Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You remember I said to you that the only thing any witnesses could agree on about the first bloke who killed himself was his staring eyes ? ’ |
| 2 | On about the third day there was a bit of excited chatter between himself and Jim Thom ( the manager ) on the subject of obtaining a £100 Scottish banknote . |
| 3 | Later on during the same meeting I was attached to another working group whose task it was to revise the standard format of what was then called the ‘ Summary of the Report ’ . |
| 4 | A big clear-up operation 's now going on after the three-day rave which attracted more than ten thousand people . |
| 5 | It turned out to have come in through the curved zip which is unprotected by a weather flap . |
| 6 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 7 | The scarfing is very subtle and follows the natural grain of the wood almost perfectly , but I think it may be a little low down for the strengthening job it was designed to fulfil . |
| 8 | But this idea of ‘ purity ’ as something that needs preserving , by others , and for others , is quite different from a purity which needs finding , indeed which must be searched for , struggled for , hunted down as the precious thing it is . |
| 9 | When she came in for the second time her throat was like looking at a plate full of strawberries and cream — red enlarged tonsils with a coating of puss . |
| 10 | Down through the drifting cloud he could sometimes see the hazy plan-view of a German airfield . |
| 11 | Some of the audience calmly fetched additional chairs from a store and we each sat holding our stacking chair over our heads until the shower subsided , in about the same time it took the film rain to subside . |
| 12 | Down towards the last hour I 'm the last person to drop off just trying to leave them with as many positive thoughts and perhaps talking quietly to the odd individual . |
| 13 | He was about to leave the foundry and continue his journey when an apprentice came rushing in with the loveliest girl he had seen in a long while , and his heart seemed to stop . |
| 14 | If we go along with the present approach we shall have unilateral economic disarmament and many crucial matters will be decided elsewhere . |
| 15 | Along with the certain suggestion I enclosed the casket design and a typed selection of quotes from my letters approving the idea of ‘ over-the-counter coffins ’ and giving the address at which the originals could be inspected , in the time-honoured manner with unsolicited testimonials . |
| 16 | What the Independent very badly needs is very solid professional newspaper management er to go along with the good franchise which it has created erm and a proper owner who can actually er do what all of us in newspapers have to do from times to times which is back a promising newspaper . |
| 17 | Human life has achieved such a high density of population , however , and has such domination , that the structure of our environment is in danger of breaking down under the relentless punishment we are giving our habitat . |
| 18 | The aged , respectable leather-bound tomes of the Gould family library look down upon the nasty tale I have to tell with musty distaste . |
| 19 | My talk with Quintin had more content since he said that if another peer came down from the Upper House he would withdraw from public life whether he was in the Upper or Lower House . |
| 20 | The biggest Orcs of all are the Warbosses and Warlords , but there are some almost equally big Orcs who consider themselves just one step down from the great leader himself . |
| 21 | Back down in the secret gareden there 's still plenty to explore , including more tunnels — some of which are not empty … |
| 22 | But the most important thing I thought was the thought process I mean just just saying this while you were just going on I just jotted down in the same way you could come off with three ideas that around and I felt that was that was ideal . |
| 23 | We heard them settling down in the next room which until then had been empty . |
| 24 | Erm with chimney sweeper was waiting down in the high street he was waiting there whoa said Mr to the donkey , the donkey was wondering probably whether he was so without listening to a word of warning he jumped on him |
| 25 | All they could do now was to turn Moat Hall upside down in the forlorn hope something remained in the near-derelict place to hint at its erstwhile owner 's present refuge . |
| 26 | If you follow it along from the historical site it leads you to a perfect waterfall , and then to a point where flat grass lies between the vertical gorge sides . |
| 27 | Leaning in over the sleeping child I must have wanted to see myself as the angel , hovering in protection of an infant who was so obviously in peril . |
| 28 | The three grown people stand looking down on the sleeping infant whose soft breathing seems to have spread the tawny bloom over its ivory skin . |
| 29 | Zen sat down on the large sofa which occupied most of one wall , thinking about that last card which he 'd fondly thought he had up his sleeve . |
| 30 | He opened the door of a big airy room with views down to the great river itself . |