Example sentences of "and [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In talks at The Hague on Oct. 4 , chaired by Lord Carrington , agreement appeared to have been reached between Croatia and Serbia on lifting the blockade of army barracks and on including the Serbian minority in Croatia in future talks . |
| 2 | Their guides took them by a route well to the west of the main Annandale road , round the hill of Trailtrow , although they did not see it , avoiding the Brydekirk area , and on down the winding valley of a small stream running south-eastwards . |
| 3 | Since last year 's season of tests , one cyclone , Reva , has swept right across the atoll and on over the nearby Gambier islands . |
| 4 | She watched him ride on , past the lilacs , past the green door and on towards the main gate to the farmyard . |
| 5 | Since the mid 19th century , he has found , Ballinluig and the scattered rural communities of Dalguise , Caputh , Spittalfield and Dunkeld have fought flood in 1837 , 1839 , 1847 , 1868 , 1894 , and on into the present century . |
| 6 | After a while I left the family room and wandered through the great central hall and on into the far side of the house , into Perkin 's workroom . |
| 7 | In the 1880s Glasgow 's Victorian prosperity was approaching its peak , and the noon-tide of Empire was to witness the arrival of electricity , the cable subway and the electric trams , photography , St Andrew 's halls , the Great Exhibition of 1888 , 1901 , and on into the new century , hospitals , bridges , effort and endeavour . |
| 8 | Sports Editors fretted and printers fumed as the match went on and on into the British night , with Milligan winning the 17th by chipping in , to go to all square . |
| 9 | Yanto walked through the front porch of the pub and on into the flagstoned lobby . |
| 10 | The catamaran shook its bows against the swell , then she was through the wind and on to the other tack with the sails drawing sweetly . |
| 11 | I got up and walked quickly out of the coffee shop , up over the footbridge and on to the other platform — jumping on to the train just as it was about to go . |
| 12 | The A45 was impassable after a lorry overturned in a crash , spilling 20 tonnes of grain across three lanes of the eastbound carriageway and on to the outside lane of the west . |
| 13 | He grasped the forestay in both hands as high up as he could reach and drew himself out of the water and on to the forward hull beam as smoothly as a dolphin breaking for air . |
| 14 | Donna twisted about in the bath , sending water sloshing over the edge and on to the cork-tiled floor . |
| 15 | Her gaze went , unbelievingly , from the pink and blue polka-dot material draping the dressing-table to the bright pink carpet patterned with impossible blue roses and on to the royal-blue wallpaper with its equally impossible pink pansies . |
| 16 | Through the Sound of Grunay , ever threading through a procession of rock islets and on to the northernmost island of Unst , where we tied up for the night at the little pier in Baltasound . |
| 17 | The Provost barked an order and the red-hooded executioner turned , wished us good morning , flicked his whip and urged the cart through the gates of the prison and on to the winding track down to Montfaucon . |
| 18 | ‘ He was one of my boys , ’ she said in explanation to the CID sergeant who was leading the party as they bumped over the rough road , through the thick mud and on to the dry embankment . |
| 19 | One night he went to her house , poured paraffin through the letter-box and on to the front door , and set it alight . |
| 20 | Go straight through into the hall and on to the front door , and let us in . |
| 21 | Karl tucked Erika 's arm under his as they crossed the bridge over the green , splintered ice of the Spree which formed a chill moat around the great museums , by the great dome of the Protestant Cathedral , and on to the broad stretch of Unter den Linden . |
| 22 | When Lili came to stay the emphasis shifted slightly , away from me and on to the strange woman . |
| 23 | A police spokesman said : ‘ The grain spread across three lanes of the eastbound carriageway and on to the fast lane of the west . |
| 24 | He let the car forwards , down the hill , and on to the white road that led across the lake bed . |
| 25 | He fell silent as he wrestled the van round a corner and on to the main road . |
| 26 | The lorry rolled down the lane and on to the main road . |
| 27 | There was — a gulp and a yell and the rest of the glass ( he had drunk at least some ) flew up and out and on to the sanded floor of the dining area . |
| 28 | Luxuriating in the warm midmorning sun on her shoulders , she walked under the lattice archway and on to the bottom end of the garden . |
| 29 | Starting at 6am , a team of 20 ‘ sherpas ’ carried tanks , valves , drysuits and other equipment , though the tortuous lower entrance to King Pot and on to the downstream sump . |
| 30 | They spent the rest of the morning checking over their equipment before being herded up a gangplank and on to the waiting troop carrier . |