Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Goes in at one of his ears and out at the other . |
| 2 | Afterwards , the actor was swept from the courtroom and along the corridors , closely pursued by screaming fans and on to the court steps , where he said in a prepared statement : ‘ This has not been a case about homosexuality and I resent any suggestion that it was . |
| 3 | The gang rivalries of the street were kept within bounds and out of the world of adult entertainment . |
| 4 | Senna lost his front left wheel in the crash and both cars bounced over the kerbs and out of the race . |
| 5 | A fast trip through central London whisked them past the main tourist attractions and out to the suburbs to the International Training College where they were to stay . |
| 6 | She clung to the front of her costume , gritting her teeth as he widened the circle of massage , smoothing the cream over her shoulders and down towards the small of her back . |
| 7 | He walked on past the house to the steps and down to the shore . |
| 8 | I hen , saying goodbye and wishing me well on my journey , she limped out of the house , down the steps and off down the drive . |
| 9 | The City Waites provocatively flout the ‘ usual ’ conventions of an early music concert as the audience are whisked forward from the Court of Henry VIII to the bawdy ballads of a Drury Lane coffee house , through the idealistic love songs of the 13th-century troubadours and on to the Renaissance . |
| 10 | Yeah , but I wan na buy , it 's the same size as your bedroom up to the wardrobes and up to the door . |
| 11 | Martin was standing at the furthermost edge of the terrace , looking over the gardens and down to the sea . |
| 12 | With a muttered curse Fen was on his feet and out of the cabin . |
| 13 | ‘ Farquhar ! ’ he gasped , and was borne off his feet and down into the water by the force of the attack . |
| 14 | The walls of Culwiniac Farm provided no real protection , being easily breached by the Argyll militia , after which ‘ Hangman ’ Hawley 's dragoons poured through the gaps and round behind the rebel right . |
| 15 | At the first change over it 's off with the shoes and on with the safety helmet . |
| 16 | It was a very long journey right across the Atlas mountains and down to the edge of the desert . |
| 17 | There is only one road over the mountains and down to the desert , so it was stupid to assume — as I had done , without really thinking about it — that we should not see them again . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , when you use a vibrato bar guitar , when you hit the strings really hard , a lot of the vibration gets transferred to the springs and back into the bar in a sort of flutter and I really do n't like that sound at all . |
| 19 | secondly , pursuing untrustworthy promoters or record companies , if necessary through the courts and on to the enforcement of judgements , deters other business people from trying to get rich at the expense of musicians . |
| 20 | It is unhelpful if Ministers or others speaking on the right hon. Gentleman 's behalf suggest that internment will not be used or that it is not a viable and justifiable means of dealing with those whose training and speciality is keeping themselves out of the courts and out of the hands of those on whom we depend to impose justice for the deaths that have occurred in Northern Ireland . |
| 21 | Alerted by a grapevine of unparalleled efficiency to the presence of honkies with money , hitherto undiscovered talents began swarming in from the ghettos and down from the hills , bearing tape-recordings , even guitars , for impromptu auditions . |
| 22 | Nicandra took the path leading away from pleasure-garden policies , through heavy laurels and on into a grove of hazels patched with sunlight . |
| 23 | Suddenly , guns were fired again , and a group of pirates ran from the woods and on to the stockade . |
| 24 | It was to break through this impression that Agency lecturers began to address large meetings and out of a groundswell of popular conviction produce affiliated societies of which George Stephen claimed ‘ all were well disciplined and eager for work ’ . |
| 25 | The following topics are being pursued : transfer incomes to the elderly , contrasting the level of support under the Poor Law and the Welfare State ; retirement and the employment of elderly persons in pre-industrial times and up to the present . |
| 26 | If you look carefully at this level you 'll see two dark bands and in between the growth . |
| 27 | We were away for almost three weeks and in between the cricket we also played five hockey fixtures and one tournament . |
| 28 | It was an open window looking out onto the wind-rippled waters of the Tigris and across to the Al Jumhuriyah and Al Ahrar bridges and over to the tower blocks of the foreign-money hotels . |
| 29 | Wishing the bride good luck , we pushed our way through the milling crowds of guests and out under the entrance arch of the haveli . |
| 30 | She turned her head away , scalding tears coursing down her cheeks and on to the pillow which had absorbed her earlier grief . |