Example sentences of "[coord] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's something about this matter which could lead us to the gallows or on to the knife of some hired assassin . |
| 2 | Or on to the point of someone 's sword ! ’ |
| 3 | He had a deep yearning for those long-ago summer holiday afternoons spent on the lawns or down by the lake with the two Debrace children . |
| 4 | Indeed in one of the few Scottish studies McDonald ( 1991 ) defines ‘ non-traditional ’ students as all those who are 21 or over at the time of entry to their higher education course . |
| 5 | MacDonald defines non-traditional students as those who are 21 years or over at the commencement of their degree course on the 1st of October . |
| 6 | The non-white population is young ; in 1985–7 , 35% were aged under 16 and 18% aged 45 or over ( compared with 20% under 16 and 36% 45 or over in the population as a whole ) ( OPCS , 1988 , p. 31 , Table 3 ) . |
| 7 | We also have the latest in up-to-date technology — the TV set in the corner , which has a twin BBC-ITV facility , and , of course , a number of lights that can be turned on or off at the flick of a switch . |
| 8 | Does it really matter , they ask , whether they are switched on or off by the idea of selling goods in a shop ? |
| 9 | Or up over the top of that bit . |
| 10 | I 'd assumed she was writing in secret , as I was — pursuing a universal dirty habit that demanded solitude and a quiet place — when instead she was watching TV or out at the pub with friends : being social . |
| 11 | And , and not look extraordinary or out of the way at all , and I think all true clothes , I mean true sort of timeless costume , you can wear at anytime . |
| 12 | He can not speak in or out of the House on subjects outside his department . |
| 13 | Ruth had been to the shops or round at the flat of some girl child never previously mentioned . |
| 14 | Narrowing my eyes against the Atlantic glitter I could see the line of a path that climbed from the bay and on over the headland to the west . |
| 15 | He nattered his way from university , through Chicago jazz combos and on into the birth of punk rock as the UK Subs never knew it . |
| 16 | YOUNG(ISH) MALE ( 23 ) seeks people who are into Japan , Cure , Prince , Deacon Blue , PSB , etc- Help this young individual see the next sunset and on into the future until at least 24 , anyway . |
| 17 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |
| 18 | ‘ As I 've said , he 's been working off and on on the house as a favour . |
| 19 | Corbett muttered curses but followed Selkirk up the ladder and on to the deck of the ship . |
| 20 | Without speaking they walked through the gap of the east window and on to the edge of the cliff and saw only the moon-bleached beach stretching north and south , the thin fringe of white foam . |
| 21 | Since the causal chain passes through perception and on to the rest of the nervous system , perhaps triggering action , it must become physical again . |
| 22 | Lepine took a cap , put on his Kodiak boots , and scrawled a few letters ; to two friends , and on to the public at large . |
| 23 | And there is no trace left of the gaunt figure who stepped out of a VC10 and on to the tarmac at RAF Lyneham . |
| 24 | With Felbrigg left behind the route continues to Hanworth then over Thwaite Common and on to the village of Erpingham . |
| 25 | From the pass continue down Caiston Glen to Hartsop Hall Farm ( 2 miles ) and on to the village of Hartsop ( 1.25 miles ) . |
| 26 | Follow the western bank of the River Severn through woodland and meadows to Bewdley and on to the village of Ribbesford . |
| 27 | The modern BaselChiasso motorway N2 bypasses Beckenried : drive east from the ferry and shortly passing under the motorway , follow the winding road up and onto the terrace where Emmetten stands ; the road continues to climb then dips to cross the Klon valley , and rising again passes a tunnel and descends to the neighbourhood of the mountain tarn of Seeli , south of Seelisberg , before ascending past the pilgrimage church of Maria Sonnenberg ( dated 1666 , with a baroque high altar ) and on to the village of Seelisberg . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Creggan came out of his concrete shelter into his cage , the branch thrust right over it and on to the path in front , and smaller branches from it filling half his cage with confusion . |
| 30 | One could either leave the sliding door open and see the world go by down the corridor , or close oneself into a private cocoon ; and at night , one 's bed descended from the ceiling and on to the seat of the facilities which effectively put them out of use . |