Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diniz also had stayed , and had found his way out into the yard , and the broken pillars of the loggia , where he had found somewhere to sit out of the wind . |
| 2 | By Saturday they had both recovered sufficiently to fall in with the rest of the company for pay parade , waiting in a long queue to collect five shillings each from the paymaster . |
| 3 | Most of them would not go on , but three were brave enough to go down into the valley . |
| 4 | Shop manager , Jim Willcock 's been allowed home from hospital , but he 's not well enough to go back to the co-op in Cam . |
| 5 | ‘ Now they are working hard to get me fit enough to go back on the list — and they 're the only ones giving me hope , ’ says Anthony . |
| 6 | I wanted only to go down to the summer-house and watch the leaves falling until night fell with them . |
| 7 | Hot enough to sit out in the Piazza studded with big brown and green palms against the rose-coloured stucco of the buildings and perhaps try a first ricotta ice-cream . |
| 8 | I mean given that you 've got a , oh I do n't know , a pound you 're going to spend a week in gambling entertainment , if I could put it that way , you 'd do better to go in for the pools , because if you did have a win you might have a big one , than to put it on a horse — am I right ? |
| 9 | The problem is to develop a device which as well as demonstrating a high degree of efficiency in converting wave energy into electricity , is also robust enough to stand up to the buffeting and corrosion of the sea . |
| 10 | And for those determined enough to stand out from the crowd by virtue of understatement , that may well be enough . |
| 11 | In the end she made the decision to combine Episodes Three and Four together , losing one whole episode entirely to tighten up on the drama . |
| 12 | Nothing is more infuriating than reading about something that appeals to you , only to find out at the end that you are not eligible . |
| 13 | ‘ Find a stick long enough to reach up to the cab , ’ he said . |
| 14 | You stand a better chance if you put something with the Sunday and even then that might not be completely enough to reach down to the crevices , but I think some method , and that 's why I suggested surgeries actually , was that we have to talk regularly to people face to face and once you 're in a room with people then it goes , does n't it ? |
| 15 | Waves burst over the cockpit into the saloon only to pour out through the manhole each time the bridge-deck broke free for a moment . |
| 16 | I put forward the idea to Mme Bluot that , rather than sit either side of a table , reminding Didier of school and his failure to keep up , he and I would do better to talk down by the river , in the park , even in the Café du Coin . |
| 17 | We have only to look back to the debates about language across the curriculum to remember the puerile arguments over whose responsibility it was to teach language skills . |
| 18 | We were a finely balanced investment , threatening constantly to topple over into the realms of demand and expenditure . |
| 19 | ‘ Look , ’ Forester said urgently , and Carson could imagine his knuckles going white as he gripped the payphone receiver hard in an attempt to get his point across , ‘ my chance at having a kid 's been ruined , and the police and the government have got their heads together to cover up for the killer . ’ |
| 20 | They may also know of people seeking work for a few hours or days per week , perhaps to help out with the garden , or heavier household tasks , or shopping . |
| 21 | As Claud Mullins , a London magistrate , commented on the plight of separated women in 1935 : ‘ Day by day as I watch the women who come into court on summonses for arrears — probably the least attractive of all Police Court work — I sometimes wonder whether after all many of them would not have done better to put up with the ills they had , rather than to have placed their faith in court orders ’ . |
| 22 | Currency markets followed the trend , with the dollar opening sharply higher , only to drift back during the afternoon and close just under half a pfennig up at Dm1.6370 . |
| 23 | During the last ten years Britain has changed , very often for the worse , the nature of work has changed and we the trade union Movement have not changed fast enough to keep up with the pace . |
| 24 | This may be one or two characters in most commercial systems ( Tappert et al , 1990 ) , but need only be fast enough to keep up with the writing . |
| 25 | War boars are evil minded creatures that will take every opportunity to maim , bite , and kick their Orc masters but this does n't really bother the Orcs who are on the whole sensible enough to keep out of the way . |
| 26 | After a week together , Jakki flew back to Britain in floods of tears , only to fly back to the States again three days later to interview Madonna . |
| 27 | It is not enough to switch off at the mains supply . |
| 28 | It is not enough to switch off at the mains supply or at the project 's on/off switch . |
| 29 | It was easy enough to hang around in the courtyard enjoying the soft splash of sunlight on her bare arms . |
| 30 | In summary , I am looking for a jacket which is wind and water proof , breathable , looks respectable enough to turn up at the office in , and offers conspicuity . |