Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But only down to the tiles so mine 'd only be half way . |
| 2 | In only a very few pages , we have left the twentieth century far behind and discovered that these two descend from the Lombardic heroes mentioned in the Old English poem Widsith ( Aelfwin and Eadwin ) ; and since Aelfvin means ‘ Elf-friend ’ , we are not surprised to find ourselves drifting further back to the times when elves still walked the earth , before Numenor ( the Atlantis of the Tolkien mythology ) had sunk beneath the waves . |
| 3 | Wendt , a noted hardcore fan way back in the days when Nirvana were still a mod band , has been presenting the acts on Saturday Night Live for some years . |
| 4 | Some days when the city heat was too oppressive they drove out into the wild Andalucían countryside , high up into the hills where the air was sweet and pure . |
| 5 | The plastic the French company uses for its interior trimmings is not of high quality and looks brittle and cheap , and in most places it sounds not to be screwed as tightly down as the designers originally intended . |
| 6 | They drove north out of Burford , down over the old packhorse-bridge across the river Windrush , then up into the hills beyond . |
| 7 | Then back to the ankles again . |
| 8 | Hardly anybody else about except the schoolteachers ever thought of taking their children to the sea . ’ |
| 9 | Not wicked but definitely off with the fairies earlier this week was ALEX , bass player and chief hair-shaker from NED 'S ATOMIC DUSTBIN . |