Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Near Bering Strait the small inflow of Pacific water circulates locally in the pycnocline layer .
2 But it sits uneasily with the often-heard principle that ‘ local services should respond to local needs ’ .
3 ‘ It 's easy , simple and elegant and it goes right across the age range . ’
4 A hole saw looks like a hacksaw blade curled into a circle and fits on to a twist drill ( typically 6mm ) and can be used with an electric drill .
5 These are not paintings employing the wonderful accidental effects of free watercolour washes that so many artists adopt , though most of this goes on with the underneath base washes .
6 A great inducement of ‘ start-ups ’ or ‘ green-field projects ’ , where the original investors are in on the ground floor , is that they will make a killing if the company one day goes on to the Stock Exchange , or is gobbled up by a predator in a takeover bid .
7 with primer on , spraying inside and the outside , taking off both the wings and bump bit where the bonnet goes on to the slam pan , got ta take the er the wings out , I mean the , the lights out anyway .
8 ‘ And , you know , I have n't the faintest idea of what actually goes on at a baby farm .
9 Stephen Silk turns vigilante and is amazed at what goes on beside the railroad tracks
10 ’ We ca n't attend their committee meetings which is where all the real decisions are made , and we ca n't get information about what goes on in a committee meeting .
11 Further , a family member may find it difficult to " let go " of the primary sufferer while he or she is in treatment and may still want to find out everything that goes on in a treatment centre on a day-to-day basis and there by continue to " fix " by proxy .
12 How how can we tell , because as an officer , and this is this is Richard 's point , as an officer how do you know what goes on in the barrack room ?
13 The law is too rigid and recognises too little of what goes on in the housing estates and back alleys of industrial towns .
14 The origins are often to be found by watching and listening to what goes on in the Soccer Specials — the trains and coaches which fans hire to transport themselves to away games .
15 Or , though the process or institution may be , so to speak , on the doorstep , its accessibility may be limited : what goes on inside a defence research establishment or a Masonic Lodge are obvious examples .
16 Most of the exchange of information goes on before the Christmas holiday — like yesterday and today when 12 people were at their computers .
17 This is Atlantic water , which originates in the north Atlantic Ocean at a temperature of 2°C and salinity of 35 ppt , and cools almost to 0°C as it circulates slowly about the ocean basin ; its salinity remains high at 34.9ppt .
18 It also crosses successfully with the Sahiwal zebu of Pakistan .
19 The emerse form differs greatly from the submerse form .
20 Henderson , Joseph and Pene owe much to their Otago and Mains ' background , but Pene particularly offers much in the back row .
21 Everyone claps a little and Peter sits down on the drum stool .
22 if you like the germ of the idea of the poem is alive in his mind because he sits down at the page thinking I 'm going to write a poem .
23 When his mind 's on fisticuffs he sits in on the training sessions there .
24 John King makes a late shuffle after Neil McNab goes down with a stomach upset .
25 And when it goes down to a water hole to drink it crouches down and awkwardly sips with its mouth .
26 Music 24 songs and nothin' to hear Geoff Dyer goes down to the Springsteen river , and finds that it 's dry
27 and she , he , she goes down to the abortion centre right after and he dies !
28 Between the admirable houses in the so-called Quartier de la Barre , which goes down to the harbour mouth , and the sandy beach , a dike has been built up , twelve or fifteen feet high , to protect the town from the waves .
29 Local legend states that when it hears the church clock strike twelve it goes down to the River Avon to drink .
30 Who goes up and who goes down in the rugby union leagues has still to be sorted out too …
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