Example sentences of "[noun pl] run [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two massive channels run straight towards the Wash , enclosing a flood-land which still fills up in winter , as Vermuyden intended . |
| 2 | As my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham , West said , by the end of the decade , they will unilaterally have slashed £12 billion from the value of SERPS , transferring funds paid in by all of us for the future into private funds run solely for the benefit of the few . |
| 3 | and then erm , we drove , er then we walked through this park , which was lovely , it had squirrels running all round the place and pigeons and everything , it was gorgeous , and , and because it , it 'd been such a gorgeous day , it 's just that my fucking nose is cold . |
| 4 | a mate of mine actually worked out in Russia and he said you know , piece of discussions about when , where the Russian 's sort of appear first and this sort of he said he said erm , this , he said that , that kids running around on the streets of Moscow is actually given a working permit and so he could actual work there and sort of like er |
| 5 | But as she said she she just had to she could n't stay in bed when she had kids running all over the place . |
| 6 | Fran fixed a cool smile to her lips , her eyes running warily over the man seated opposite . |
| 7 | Most accidents happen as kids run out in the road without looking , alright . |
| 8 | A double line of parked cars ran parallel to the pavements from the paper shop to the pub and the grocer 's to the hairdresser 's . |
| 9 | The fiery Scot was first to react when two supporters ran on to The Dell to stage an injury-time protest . |
| 10 | About 100 fans from two sections of the ground allocated to away fans ran on to the pitch after Cardiff took a 2–1 lead . |
| 11 | Furious Saints fans ran on to the pitch in anger just before the final whistle as their team headed for a 2–1 defeat by QPR . |
| 12 | A large number of jubilant Boro fans ran on to the pitch to congratulate Pollock , a gesture which is now a criminal offence . |
| 13 | Most of the animals ran straight to the river banks , but eight panicked and jumped into the water . |
| 14 | The siphuncle in most ammonoids runs not through the middle of the whorl but along the outer edge . |
| 15 | The most obvious fact of North American stratigraphy is the way in which the main mobile belts run parallel to the margins of the present continent . |
| 16 | The line source 's electron beam columns run parallel between the screen and the row electrodes until deflected through a suit able guide structure by an activated electrode . |
| 17 | The banks or organisations that issue them guarantee payment of bills run up by the credit card holder up to a certain limit . |
| 18 | If anything was growing at an alarming rate , it was the network of railway lines running out of the centre of London to outlying suburbs . |
| 19 | Just then , they heard footsteps running lightly up the stairs nearest to them . |
| 20 | There were wires running down towards the floor . |
| 21 | Sometimes the bravest rats ran out onto the floor or across the tops of the pictures . |
| 22 | The approaching footsteps ran lightly to the top of the stairs and came towards them . |
| 23 | Houses run up in the courts of Birmingham in the 1820s and 1830s cost – ; 60 each to build . |
| 24 | The 21-year-old Scottish Under-21 international , who was linked with Rangers during the summer , is one of 10 Forest players whose current contracts run out at the end of the season . |
| 25 | The current contracts run out at the end of the month . |
| 26 | Great care must be taken to set the hoe up and steer it accurately so that the blades run close to the crop without damaging the seedlings . |
| 27 | Nearly all the children went to orthodox hostels run independently of the Movement . |
| 28 | I do n't know how a first-century slave would have taken this directive to regard work as service to Christ ; but I can imagine some twentieth-century slaves thinking such sentiments run sharply against the grain . |
| 29 | Public transport : Buses and boats run regularly round the lake and connect all its resorts . |
| 30 | Public transport : Buses and boats run regularly round the lake . |