Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flames licked over the straw , which crackled and flared , and the Wheel was clear of the ramp and bowling gently down the cleared path . |
| 2 | In January 1987 , a clicking signal at 37kHz was detected coming from a band 3ft in width halfway up the tallest stone in the circle . |
| 3 | Straightening her legs out , she leaned forward to pull the zip halfway up the duvet-like sleeping-bag which , she realised belatedly , was actually two bags opened flat and zipped together . |
| 4 | It now hopes to push domestic violence higher up the political agenda , and provide a safe haven for more women like Sarah . |
| 5 | A magistrates ' or crown court will rarely second-guess a constable and it in turn will only very occasionally be overruled on this issue further up the judicial ladder . |
| 6 | and feathering of forehead descending to a point well down the upper mandible . |
| 7 | This order was stayed by this court later on the same day . |
| 8 | The Developmental model of leadership advocated by Banner and Blasingame will require greater responsibility and the identification of leadership lower down the organisational structure than has traditionally been the case within either central or local government . |
| 9 | She stared back at him , refusing to give an inch , then jumped when he leant forward to run a finger softly down the smooth curve of her cheek . |
| 10 | Discontent lower down the social scale was no less intense . |
| 11 | United looked like traffic controllers , directing the flow straight down the arterial routes towards Swindon 's goal . |
| 12 | I ran my hand gently down the bumpy back . |
| 13 | It was Mama , though , who wore it in the painting halfway up the great staircase — so that all who passed by could see it and admire . |
| 14 | Climbing out , stood for a few seconds to let his eyes adjust to the pale moonlight , then he stepped through the gap and began to pick his way carefully down the uneven terrain of the slope , towards the crashed car below . |
| 15 | He rose from the ridiculous chair and made his way carefully down the crowded row , responding politely to those who greeted him by name , noting with carefully repressed surprise that two of the women who gave him private little smiles were seated next to each other , friends who had no idea they had something more than friendship in common . |
| 16 | She heard him picking his way carefully down the spiral staircase at the back of the tenement and stood by the window , looking down into the street . |
| 17 | Marie , on her way back up the long flight of steps from the prom , watched them laughing together . |
| 18 | They collected their horses from the stables and were soon pounding their way back up the cobbled streets of Edinburgh to the Abbey of Holy Rood . |
| 19 | The clouds had thickened and the moon had gone when I left her house and made my way cautiously down the slippery brick path . |
| 20 | Sperms are too small to contain mitochondria , so mitochondria travel exclusively down the female line , and male bodies are dead ends as far as mitochondrial reproduction is concerned . |
| 21 | Dating has obviously become extremely inaccurate by this level compared with the precision higher up the stratigraphical column , but presumed late Precambrian glacial deposits extend from the west of Ireland up through the Highlands of Scotland and then up through Norway to Varangerfjord near its northernmost tip . |
| 22 | In a speech later on the same day , Rabin referred to the " autonomy " to be ceded during a five-year transitional period to the Palestinians of the occupied territories , and emphasized that by " autonomy … |
| 23 | He had been on board the Santa Maria some two hours or more working out with the Argentine naval lieutenant and the tug 's engineers just what was required to get the tow safely down the short cut into the Beagle Channel and thence to Ushuaia . |