Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prowling on through the foul open area , wrapped in such pleasant fantasies , I almost failed to see the furtive movement on the edge of my vision . |
| 2 | The trial ground on through the long hot summer in Pretoria . |
| 3 | ‘ Danny will be going on about the fair all night now , ’ said David as the bus disappeared through the factory gates , then as they turned away he asked , ‘ Are you on duty tomorrow ? ’ |
| 4 | The whole thing becomes one fluid manoeuvre with power on for the maximum possible time . |
| 5 | ‘ Adam Reed came on for the last half hour and did well for a 16-year-old . ’ |
| 6 | Rhos Quarry closed in 1953 — a godsend to Evan 's health as well as his career — and after working briefly in the forestry plantations he was taken on as the first National Nature Reserve Warden of the newly-formed Nature Conservancy Council . |
| 7 | Today , their legacy lives on as the British Pteridological Society ( BPS ) , which this year celebrates its centenary . |
| 8 | Seven or eight thousand figures had taken up position kneeling on prayer carpets , so that as you walked in through the great red-stone gate you were confronted by rank upon rank of white-clad backs topped with brightly coloured turbans or embroidered mosque-caps . |
| 9 | We would like , for instance , to see : — An architect trying to get a pram in through the tiny front porch of the modern house . |
| 10 | They were gifted a goal six minutes later when a John Clark free-kick was touched on by Ferguson and Paddy Connolly nipped in through the static Celtic defence to lift the ball over Pat Bonner . |
| 11 | 'Bye for now ! ’ she called , and ran in through the imposing front door . |
| 12 | There was no key in the lock , so he could see in through the big old-fashioned key-hole . |
| 13 | They went in through the white painted door , down a passage into a kitchen . |
| 14 | To her relief , Ludovico walked in through the open front door , carrying two enormous brown paper bags . |
| 15 | Ella and Linda bounced in through the open front door . |
| 16 | There is only , well there are sixteen hours that er that Norman 's put down for the total technical work supervision on the job , I would have thought that perhaps that might be quite tight , er you know bearing in mind that it 's maybe a job that requires a |
| 17 | The annual growth of world trade in 1991 slowed down for the third successive year , according to the annual report of the Director-General of GATT , issued on March 18 . |
| 18 | Piloted by Hoof Proudfoot , the Lightning flew with the undercarriage locked down for the 35 minute flight back to base . |
| 19 | Top Of The Pops , reported to be in its dying days , trailed in as the seventh best TV programme . |
| 20 | After the general election of May 12 , 1991 , Girija Prasad Koirala was sworn in as the new Prime Minister on May 26 and three days later he appointed a new Cabinet [ see p. 38193 ] . |
| 21 | Manning was sworn in as the new Prime Minster on Dec. 17 and on Dec. 20 the new Cabinet took office . |
| 22 | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat of the BJP was sworn in as the new Chief Minister on March 3 , replacing Harideo Joshi , Congress ( I ) Chief Minister since early December . |
| 23 | The central government finally relinquished President 's rule on Oct. 17 and Bangarappa was sworn in as the new Chief Minister . |
| 24 | Kalyan Singh was sworn in as the new Chief Minister [ see p. 38287 ] . |
| 25 | Congress ( I ) won the State Assembly elections held in early June and Hitashwar Saikia was sworn in as the new Chief Minister [ see p. 38287 ] . |
| 26 | Lallu Prasad Yadav was sworn in as the new Chief Minister in early March [ see pp. 37245 ; 37315 ] . |
| 27 | The Congress ( I ) allied A-IADMK won a clear majority in state assembly elections held in June 1991 ; Jayalalitha was sworn in as the new Chief Minister [ see p. 38287 ] . |
| 28 | The police moved in as the three loaded part of a haul of 200 kilos of hashish into a warehouse near Madrid . |
| 29 | As they approach London they let down through the shining white floor of cloud into a dull grey light . |
| 30 | In Barrett 's metaplasia at least one novel cell lineage is identifiable in between the true metaplastic epithelium especially near sites of active or previous ulceration . |