Example sentences of "the [noun] [coord] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps Tony can go to the College of Music in the daytime and work in a restaurant in the evenings … ’
2 He lay in the tent and listened to the wind outside .
3 Charlie marched into the tent and came to a halt in front of the colonel 's desk .
4 Laughing and joking we flop by the tent and lie in the bliss of our aching limbs .
5 There are presently around 600 active volcanoes on the continents or exposed above the sea as islands .
6 Emerging in the darkness , I vaulted the chain-link fence surrounding the park and ran through the high grass into the trees .
7 She is not very enthusiastic about the light rail proposals , but er she sees the park and ride as an excellent idea , but as she said , it 's not exactly inviting to leave your car in er a car park which is not necessarily big enough , which has n't got a proper surface , is n't properly lit , is n't supervised , has great big notices up that say there are thieves about , and where the bus service stops at half past six .
8 So he walked to the park and sat on the park bench and let his thoughts pass through his head .
9 Nine o'clock — we go down to the park and look at the trees and animals which is very interesting .
10 Well he knows that his views may not necessarily be the majority and count in the end , but at least they 're being taken into account and being considered to be important .
11 On receiving the indicative offers we will discuss the pros and cons with the directors and will help evaluate alternative deal structures .
12 Henry O'Bree was depressed about the exams and left behind a suicide note .
13 The neck is Brazilian mahogany , 44mm wide at the nut , finished in thin , gloss water-based lacquer like the rest of the guitar and shaped to a well-rounded V. The headstock , which is bound and has a koa wood facing to match the back and sides , carries a set of gold Schallers with ebony buttons .
14 Whitlock left the suite and knocked on the adjoining door .
15 He jumped , across the gully and looked under the car .
16 A faint smile crossed her face , but she remained silent until they had descended the stairway and stood at the entrance to the great hall .
17 In general , the success pupils had with tables of data depended on the complexity and clutter in the table .
18 In the one subject ( patient 4 ) from whom routine sections only of large bowel and ileum were available , histological examination showed an inflammatory process predominantly affecting the myenteric plexus particularly in the appendix but extending to the small intestine .
19 Cypriot coffee is made individually in small , long-handled pots which are wide at the base and tapered at the top .
20 TGWU national secretary Jack Dromey warned the unions would resist any attempt to close the base and call for an independent inquiry .
21 The power unit may be detached from the base and used as a mini grinder .
22 They are narrow , lance-shaped , up to 20ins ( 60cms ) long and 2ins ( 6cms ) wide rounded at the base and tapering to a point at the tip .
23 For 1901 , the graph had the shape of a pyramid — broad at the base and tapering to the top .
24 This means they just sent it off , hoping it would pass all the checks and get on the right flight .
25 From here you can choose either peak as your first , complete the ridge and return to the same point at the river , but it 's recommended that you traverse east to west taking in Sgurr Thuilm as Munro number one .
26 Finally a single Land-Rover ground over the ridge and stopped at the barricade .
27 Paul 's promise of variety was soon fulfilled as we turned off the ridge and headed into a forest of fir trees .
28 Unlike a ridge like the Aonach Eagach where escape is impossible until the end , it is not only feasible , but very tempting to come off the ridge and wander into the wild land of the Glenquoich forest that appears so inviting from the tops .
29 Walk south along the ridge and scramble to the top of Mynydd Drws-y-coed .
30 The report considers which level of geographical unit is most suited to analysing regional problems in the Community from the three levels defined in the mid-1970s and subsumed under the French acronym , NUTS levels I , II and III .
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