Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put this down to having lots of plants for the fry to hide in , and my practice of leaving a very dim light on during the night which is controlled by a dimmer switch . |
| 2 | Upside down across the table he reads something about bicycles in the hall and cogitations in the study … |
| 3 | If a Burton man turned his empty beer-pot upside down on the table they knew there was going to be trouble . |
| 4 | The highlight of the whole tournament — almost irrespective of their performance on the field — will be SOUTH AFRICA 's emergence from the woods , a coming in from the cold which is generating a great excitement . |
| 5 | And then there was the bitter break up with The Group who shall forever more remain nameless in Ryan-land , better known to us , perhaps , as blood relations of Enya 's . |
| 6 | He walked away to the desk , collecting his key , and as he walked towards the lifts he flicked a quick glance back to the girl who 'd been brought up as his daughter . |
| 7 | With a quick glance back at the house he ran to the car . |
| 8 | After pushing the car out of the flood we attempted to bump start it but it was too waterlogged . |
| 9 | But Rush is confident that any animosity has long-since faded and that his former boss is due for a hero 's welcome when he leads his side out at the ground he graced for 14 illustrious years as player and manager . |
| 10 | If you 're the first correct entry out of the hat we 'll be straight on the phone to give you the good news and arrange the presentation . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'll have to excuse me , Doreen , I have work to do , ’ she tossed over her shoulder while dragging her mind back to the woman who wanted ferns dug up during the bush walk . |
| 12 | My mum right when I put my make-up on in the morning my mum said oh erm she went to the phone box and she phoned up the specialist and they said so I 've got ta go . |
| 13 | I said well we had I said I had a bit of a run in with the lady who ran it , I did n't agree that he should be compelled to do singing which she thought he should I said and we had a decided it cos he . |
| 14 | You get a whole class of thirty-five people sat round absolutely mucking about , chucking books , ripping up books , everything like that , and the teacher stood out in front of the classroom writing a load of work down on the blackboard you ca n't really work . |
| 15 | Er we have n't used very much of it this year I mean I think er I mentioned a few weeks ago the , the question of trips out perhaps in the spring to do fish and that , we could consider er we do n't want to just go er accumulating money for the sake of it erm , we want to get some benefit out of the money we 've got . |
| 16 | Slipping all her equipment back into the bag she turned to me . |
| 17 | Unhappily , the section does not appear to authorise him to do so , since it refers in paragraph ( a ) to ‘ the constable , ’ a reference back to the constable who has issued the warning in the first place . |
| 18 | Listen , listen , listen I 'm not taking the piss out of the point cos I know the point 's very serious but I 'm taking the piss out of the way he said it cos I think he sounded stupid but that does n't mean I have any disrespect for erm |
| 19 | Even if Jack Bernstein had n't let the cat out of the bag I would have known ! ’ |
| 20 | You 're well-matched with Doreen , who was ready to kick an old lady out of the home she 'd lived in for years . ’ |
| 21 | Roscarrock could ill afford it , but short of putting the child out in the street he had little alternative ; so they struck hands on it , and that evening , when the money had been paid over and a receipt obtained , Tristram returned home in the company of Jennifer Gristy to be greeted by his father 's stinging sarcasm . |
| 22 | When he heard about Bonanza parking the Fraser girl on ice out in the country he must have figured it was his chance for the big killing . |
| 23 | Help me to grow and progress from this point on in the way I understand , respond and conduct my relationships with others . |
| 24 | I HAVE been hearing of a move on at the moment which , if it spreads , could see us all getting our pay in pints . |
| 25 | This task will be easier if the plaintiff has been convicted of an offence under the Motor Vehicles ( Wearing of Seat Belts ) Regulations 1982 or the 1991 Regulations making the wearing of seat belts in rear seats by adults compulsory because that conviction will throw the onus on to the plaintiff who will have to show it was erroneous or irrelevant to discharge it . |
| 26 | The whole notion of society was patriarchial , from the concept of God the father right down to the father who actually dominated the household and dictated even when the rosary should be said , and so forth . |
| 27 | Some years afterwards walking down here after he 'd been his for his silver wedding , golden wedding and so on er , coming down that dri drift down from the back he looked at me he said I do n't know boy ! |
| 28 | There was a large picture-window through to the apartment itself , and a wooden gate led to a flight of brick steps linking to the passageway down the side of the house . |
| 29 | As he was bending down to pick the post up off the mat he felt a cold hand on his exposed backside — little suspecting that it was the family dog giving him a friendly greeting . |
| 30 | and if the , the hill up to the chapel it 's in Down Patrick and it 's on the very top of the hill and it 's it 's deep that |