Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We wandered past the Delhi Gate and on through the crumbling streets of Old Delhi ; as we went , Pakeezah stared sadly around her . |
| 2 | Patronage did not die out with industrialization ; it lived on through the honorific offices of county clubs and national bodies . |
| 3 | The first lecture I gave I was going on about the different approaches to psychology . |
| 4 | ‘ I was going on about the relative merits of casseroling and roasting . |
| 5 | She 's already provided the couple with a tape of tribal fertility dances to ‘ release endorphins in the pelvic region ’ and before long she 's going on about the healing properties of dolphins . |
| 6 | We want to give the children positive memories which they can draw on during the difficult times at home to build a better country . |
| 7 | And a battle is on for the divided loyalties of the younger McCloskey brothers , Jonathon and Martin . |
| 8 | On the other hand , two crews decided to run beyond the jetty and get in through the low reeds beyond a willow tree at then end of the jetty . |
| 9 | A heavy south easterly swell rolling in through the wide sounds to the north of Bressay threw Venturous on her beam ends several times , so much so that fuel oil spilled over through the deck breather pipes . |
| 10 | The first time she rang the bell and went in through the front doors of the elegant old house where the showrooms were situated ( Mattli had no rear entrance ) Paula felt she was stepping into the place of her dreams . |
| 11 | Do you feel that it 's pointing the right way , bringing the sun in through the right windows at the right time of day ? |
| 12 | Back home , he dreamt , he filled the whole flat with buckets of earth , even filled soup dishes and the kettle and the wineglasses with soil , and spent hours watering them and moving them carefully around every day , carrying them from room to room so that they would be struck in turn by whatever sunshine came in through the different windows at different times of the day , making sure they were kept warm . |
| 13 | There was a layer of grey-blue smoke in the room at about shoulder level , and a big wave in it , probably produced by me as I came in through the double doors of the back porch . |
| 14 | By the 14th Serafin is being steered back across Whitehall , out of the pale sunshine , and in through the threatening corridors of the Cabinet Office towards these peaceful quarters at the rear , where rooms have already been quietly set aside for him . |
| 15 | The smell of the flowers came in through the open windows of the bus . |
| 16 | Just as her words were out one of the charity women came chattering in through the open doors to the terrace . |
| 17 | The Royal Duke was a fishermen 's pub with an afternoon trade from men who had brought their catch in during the small hours of the morning . |
| 18 | Ian James walked in during the early hours of the morning and stole a leather jacket and a handbag from the hall . |
| 19 | After the news of the secret negotiations between the government , Leyland Vehicles and GM broke in February 1986 , the government allowed alternative bids to be put in for the different parts of the firm . |
| 20 | If you are using Windows then this scheme is particularly easy because all you have to do is click your way down through the duplicate directories in the File Manager until you ca n't find another copy of the directory and then drag the current version into the final old copy . |
| 21 | If rabbits do become cornered and then located there are no difficulties digging down through the minor roots from the thicket . |
| 22 | With the drainage sill in place , drill down through the pre-drilled holes into the frame below . |
| 23 | And he actually took her arm , quite simply and confidently , and rushed her on the wings of his enthusiasm down through the green complexities of the bowl , between the crisp , serrated walls , across the fragments of tiled pavement , past the forum pillars , down to where the emerald turf sloped off under a token wire barrier to the riverside path and the waters of the Comer . |
| 24 | When he left the Kunstgewerbeschule in 1936 he set up in Zurich as a freelance photograph , a job he fitted in between the traditional periods of military service compulsory in Switzerland , then worked for a year in the famous magazine Graphics . |
| 25 | He steered her in between the other villagers with fierce concentration . |
| 26 | The weather may have helped but , as she saw things now in between the momentary spasms of pain , it was going to happen anyway . |
| 27 | The forelock tugging Casey expected from others in between the randy nights with Annie runs through this book — tainting its pages with cant and hypocrisy . |
| 28 | He had needed to wind down after the spiralling tensions of the day , and once again he felt the company warmth and support that had sustained him through the day . |
| 29 | C.P.V.E. , T.V.E.I. , G.C.S.E. , A/S levels will lead to a breaking down of the traditional patterns of provision at 16+ . |
| 30 | 120 ) , commitments to improving living and working conditions ( Arts 117 and 118 ) , and the laying down of the general principles for implementing a common vocational training policy ( Art . |