Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | The authority had coincidentally tested the water for toxins on about the same day as the officer cadets had used it . |
2 | It was a Dutch medical man who is credited with having discovered the first recipe for gin back in the 1600s . |
3 | Initially it is likely to get the Sbus versions of Freedom out into the Sparc-compatible market , and says it has already been approached by several of those suppliers . |
4 | This can be seen as a system for design in which the mapping of function on to the geometric domains is raised to the next level in which the requirement to manage and control the process is mapped on to the sub-processes or departments . |
5 | It includes for the first time in one volume additional indexes for porcelain painters , enamellers and silhouettists , incorporating the work of artists up to the present day . |
6 | Secondly , it is of course up to the individual credit granter to decide whether or not to enter into a transaction requested by an individual customer . |
7 | Triumphantly , he slapped a wodge of notes down on the polished mahogany counter , as if anxious to be rid of it , and snatching a 12 bore from the gunsmith , he strode out into the square . |
8 | Half the Dale believes him to be some sort of wizard out of the western mountains , and folk such as Bragad will use the rumours . |
9 | The revenue gained from this reform should be used so that contributions rise by single percentage points over bands of income up to the upper earnings limit . |
10 | Look out for products from companies such as Marshalls who have an attractive range of paving from the rugged , riven-faced textures of Heritage through to the seven shades of the brick-sized Keyblock system . |
11 | The locals , realising an opportunity when they saw one , ploughed increasing amounts of money back into the aspiring town and today the results are there for all to see . |
12 | There , in this country , more so than any other country in Europe , there 's a tradition of adults abusing children quite legitimately as well in the form of beating them and erm indeed headmasters of Eton back in the eighteenth and nineteenth century were often selected , not because of their scholarly ability , but because of their size and strength . |
13 | Brilliant weather from the end of May through into June , particularly on the west coast , saw hordes of climbers up on the big mountain routes , particularly on Ben Nevis . |
14 | I saw parties feeding on the seed-heads of thrift in the middle of a gannet colony , on the seeds of rushes out on the windswept moors , and in my own garden where they quickly cleaned up the remaining rowan berries . |
15 | This is a country stuffed full of homes out of the Daily Mail Book of Bungalows . |
16 | Sergeant Morrison put his mug of tea down on the greasy bar and turned . |
17 | He twitched his shoulders as if shrugging the burden of Georgina on to the new arrival . |
18 | There was the hum of cars up on the main road . |
19 | At Christmas and Easter records are printed over the next three working days ready for collection by students on the first day of term along with the two to three hundred letters from the Assistant Dean . |
20 | She took a couple of steps on to the damp surface , lost her balance and collapsed to her knees . |
21 | He flattered himself that he was in some small part responsible for such blissful bizarrities , given that over the years he 'd brought all manner of influences through from the Succulent Rock . |
22 | Use a little royal icing to cement the two pieces of roof on to the sloping sides of the house , propping up the eaves with toothpicks too if necessary . |
23 | Heroic efforts alone could lift a poor man and woman , or even their children , out of the slough of demoralisation on to the firm plateau of respectability and , above all , define his position there . |
24 | She slammed the saucepan of potatoes on to the draining board . |
25 | And they could see for the first time the lights of settlements off in the dark distance of the Vale . |
26 | Similar reef limestones extend up to Scandinavia , where they reach heir finest development in the island of Gotland out in the Baltic . |
27 | And , as importantly , ‘ Young Americans ’ ( 1975 ) reintroduced black music , with all its connotations of forbidden pleasure , in the form of disco back into the mainstream white audience . |
28 | It was a shame , really , thought Robert as he lugged a crate of lemonade in through the front door , that it was also the day the whole place was due to be consumed in hell-fire . |
29 | Before the stone had come to a halt it was pounced upon by the entire family who gleefully heaved the unfortunate lump of granite out through the back door and out of their lives ! |
30 | The concept reared up fully formed : the sparkling snowflake of Steel City fragmenting from the hub of fire , spilling bodies into vacuum , the debris plunging flaming spears of fall-out on to the dense towns of Earth . |