Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The girl let go of my hand and moved away into the gloom behind me , where she must have put the screwed-up five-pound notes on to the chest of drawers with the magazines , the small framed photograph , the towel , the box of paper tissues , the jar of Vaseline , the baby 's dummy and all the other odds and ends spilled over the varnished oak top .
2 Swivelling round in his chair , he dropped a pile of X-rays and accompanying notes on to the desk beside him .
3 I would suggest using paper , as this is the easiest option to apply , and there is a vast range of colours , and even textures , if you wish to extend your design skills on to the back of the picture as well !
4 Secure the red numbers on to the side panels with royal icing , and then fix the lifebelts on to the boat in the same way , three on each side and two on the deck .
5 This momentum throughout the industry was difficult to halt and later in the 1970s with the second oil shock and over capacity of 40 per cent , an added pressure element came from a weak US dollar which allowed relatively cheap American products on to the market on this side of the Atlantic .
6 But surgeons at Frenchay Hospital , Bristol , were able to graft his corneas on to the eyes of another youngster who had been going blind .
7 It was noted that linking with the Roman Catholic Education Commission had causes problems of communication since the latter was mainly concerned with schools , and that it was to be hoped that putting the promotion of house groups on to the agenda of the Bishops ' Conference would prove more fruitful .
8 We do not allow motor cyclists on to the roads without helmets , so why should we allow bowler-hatted men with batons to walk up the highways ?
9 To the north of the campus are the Residences , beautifully situated with views down to the mouth of the river and the distance Donegal hills .
10 To the north of the campus are the Residences , beautifully situated with views down to the mouth of the river and the distant Donegal hills .
11 Under the stress of the All Blacks ' tackling Dewi Morris ' passing let the Lions down at the base of the scrum and his problems were transmitted to the other midfield backs .
12 When the school closed , they kept the animals on for the toddlers in the local playgroups .
13 It has been known for a long time , and has led to the more modern practice called ‘ foliar feeding ’ , in which the purpose is not so much to correct deficiencies , but to encourage a boost in performance , yield and so on by spraying major element solutions on to the leaves in the same way .
14 I remember walking down the steps on to the set of Aspel and Company once , seeing a wall of friendly faces — except for one belonging to a lady sitting in the front row , arms crossed and a baleful expression on her face .
15 He hurried up the narrow steps on to the parapet of the curtain wall .
16 I completed my 100 metre strides after they 'd gone , my heels flicking up the divots on to the back of my head .
17 She looked at me critically , lifting her new gold-rimmed bifocals on to the bridge of her nose .
18 As I move and start to nestle my shin against a calf whose muscles are loosened by sleep , she senses what I 'm doing , and without waking reaches up with her left hand and pulls the hair off her shoulders on to the top of her head , leaving me her bare nape to nestle in .
19 It is sometimes very strange to see an AIB Engineering Inspector and an RAF doctor with their heads down inside the wreckage of a crashed aircraft in the AIB hangar at Farnborough , arguing , discussing or merely agreeing that this or that component is not strong enough to sustain survivable crash forces on a row of seats or that a part of the galley constitutes a lethal hazard against which passengers could suffer injury in a crash .
20 Chop the trimmings along with the rest of the mushrooms .
21 You feel that the music carries the words along on the back of its urge to secure release .
22 Your work is n't lost ; you just have to merge your styles in from the document in which you created them .
23 Toss the onion and carrots in with the butter into a non-stick saucepan and toss briefly until glazed , then cover and sweat for about 3 minutes .
24 Archie , my eldest boy who lived at Belton , used to bring the groceries down to the cart-shod at the other side of the river .
25 Er but I am going to take your books in at the end of the lesson so you can perhaps take the last few minutes before just if you 'll just erm put the sums at the moment erm just fix in your sheet fix it in and erm check out that you 've got everything else up to date okay ?
26 And £22,730 will be used to help pay for repairs to bridge steps down to the riverside at Llangollen .
27 In traditional societies where prolonged breastfeeding has been the custom , the advantages of lengthy spacing are widely recognized though , as in Kenya , the tradition has begun to fade among some peoples along with the advance of modernization .
28 As soon as he saw Adam 's passport he had flicked his eyes down at the register under the counter .
29 The lawn glowed green below them , drawing the eyes down to the sparkle of the stream at the bottom of the garden .
30 Sally-Anne was delighted by his changed manner ; he always looked so charming when he smiled — even the scar seemed to disappear a little , and as she was always ready for fun herself — a trait she shared with her papa — and the game looked like being fun , she said , eyes shining , ‘ Oh , I play to win , too , but a good servant always does what the Master commands , ’ and she cast her eyes down in the manner of a stage domestic registering submission .
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