Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crew of the Mystic 60 Elysia included in their pre-race manoeuvres an attempt to catapult water bombs on to the warship committee boat . |
| 2 | Returning to the main road , which is very good , we cross the plateau and pass a small reservoir on the left-hand side with views down to the south side of the island and the sea . |
| 3 | ‘ Here we are , ’ gushed the presenter of Gardeners ' World , ‘ we 're in my very favourite corner of the estate now , with its magnificent , sweeping views down to the river.just look at this superb example of Metasequoiaglyptostroboides , or Dawn Redwood to give it its more familiar name , I do n't think I 've ever seen a better specimen anywhere . |
| 4 | These are nervous times down at the Manor Ground . |
| 5 | He found the list of farmhouses along with the radio operator 's log in one of his file boxes . |
| 6 | Tuppe found a pair of knickers down behind the back seat . |
| 7 | The small smelter and mint was said to have been set up in the heart of the Rusland woods down towards the Leven Estuary , and coins were turned out in large numbers . |
| 8 | There was a glimmer of amusement in his dark eyes as he slid his fingers down to the pulse drumming wildly at the base of her throat . |
| 9 | Currently bending the air waves on Radio Ulster , and regulars on BBC 's ‘ Talk Back ’ programme , they 've gigged the North and brought houses down at the Edinburgh Fringe . |
| 10 | They abandoned the mine ; released the rented Forge Houses along with the mineral lease , and offered the first refusal of Dixon Ground Estate to Sir Michael at £450 . |
| 11 | But one happened to be free for a couple of hours along with the picture editor who cut Nicola 's last report . |
| 12 | He pulled open the rear door and tossed the package of books on to the back seat , together with his gear . |
| 13 | To their great credit , Romania looked far from demoralised on the field , driving the Scots on to the back foot for much of the first half and restricting the scoreline to 3-0 until the 39th minute . |
| 14 | DEC , which held the Dutch introduction to its new Alpha machines here , and Hewlett-Packard , had both spent a lot of money on assembling and staffing the stands , and were less than happy with the trickle of visitors descending from the various sessions down onto the show floor . |
| 15 | He followed the officer , stepping through the churned mud , towards the concrete steps down into the brigade post , and the presence of the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council . |
| 16 | At the edge of the ribbed level of sidings squat a low cottage , three steps down from the cinder track ( 13 ) . |
| 17 | She put the books down on the vanity table and with trembling fingers opened her handbag to find her face powder . |
| 18 | A hunting shark closing in for the kill homes in on the body electricity given off by its victim . |
| 19 | One evening off a week he had insisted on , and on those evenings Mr or Mrs Crumwallis occasionally poked their noses through into the boarding annexe and yelled ‘ Shut up ’ through the riot proceeding there . |
| 20 | The Doctor sat on one of the medlab 's empty diagnostic beds , and drew his legs up into the lotus position . |
| 21 | But it was I who got away to the steps up to the morning room , Francis 's sorry steps . |
| 22 | Opposite her were two steps up to the baize door separating the kitchen quarters from the house . |
| 23 | From Cardiff the route snakes up through the valleys south of Caerphilly , over the Ebbw River , through the Ebbw Forest and on via the mining town of Risca to Pontypool . |
| 24 | Chief Supt Pauline Clare , 44 , is one of five candidates up for the Merseyside job . |
| 25 | That done , he can busy himself getting the Uruguay round 's warring parties back to the negotiating table . |
| 26 | In June 1946 , a month after a popular referendum had voted down the Constituent Assembly 's proposed constitution and sent the parties back to the drawing board , de Gaulle re-entered the political fray . |
| 27 | Both Governments regard the current upsurge in loyalist murders as an urgent incentive to get the political parties back around the negotiating table . |
| 28 | I never dared to ask , but I understand now what it is that drives addicts back to the needle time and time again whatever the cost to their health and sanity ; I understand now what the mystics lay claim to when they speak of the peace that passeth all understanding . |
| 29 | The axon of the cell is the fibre that carries signals out from the cell body to the dendrites of other nerve cells . |
| 30 | Try and explain it in terms of say let's get all these kids out into the school yard , |