , although others , like the ones about A&R men flying all over Europe to see them and high-ranking company staff jetting in from the States , were in fact true . |
| 4 | Ya see , I just flew in from the States and I took your British Airways — my all-time favourite airline — and you know what they did ? |
| 5 | Bolton-born Bannister , who dwarfs influential team-mate Alton Byrd by 19 inches , is so huge he gets all his clothes and shoes shipped in from the States by mail order . |
| 6 | Er so unfortunately , fifty percent of material comes in from the States . |
| 7 | ‘ It seems my nephew is so besotted with your sister that he 's treated his parents with arrant discourtesy , walking away from the opportunity of meeting his father 's cousin who is flying in from the States — a man who could be influential in his future career . |
| 8 | The competitors were in various categories for judging and were to be judged by professionals specially flown in from the States . |
| 9 | This Vitamin A derivative had for years been prescribed to acne sufferers , but it was not until the mid-Eighties that reports began to filter through from the States about its miraculous ability to smooth out wrinkles caused by exposure to the sun — a process known as photo-ageing . |
| 10 | That 's why I 've come over from the States , ’ Howard said . |
| 11 | There 's a poster beside one of the machines — ‘ DO N'T DISREGARD — REPLACE THE GUARD ’ , it says … you have to laugh — there are no guards , they were taken off the machines to up the production , they only put them on when the big bosses are coming over from the States to inspect the place — the place really gets cleaned up then . |
| 12 | When , in 1974 an American friend brought me over from the States a copy of Elizabeth Gould-Davis 's The First Sex , I had a scholar 's confirmation of my conclusions . |
| 13 | My friend Simon Jones was over from the States and I 'd promised him seats that night , and then forgotten all about it . |
| 14 | Some musicians stayed over in the States and opened Hawaiian music schools , plus there were dozens of mail-order courses — it just dispersed like magic . |
| 15 | Central South will be following the team 's progress over in the States and through next year 's display season in the UK . |
| 16 | So we split up towards the end of the season and I then went over to the States . |
| 17 | be , it may be that we need to get over to the States , to , to , erm pick up the technical vibes from there , but is the state , er our people in the States are n't in with . |
| 18 | The first unit to be completed was the 4.5in shell , the first of which was forged on Saturday 11 October 1941 , and with this unit in working order , effort was concentrated on the erection of the second unit , but on 24 January 1942 , owing to a change in policy , the manufacture of the 25-pdr shell was taken over by the States , and the second and third units were dismantled and prepared for despatch to America . |
| 19 | ‘ If it takes off in the States , the sky 's the limit , ’ he says . |
| 20 | I just wonder what the security was like at the base from which that plane took off in the States . ’ |
| 21 | That means a potential 200,000 customers will be jetting off to the States . |
| 22 | Charlotte and Steve are off to the States this morning , skiing , and Verity — ’ |
| 23 | And we 're off to the States to join the NYPD for fun . |
| 24 | Richard , of Surbiton Road , Hartburn , Stockton , is off to the States again next week to find work where the film stars live . |
| 25 | ‘ And they 'll never rest until they 've caught up with the States . ’ |
| 26 | Johnny has screwed up in the States and is trying to make a fresh start in London . |
| 27 | The visiting pilots had come to ferry back a score of U.S. fighter aircraft flown up from the States as part of the American lend-lease programme . |
| 28 | Royal , who looks like a bit he 's been carved out of rock , warned of what will happen if we follow in the wake of what 's been going on in the States . |
| 29 | Another factor is the widespread belief in the industry that when a new product catches on in the States , it will inevitably be adopted in Europe . |
| 30 | A survey of the groundwater resources on Jersey is being carried out for the States of Jersey . |