Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [art] [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 | It finally erupted when Mozart asked for permission to stay on for a few days in Vienna to collect some outstanding fees . |
| 8 | Maybe I should have hung on for a few days in there getting to grips with Alf Bundy 's ailments . |
| 9 | Bob did not retire immediately as he has worked on for a few months to introduced new salesmen to their areas . |
| 10 | Once well formed , remove the polythene bag and allow to grow on for a few weeks before potting on each plant singly . |
| 11 | Why not extend you holiday by staying on for a few nights in Copenhagen ? |
| 12 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |
| 13 | And a battle is on for the divided loyalties of the younger McCloskey brothers , Jonathon and Martin . |
| 14 | The rotary input gain control can be set to the optimum level so that the overload light flashes momentarily on for the loudest peaks of signal . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Do you feel that it 's pointing the right way , bringing the sun in through the right windows at the right time of day ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The smell of the flowers came in through the open windows of the bus . |
| 23 | Just as her words were out one of the charity women came chattering in through the open doors to the terrace . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Ian James walked in during the early hours of the morning and stole a leather jacket and a handbag from the hall . |
| 26 | This is almost certainly because the decision to send them in during the later stages of the accident was political ( western-made robots might have been used instead , had the new Soviet leader , one Mikhail Gorbachev , been willing to let the West learn the extent of the disaster ) . |
| 27 | He frowned down for a few moments at the damp patch on the matting at his feet , then he shook his head , as if ridding himself of some unwelcome thought , and looked up at me again . |
| 28 | Take this tiny sample : Leopold Bloom , the Dublin Jew , with his touching mixture of timorousness and courage , has looked in for a few moments at a church as a Mass is ending . |
| 29 | Only got in for a few minutes as half the church was there . |
| 30 | He had only been in for a few nights after his first summer holiday in the five years I 'd owned him . |