Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | incentive to get us up this last steep pull on to the summit of Beinn Ghlas . |
| 2 | Just hook the bucket on to the end of the rope and lower it down , but do n't fall in yourself . ’ |
| 3 | Matilda pulled up the rope and hooked the handle of the bucket on to the end of it . |
| 4 | They just put the bit on about the hall after . |
| 5 | Attempts throughout the day to coax an escaped owl down from the roof of a house have so far failed . |
| 6 | The big regatta dances in the huge grey tent down by the quay in Carrick were just beginning but there were so few days left of the holiday that Maggie preferred to spend them about the house chatting with Rose or her sisters around the fire or talking with Michael out in the front garden among his flowerbeds ; and sometimes during long breaks in the rain they would go out to where Moran was tidying up in the meadows . |
| 7 | With the Further Education Centre now providing facilities for some 40 or more physical activity and Yoga classes , someone had to get her foot in at the door in those early days ! |
| 8 | IBM 's RS/6000 products and also its AS/400 line ( despite proprietary software and other distinctions ) can not continue to succeed unless they provide good value for money along with the comfort of the IBM logo . |
| 9 | In the case , the Dutch local authority terminated its funding to the Dr Sophie Redmond Foundation , which was principally concerned with providing assistance to drug addicts , and transferred the funding along with the building in which the Foundation worked , to the Sigma Foundation . |
| 10 | In all of this giving away of herself ( which can be taken in two modern senses ) , this revelation of a coarser character beneath the courtly exterior she tries to sustain , Margery follows the movement of the opening stanzas of the text down from the character of the courtly dame to the level of the townswoman , a stereotyped bourgeois Vxor , " Wife " : the label that seems to be given her by the letter " " V " alongside some of her speeches in the manuscript copy of Dame Sirith . |
| 11 | William Clark put his resignation in on the day of the ceasefire . |
| 12 | He buried his face against her throat , his mouth tormenting her with its lazy progress down towards the swell of her breasts , and she arched up , silently begging for his caress . |
| 13 | It 'd be crazy to sort of do a dive in from the sort of recuperative process . |
| 14 | She had long , black hair down to the waist of her tight satin bodice . |
| 15 | Her hair down from the secret of her ears , |
| 16 | A new scar ran from the line of his jaw down into the collar of his open tunic , and Jehan guessed that Artai had broken the law which forbade the ill-treatment of captives , and he frowned . |
| 17 | In addition , the Secretary of State has recently made an announcement on the decision to bring the high-speed link in from the east via Stratford rather than from the south . |
| 18 | At last Couville put his goblet down on the floor beside him . |
| 19 | Take the current situation for example : it is clear that the economy as a whole embarked on the present recession in about the middle of last year . |
| 20 | ‘ Honestly , Reg … ’ began Bob , trying to get one foot down on the floor behind him . |
| 21 | Sails and rigging trailing over the side , and bows noticeably down , the first ship swung broadside on to the current of the river , and into its flank the second crashed , both drifting towards the pole-marked shallows of the sand-banks . |
| 22 | All humour had vanished as he turned to face her , dropping her key on to the stand beside the door , his features stamped with hostility . |
| 23 | She slid the tray on to the table with a jolt , slopping some of the coffee over the edge of the cups . |
| 24 | I was too busy holding on to the edge of my chair and waiting for him to rise twenty feet in the air . |
| 25 | If you do venture by car on to the edge of Otmoor , there is the feeling that you will be unable to turn around in the narrow space between the dykes , or may get stuck up to the axles in mud . |
| 26 | After research had begun to throw some light on to the physics of plasmas , invention gave way to a more scientific approach . |
| 27 | It 's much better than switching the light on in the middle of development and hoping for the ‘ effect ’ . |
| 28 | It 's much better than switching the light on in the middle of development and hoping for the ‘ effect ’ . |
| 29 | There was a light on in the house on stilts ; he could see a faint glow through the curtains of the window on the left of the door . |
| 30 | Ron and I thought that the best way to arrange this would be for me to interview the Prince about his uncle , and to tack the result on to the end of the obituary programme . |