Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [adv prt] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The jumping front kick 1 : drive upwards and forwards , thrusting the leg out to strike with the ball of the foot .
2 Can he give some assurances that there will be coherent planning to make sure that there are no vulnerable people er affected in this way , in the transition over to care in the community ?
3 ‘ Buzzing , ’ he replied , turning the couchette over to get at the narrow bed .
4 The Newmarket based light-weight has a good record for Westfield Moves 's trainer Hugh Collingridge , who sent the five-year-old out to win on the grass at Pontefract last season .
5 The abbeys and priories I passed slumbered gently in the lee of fresh green hills , unaware of the destruction about to crawl from the hellish pit of Henry 's lusts .
6 Although the quantity of its output so far may not satisfy some observers , there is every reason to believe that , over the next year , preparers , auditors and users will be suffering from indigestion as a result of the material about to emerge from the pipeline .
7 He took a deep breath , then another , like a diver about to plunge into the depths , and nodded .
8 It 's a very stiff exam I must admit , when I look back on it , and we all had a a day off to go to the at or the Grammar school , sit this exam er and since I never heard anything I 'm assuming I failed .
9 When they were ready , send a messenger back to bring over the remainder , who would endeavour to ride on and past as silently as possible and form the barrier between town and castle .
10 The wounded in these hospitals lived in terror of the periodical decoration parades ; because it had become a recognised custom to reward a man about to die with the Croix de Guerre .
11 I would finish unpacking , have a look at the cooker and set things ready for supper , then I would take a walk out to look at the sea , and gather kindling in case the evening turned chilly enough for a fire .
12 Firdaus is a prostitute about to die for the murder of her pimp .
13 My meals came free also , at the nearby cafeteria , and I had an hour off to walk around the town .
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