Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Welding a bonding cable on to the new rail . |
| 2 | And I take it erm the commission structure is just the same if I am continuing a contract on for the following year . |
| 3 | ‘ His name is Matthew Blake , ’ Mandy informed Charity as they descended the steps from their cabin on to the paved pathway that led to the lodge . |
| 4 | Instead his lips compressed , as if he were physically stemming a tide of words , and he slung his briefcase on to the bare chart table . |
| 5 | Maybe fate had to give you a shove on to the right path . ’ |
| 6 | A dull thud of hooves resounded through the valley as the horses checked pace and descended from the pasture on to the tree-shadowed bridleway that slants down the hillside to the ford at its base . |
| 7 | A ten week preparation course on to the Open University programme leading to the diploma in Health and Social Welfare starts . |
| 8 | SAVE 's proposal was to transfer the ‘ air rights ’ of the old building on to the lorry-park site . |
| 9 | But in 1992 , the only thrusting we can expect of a businessman is that which propels him from a very high building on to the recession-hit pavement below . |
| 10 | Do n't tell me Henry did n't plan Stephen 's dash for the throne down to the last detail , because I 'll never believe it . |
| 11 | I would be grateful if you could send the cheque along with the attached application form to : |
| 12 | Many aspects of the diplomatic organisation of western and central Europe as it existed by the beginning of the seventeenth century continued with little essential change down to the French Revolution and indeed beyond . |
| 13 | A BP oil tanker was blocking the narrow lane down to the Old Forge , towering over the thatched cottage to which it was attached by its pipe-line as though with an umbilical cord . |
| 14 | Duncan reached up to hand Jamie his pint and I took mine , putting the money down at the same time . |
| 15 | The blue dog is quoted at 12-1 joint ante-post favourite along with the Carrick-bred bitch Lisglass Lass , Brendan Mullan 's Newry hope Daleys Denis and Greenane Squire . |
| 16 | Before returning , a look down into the tremendous ravine of Ling Gill below the bridge will reveal a most impressive scene , the beck hurrying along a bouldery bed fringed by trees and cliffs on its way to join the Ribble ; several minor caves have been found and explored along its banks but the rough terrain is a deterrent to walkers who prefer to travel sedately . |
| 17 | The ideal organization and the one which has the best chance of success is one where , if you ask anybody from the chairman down to the newest recruit on the shop floor what that business is trying to do , you 'd get the same answer . |
| 18 | And that means he does n't get a look in with the beautiful Roxane . |
| 19 | Manville brooded morosely on this topic as the driver manipulated his four-wheeled war chariot in between the busy traffic of the four-lane highway . |
| 20 | But this does not go far enough for us and er shortly we will be moving another amendment which will take the council 's budget down to the standard spending assessment and I will speak to that er when I come to move that amendment . |
| 21 | Here is one of those places , then , where the frontier does not follow the ridge of the mountains , but takes a sudden dive down on the French side . |
| 22 | To get into the medieval way of things and because it 's cheap , we all camp down in the same room hence this is not a society for the bashful ( light sleepers are advised ear plugs ) . |
| 23 | I ran to the T-junction on to the main road . |
| 24 | At the last two stitches on the right , place the end stitch on to the next needle to keep the 1 × 1 rib pattern . |
| 25 | Words from the letters banged about in Thérèse 's head , just above her eyebrows she pictured them , as she dripped melted butter from the little saucepan on to the yellow puddle of egg yolks . |
| 26 | She bundled Dot on to the front seat with rugs up to the chin . |
| 27 | Doyle swerved , running the car on to the right hand verge , and braked hard . |
| 28 | Pushing open the heavy door , she began to climb the stairs to the second floor , admiring the way in which the stained-glass windows on each hall-landing cast triangles of coloured light on to the worn stone steps . |
| 29 | He once shone a surprising shaft of original light on to the economic scene . |
| 30 | In one house , on the corner , there was a light on in the front bedroom . |